For some reason the acer_wmi module loads and causes the wireless to be blocked on HP computers Blacklisting the acer_wmi module and rebooting should fix the issue
echo "blacklist acer_wmi" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-nettool in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1575179 Title: Wifi not detected on Pavilion X360 fresh install Status in gnome-nettool package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I did a fresh install on a HP Pavilion X300 model11-k001ns The main problem is that I can connect to the Wifi, it appears as disabled in the Network Manager and when I enable it, it doesn't show any SSID I think it detects two wireless devices ~$ lsmod |grep _wmi hp_wmi 16384 0 acer_wmi 20480 0~$ sparse_keymap 16384 2 acer_wmi,hp_wmi wmi 20480 2 acer_wmi,hp_wmi video 40960 2 i915,acer_wmi ~$ uname -a Linux ubuntuHP 4.4.0-21-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 18 18:33:37 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ~$ sudo rfkill list 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no ~$ sudo rfkill unblock wifi ~$ sudo rfkill list 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no ~$ lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A2 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:b723] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [103c:804c] Kernel driver in use: rtl8723be To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+bug/1575179/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
