Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi
On 08/03/17 11:23, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. My PCI ID is 10ec:b723 and various postings suggest modifying /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8273be.conf. I think you mean /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf with the 2 and 7 transposed. :-) This file does not exist. Do I need to create one and if so how? Yes, it's quite normal for it not to exist; that means no options are being changed by default. It depends how much text you have to put in the file. If it's just a few words then a common way is echo these are the words | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf sudo will ask for your user's password so it can become the root user and have sufficient permissions to create the file in that directory. tee does the work of creating the file, copying its standard input to both its standard output, so you'll see `these are the words' appear on the screen, and its arguments. You can do just the echo command without the `| ...' to check they look OK on the screen first. You can also view the file once it's been created to ensure it has the right contents, e.g. `cat /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf'. If you have problems, a link to what guidance you are following would be useful. Cheers, Ralph. I have finally got round to investigating properly. The answer is to blacklist acer_wmi and can be found at https://askubuntu.com/questions/98702/how-to-unblock-something-listed-in-rfkill. Cheers, Peter. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-06-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi
On 12/03/17 17:32, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, I've followed https://chirath02.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/installing-realtek-rtl8723be-driver-for-ubuntu-16-04/ right through but rtl8723 still does not see wifi. I will keep on looking for a solution. I will also follow up any suggestions. If you're still having problems then following the short list of commands at https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=370108 will give us the output of its investigative script with lots of system information in it. That's also what that specialist Wireless Ubuntu forum would like too. :-) Cheers, Ralph. Thanks for latest info Ralph. I will follow it up but domestic problem at the moment so it will have to go on hold for a while. Cheers, Peter. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-04-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi
Hi Peter, > I've followed > https://chirath02.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/installing-realtek-rtl8723be-driver-for-ubuntu-16-04/ > right through but rtl8723 still does not see wifi. I will keep on > looking for a solution. I will also follow up any suggestions. If you're still having problems then following the short list of commands at https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=370108 will give us the output of its investigative script with lots of system information in it. That's also what that specialist Wireless Ubuntu forum would like too. :-) Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-04-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi
On 06/03/17 10:33, Peter wrote: On 05/03/17 19:56, Andrew wrote: Hard blocked means you need to press a button. -- Andrew. Thanks Andrew rfkill list gives acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Yes. I tried rfkill unblock acer-wireless: Wireless LAN and unblock acer:wireless. In each case I get Bogus unblock argument. I don't use the terminal very much and I'm obviously doing something wrong. Peter From my experience nothing else is going to work until you can get it to say both hard and soft blocked: no. I can't remember if rfkill has to be run as root in order to unblock. if it does then you could try: sudo rfkill unblock 0 It's been a while, I can't remember if the sudo was needed or not. I have had a laptop which required soft unblocking every time I rebooted and another where it ended up hardware blocked and wouldn't unblock! I forget how I solved that. I think I used an ethernet cable and then stopped using the machine when the backlight died! -- Andrew. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-04-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi
On 08/03/17 20:21, Peter wrote: On 08/03/17 11:23, Ralph Corderoy wrote: If you have problems, a link to what guidance you are following would be useful. Cheers, Ralph. I've followed https://chirath02.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/installing-realtek-rtl8723be-driver-for-ubuntu-16-04/ right through but rtl8723 still does not see wifi. I will keep on looking for a solution. I will also follow up any suggestions. Cheers Peter. Have you tried it with wpa_supplicant? This is the note that I wrote about getting wireless working on my Raspberry Pi as it does not have the driver for the zyxel stick that I use. It's got my notes in with my comments as I did it, so maybe not as simple to read as it could be. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1p3KpQjkeIEuN4kbaXCSHBlAlPfzVZd8finpMrkwVXwA Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-04-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi
On 08/03/17 11:23, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. My PCI ID is 10ec:b723 and various postings suggest modifying /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8273be.conf. I think you mean /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf with the 2 and 7 transposed. :-) This file does not exist. Do I need to create one and if so how? Yes, it's quite normal for it not to exist; that means no options are being changed by default. It depends how much text you have to put in the file. If it's just a few words then a common way is echo these are the words | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf sudo will ask for your user's password so it can become the root user and have sufficient permissions to create the file in that directory. tee does the work of creating the file, copying its standard input to both its standard output, so you'll see `these are the words' appear on the screen, and its arguments. You can do just the echo command without the `| ...' to check they look OK on the screen first. You can also view the file once it's been created to ensure it has the right contents, e.g. `cat /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf'. If you have problems, a link to what guidance you are following would be useful. Cheers, Ralph. I've followed https://chirath02.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/installing-realtek-rtl8723be-driver-for-ubuntu-16-04/ right through but rtl8723 still does not see wifi. I will keep on looking for a solution. I will also follow up any suggestions. Cheers Peter. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-04-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi
Hi Peter, > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration > > Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. My PCI ID is 10ec:b723 > and various postings suggest modifying /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8273be.conf. I think you mean /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf with the 2 and 7 transposed. :-) > This file does not exist. Do I need to create one and if so how? Yes, it's quite normal for it not to exist; that means no options are being changed by default. It depends how much text you have to put in the file. If it's just a few words then a common way is echo these are the words | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf sudo will ask for your user's password so it can become the root user and have sufficient permissions to create the file in that directory. tee does the work of creating the file, copying its standard input to both its standard output, so you'll see `these are the words' appear on the screen, and its arguments. You can do just the echo command without the `| ...' to check they look OK on the screen first. You can also view the file once it's been created to ensure it has the right contents, e.g. `cat /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf'. If you have problems, a link to what guidance you are following would be useful. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-04-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi
On 05/03/17 20:09, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, I have just bought an HP Notebook loaded with Windows 10 You may find section 1 of https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration useful, even though it's Arch Linux rather than Ubuntu. It gives some commands to start examining what hardware you have and that in turn will help you Google, as will the specific HP model number. `lspci -nn', for example, shows I have a 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe [1814:3090] So its PCI ID is 1814:3090; I'd Google for `linux wifi 1814:3090'. Cheers, Ralph. Hi Ralph Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. My PCI ID is 10ec:b723 and various postings suggest modifying /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8273be.conf. This file does not exist. Do I need to create one and if so how? Cheers, Peter. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-03-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi
On 05/03/17 19:56, Andrew wrote: Hard blocked means you need to press a button. -- Andrew. Thanks Andrew rfkill list gives acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Yes. I tried rfkill unblock acer-wireless: Wireless LAN and unblock acer:wireless. In each case I get Bogus unblock argument. I don't use the terminal very much and I'm obviously doing something wrong. Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-03-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi
Hi Peter, > I have just bought an HP Notebook loaded with Windows 10 You may find section 1 of https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration useful, even though it's Arch Linux rather than Ubuntu. It gives some commands to start examining what hardware you have and that in turn will help you Google, as will the specific HP model number. `lspci -nn', for example, shows I have a 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe [1814:3090] So its PCI ID is 1814:3090; I'd Google for `linux wifi 1814:3090'. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-03-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi
Have you tried the 'rfkill' command? rfkill list Will list the status for all interfaces. If one of your adapters is soft blocked then you can unblock it with for example: rfkill unblock 0 Hard blocked means you need to press a button. -- Andrew. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-03-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
[Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi
I have just bought an HP Notebook loaded with Windows 10 and I loaded Ubuntu 16.04 as dual boot with Windows. Windows could see the wifi connection but Ubuntu could not. I tried a number of fixes found on Ask Ubuntu and other sites, none of which worked and eventually I locked up the machine and had to remove the battery to stop it. I have now used gparted to completely wipe the hard disk and Ubuntu loaded and running but still can't see the wifi but works with a wired connection. Any help would be most welcome. I have the following items going free to any takers Tower computer with 500GB HDD, 2GB memory and CD/DVD drive. Benq 17"monitor Logitec wireless keyboard and mouse TP Link wireless adapter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-03-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
