[Solved]0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes -> DISABLED Wireless interface Intel WiFi Link 5100 not working on Packard Bell Easynote TN-65 in Ubuntu 11.10 32 and 64-bit

[Fidel Nadera]

posted in the answer. See the link https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+question/177610
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ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 665a48dcfe9a07a3b6ad7da82c8fb62c
CheckboxSystem: 395ba7d0222b82846032af4f5bf07f33
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
IpRoute:
 default via 10.0.0.1 dev ppp0 proto static
 10.0.0.1 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 151.81.125.214
 169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0 scope link metric 1000
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
 WimaxEnabled=true
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: network-manager 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
Tags: oneiric
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

[Fidel Nadera (welthanschauung-deactivatedaccount)]

Solution link: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+question/177610

[Fidel Nadera (welthanschauung-deactivatedaccount)]

The same problem afflicts both the 32-bit and 64-bit version of Ubuntu 11.10

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[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

you said in the title that this is solved. Could you please comment ? Thanks.

[Fidel Nadera (welthanschauung-deactivatedaccount)]

Hi Pedro, this is the solution:

Please copy-paste the following command into the Terminal and then press
<ENTER>:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Using the gedit editor, please ADD the following configuration line into
the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:

blacklist acer_wmi

Using the gedit editor, SAVE the change to the

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file.

Then REBOOT and retest wireless. This blacklist operation should make
the change permanent, even after rebooting.

This should force the Linux kernel to stop loading the acer_wmi module,
which is probably causing the kernel to soft block your wireless adapter.

The acer-wireless interface is an invalid wireless interface on your computer, because you are using a Packard Bell Easynote TN-65 , not an ACER computer.

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

This bug was filed for an Ubuntu version that is no longer supported. I am closing this bug.
Please file a new bug if the problem is still present in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.