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  1. Bug #730972
  2. Comment #21

Comment 21 for bug 730972

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nordicnurse (nordicnurse) wrote : Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

Lenovo Ideapad U550: wireless was softblocked by acer_wmi. sudo rmmod acer_wmi and adding it to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf fixed the issue. However, after working for a week (was there a kernel update in proposed?) wireless died again, now with hardblocked state.
Following steps fixed this:
1) removing acer_wmi form /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
2) rebooting
3) executing sudo rfkill unblock all
4) sudo rmmod acer_wmi