| Summary: | WIFI cannot be enabled at Kubuntu 24.04 LTS | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] systemsettings | Reporter: | Bas Roufs <BasRoufs> |
| Component: | kcm_networkmanagement | Assignee: | Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | BasRoufs, jgrulich, titouan-camus |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | 5.27.11 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Kubuntu | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
| Attachments: | Ticking the box for enabling WIFI is not possible. | ||
Created attachment 169051 [details]
Ticking the box for enabling WIFI is not possible.
Ticking the box for enabling WIFI is not possible. It is impossible to tick the box next to the red arrow.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 486368 *** |
SUMMARY So far, I do not manage to get WIFI enabled by the useful steps at a fresh install of Kubuntu 24.04 LTS, at this laptop: Lenovo Thinkpad X230 i5, along with 4 GB RAM, 250 GB SSD. A quick internet search clarifies me that I am not the only one who deals with this problem. I do work now with wired internet. However, this wired connection does not help me to get the WIFI enabled. Ticking the box for enabling WIFI is not possible. You can see it at the screenshot I send with this report. That's why, I have looked for methods to get WIFI enabled via the command line. No result. At this output report, you can see why: bas@Camino:~$ iw dev phy#0 Interface wlp3s0 ifindex 3 wdev 0x1 addr 9c:4e:36:aa:5c:d0 type managed txpower 0.00 dBm multicast TXQ: qsz-byt qsz-pkt flows drops marks overlmt hashcol tx-bytes tx-packets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bas@Camino:~$ sudo ip link set wlp3s0 up RTNETLINK answers: Operation not possible due to RF-kill bas@Camino:~$ ^C bas@Camino:~$ ^C bas@Camino:~$ nmcli radio wifi disabled bas@Camino:~$ nmcli radi wifi on bas@Camino:~$ sudo nmcli radio wifi on bas@Camino:~$ sudo ip link set wlp3s0 up RTNETLINK answers: Operation not possible due to RF-kill bas@Camino:~$ ^C bas@Camino:~$ rfkill list 0: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes bas@Camino:~$ See also, amongst other pages: https://www.baeldung.com/linux/connect-network-cli https://www.baeldung.com/linux/disable-wireless-network STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. The graphical check down under - trying to tick the box to enable WIFI. See also attached screenshot. 2. Command line checks summarised here - see here above. See also the two links for more info. OBSERVED RESULT Both checks did NOT end up in enabling WIFI. EXPECTED RESULT Enabling WIFI should need to be possible via either command line or the graphical approach. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) Kubuntu 24.04 LTS KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0 Qt Version: 5.15.13. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION