<div dir="ltr"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="width:641.640625px;float:left"><div class="" style="margin:0px 5px 0px 0px;border-right-width:1px;border-right-style:solid;border-right-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class=""><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:20px;line-height:24px;font-family:Arial;display:inline">Wifi is hardware disabled</h1><span class=""></span></div></div></div><div class="" style="width:128.3125px;float:left"><div class="" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 5px"><div class="" style="float:right"><div class="" id="actionMenuDropDown_0"><div class=""><div class=""><a class="" id="dropDownLink_0" href="https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Idea-Windows-based-Tablets-and/Wifi-is-hardware-disabled/td-p/1307405#" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);text-decoration:none;line-height:20px;padding-right:16px;background:url(https://lnv.i.lithium.com/skins/images/3759C0B20D41CAB146CB64E8EE7F1ACB/base/images/icon_link_menu.png) 100% 50% no-repeat transparent">Options</a><div class=""><div class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px"><span class="" style="color:rgb(128,128,128)"><span class="">11-09-2013</span> <span class="">06:43 AM</span></span></p><div id="messagebodydisplay" class="" style="margin:0px 0px 10px"><div class="" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;line-height:15px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Hi there,</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px">In my Yoga 2 pro, the Intel wireless-n 7260 chip is hardware disabled when using linux.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px">I checked it with fedora, ubuntu and suse. The output of "rfkill list" is always the same:</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </p><pre style="margin:0px 10px 10px;padding:5px;border:1px dotted rgb(128,128,128);white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(229,229,229)">0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
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.</pre><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px">How do i unlock it?</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px">I have a dual boot with ubuntu & win 8.1 right now.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Thanks</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Michael</p></div><div class="" style="border-top-left-radius:5px;border-top-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-left-radius:5px;margin:0px auto 10px;padding:5px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;background-color:rgb(224,234,224)"><div class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class=""><div class="" style="width:641.640625px;float:left"><div class="" style="margin:0px 5px 0px 0px;border-right-width:1px;border-right-style:solid;border-right-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class=""><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;display:inline">Wifi is hardware disabled</h1><span class=""></span></div></div></div><div class="" style="width:128.3125px;float:left"><div class="" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 5px"><div class="" style="float:right"><div class="" id="actionMenuDropDown_1"><div class=""><div class=""><a class="" id="dropDownLink_1" href="https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Idea-Windows-based-Tablets-and/Wifi-is-hardware-disabled/td-p/1307405#" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);text-decoration:none;line-height:20px;padding-right:16px;background:url(https://lnv.i.lithium.com/skins/images/3759C0B20D41CAB146CB64E8EE7F1ACB/base/images/icon_link_menu.png) 100% 50% no-repeat transparent">Options</a><div class=""><div class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="" style="color:rgb(128,128,128)"><span class="">11-11-2013</span> <span class="">03:25 AM</span></span></p><div id="messagebodydisplay_0" class="" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class="" style="margin:0px 0px 10px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px">For others with the same problem, here's how i solved it:</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px">There is a module called "ideapad_laptop" that prevents the wifi module to start.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px">A good workaround is to disable that module by blacklisting it. This worked for me with Ubuntu and Xubuntu. <a target="_self" href="http://www.scrye.com/wordpress/nirik/2013/10/18/lenovo-yoga-2-pro-and-fedora-review/" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(0,102,153)">This guy</a> seems to have done the same thing on fedora.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Make a new file for your personal blacklist</p><pre style="margin:0px 10px 10px;padding:5px;border:1px dotted rgb(128,128,128);white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(229,229,229)">$ sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/myownblacklist.conf</pre><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> and add an entry for the module</p><pre style="margin:0px 10px 10px;padding:5px;border:1px dotted rgb(128,128,128);white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(229,229,229)">blacklist ideapad_laptop</pre><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px">reboot and you are good to go!</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px">To only disable the module without blacklisting it, do that:</p><pre style="margin:0px 10px 10px;padding:5px;border:1px dotted rgb(128,128,128);white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(229,229,229)">sudo modprobe -r ideapad_laptop</pre><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Michael</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px">So let me see if I understand this correctly. I will fire up the Yoga. It will of course be running Mint. Oh snap! And then I will open up the terminal window. Am guessing it is pretty much identical to what I would use on my Mac. Then I would create the file for my personal blacklist per the instrucitons above (per Michael). And then I would, per his instructions, add what he calls an entry for the module. Module = blacklist I am assuming. Exit terminal. Reboot Mr. Yoga and voila...I should have working wireless. OK that remains to be seen....but have I correctly described what I am supposed to do? TIA</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px">oh yeah. source: <a href="https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Idea-Windows-based-Tablets-and/Wifi-is-hardware-disabled/td-p/1307405">https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Idea-Windows-based-Tablets-and/Wifi-is-hardware-disabled/td-p/1307405</a></p></div></div></div></div></div>