Can't connect to any Wi-Fi on Asus X550C in Ubuntu 14.04
I did a clean install of Ubuntu 14.04 the first and the only OS on my new laptop ASUS X550C and I cannot connect to any Wi-Fi, even toggling fn+f2 (keyboard default) doesn't swith/show Wi-Fi indicator on.
here are some outputs from my system:
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0032] (rev 01)
Subsystem: AzureWave Device [1a3b:2c97]
Kernel driver in use: ath9k
04:00.2 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 0a)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:200f]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
edit
sudo rfkill list all
1: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
lsmod
Module Size Used by
bbswitch 13615 0
bnep 18895 2
rfcomm 53664 0
binfmt_misc 13140 1
uvcvideo 71309 0
intel_rapl 18301 0
videobuf2_vmalloc 13048 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 13170 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core 39258 1 uvcvideo
arc4 12536 2
x86_pkg_temp_thermal 13845 0
intel_powerclamp 14239 0
nvidia 9648068 35
coretemp 13195 0
ath9k 144602 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 45342 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 55125 1
ath9k_common 13359 1 ath9k
kvm_intel 132549 0
videodev 108503 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
i915 705659 2
ath9k_hw 438205 2 ath9k_common,ath9k
snd_hda_intel 42730 3
kvm 388083 1 kvm_intel
snd_hda_codec 164067 3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
asus_nb_wmi 16862 0
asus_wmi 23495 1 asus_nb_wmi
sparse_keymap 13708 1 asus_wmi
mxm_wmi 12893 0
ath 23922 3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw
drm_kms_helper 47182 1 i915
mac80211 546051 1 ath9k
rtsx_pci_ms 17807 0
ath3k 13110 0
btusb 27580 0
cfg80211 409394 3 ath,ath9k,mac80211
crc32_pclmul 12967 0
snd_hwdep 13272 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 85501 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
i2c_algo_bit 13197 1 i915
memstick 16174 1 rtsx_pci_ms
snd_page_alloc 14230 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
joydev 17101 0
snd_rawmidi 25135 1 snd_seq_midi
mei_me 14099 0
snd_seq 55383 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
bluetooth 342206 12 bnep,ath3k,btusb,rfcomm
serio_raw 13230 0
drm 244037 5 i915,drm_kms_helper,nvidia
mei 66737 1 mei_me
snd_seq_device 14137 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer 28584 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
mac_hid 13037 0
lpc_ich 16864 0
snd 60871 17 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi
soundcore 12600 1 snd
wmi 18673 2 mxm_wmi,asus_wmi
video 18903 2 i915,asus_wmi
parport_pc 31981 0
ppdev 17391 0
lp 13299 0
parport 40836 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
hid_generic 12492 0
usbhid 46997 0
hid 87604 2 hid_generic,usbhid
rtsx_pci_sdmmc 22693 0
ahci 25579 3
r8169 61562 0
psmouse 91329 0
libahci 27082 1 ahci
mii 13654 1 r8169
rtsx_pci 43796 2 rtsx_pci_ms,rtsx_pci_sdmmc
Solution 1:
Please try:
gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/asus.conf
Use nano or kate or leafpad if you don't have the text editor gedit. Add a single line:
options asus-nb-wmi wapf=0
Proofread carefully, save and close the text editor. Reboot and tell us if the wireless is now working. If not, edit the file again and change the factor from 0 to 1 and reboot again. You can also try 4.