Kali Rolling 2016.2 Wi Fi Unavailable issue

[RandomKaliNoob]

Hello.

I did note that there was already a solution for a similar problem, but I tried it and it did not work. I also browsed the Internet for hours and didn't find anything that worked, so I ended up asking here. The docs didn't help either.
I'm running a dual boot Kali Rolling 2016.2 (64 bit) and WIndows 10(initially just Win 10, then Kali from a Live USB, then a dual boot) on a Lenovo ThinkPad V310-15ISK.

The issue is similar to the one in the other topic - I am not able to turn on my Wi Fi. Pressing the "Turn On" button will not do anything, and when I go to the Wi Fi section from my settings I get a "Wi-Fi unavailable" thing.
I tried the fix in the other topic - blacklisting ideapad_wlan - and it didn't do anything. Ideapad_wlan was still there and my Wi Fi was still dead.

rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN --------my laptop is a ThinkPad, or at least that's what the Internet said
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes
2: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Kali
Description:    Kali GNU/Linux Rolling
Release:    kali-rolling
Codename:   kali-rolling

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Skylake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 520 (rev 07)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 21)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem (rev 21)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1 (rev 21)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 21)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d10 (rev f1)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #6 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 21)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC (rev 21)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus (rev 21)
01:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430] (rev 83)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 Plus Bluetooth (rev 99)

dmesg | tail
[  649.689385] [drm] ring test on 0 succeeded in 1 usecs
[  649.689389] [drm] ring test on 1 succeeded in 1 usecs
[  649.689394] [drm] ring test on 2 succeeded in 1 usecs
[  649.689401] [drm] ring test on 3 succeeded in 4 usecs
[  649.689408] [drm] ring test on 4 succeeded in 4 usecs
[  649.689492] [drm] ib test on ring 0 succeeded in 0 usecs
[  649.689559] [drm] ib test on ring 1 succeeded in 0 usecs
[  649.689640] [drm] ib test on ring 2 succeeded in 0 usecs
[  649.689655] [drm] ib test on ring 3 succeeded in 0 usecs
[  649.689667] [drm] ib test on ring 4 succeeded in 0 usecs

ifconfig -a
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.0.106  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.0.255
        inet6 fe80::56ab:3aff:fea5:59a1  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 54:ab:3a:a5:59:a1  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 4710  bytes 3457382 (3.2 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 3457  bytes 459116 (448.3 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 10010  bytes 600578 (586.5 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 10010  bytes 600578 (586.5 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlan0: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 12:23:d8:14:ba:f4  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

iwconfig
eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:on

lo        no wireless extensions.

service network-manager status
● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor p
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2017-01-05 22:10:01 EET; 12min ago
     Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
 Main PID: 639 (NetworkManager)
    Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
           ├─639 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
           └─722 /sbin/dhclient -d -q -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-helper

Jan 05 22:10:06 kali NetworkManager[639]: <info>  [1483647006.9447] manager: Net
Jan 05 22:10:06 kali NetworkManager[639]: <info>  [1483647006.9452] policy: set 
Jan 05 22:10:06 kali NetworkManager[639]: <info>  [1483647006.9716] device (eth0
Jan 05 22:10:11 kali NetworkManager[639]: <info>  [1483647011.3720] manager: sta
Jan 05 22:11:01 kali NetworkManager[639]: <info>  [1483647061.2832] audit: op="r
Jan 05 22:15:50 kali NetworkManager[639]: <info>  [1483647350.2252] audit: op="r
Jan 05 22:15:50 kali NetworkManager[639]: <info>  [1483647350.6650] audit: op="r
Jan 05 22:15:51 kali NetworkManager[639]: <info>  [1483647351.1424] audit: op="r
Jan 05 22:15:55 kali NetworkManager[639]: <info>  [1483647355.7594] audit: op="r
Jan 05 22:15:57 kali NetworkManager[639]: <info>  [1483647357.3762] audit: op="r
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Thank you.

[Mister_X]

Rfkill states that hard block is on, meaning there is a physical switch (or maybe key combination) on the laptop itself. Or it could be disabled in BIOS.

[_defalt]

Can you show the output of: cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Any driver whether right or wrong you put in blacklist.conf gets blacklisted regardless the nature. Even if your ideapad_wlan is the right module for your wifi adapter it will still get blacklisted and shouldn't appear in rfkill list all.

Ideapad_wlan is not a correct name. Use lsmod to list all running modules. The correct name in blacklist.conf file should be: ideapad_wmi(Try this). You might have entered ideapad_wlan which is not the name of the module, it is a name of the interface.

From your iwconfig output I see that your wifi adapter is already running . It looks like a conflict between ideapad_wlan and phy0: wireless LAN. The phy0: wireless LAN is your actual wifi interface.

You can also try rfkill unblock all but I don't think it'll work. Give it a try though.

[mmusket33]

Try this simple solution

Many times the wifi device usually internal needs to be turned on thru a windows operating system first. Boot into windows and get the wifi system functioning. If you have a on/off switch turn it on. With the wifi system working and the switch ON in windows reboot into kali-linux and see if this corrects the problem.

With some laptops if you turn off the wifi thru to On/Off Switch while in linux you need to boot into windows to turn the system back on. We have three computers that function this way and all had the same problem.

However once you get the wifi system functioning in Kali-linux you may encounter a second problem

If you have a brand new install of Kali you may find the internal wifi functions but any external usb wifi device appears to be functioning but does not actually receive any data. Insure your sources list for kali is the correct one then get an internet connection thru your internal wifi device and just run one apt-get update. MTeams finds after that the usb devices function fine.

Musket Teams

[_defalt]

Musket Teams

Rfkill list all shows that there is a driver conflict preventing internal wifi adapter from running. I don't think that today's laptops come with a switch to turn on/off your wifi. Most you can do is turn it off from its interface.
See this. He blacklisted a module with incorrect name.

I tried the fix in the other topic - blacklisting ideapad_wlan - and it didn't do anything.

[RandomKaliNoob]

Can you show the output of: cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
blacklist ideapad_wlan

It wouldn't surprise me if I didn't blacklist it properly. I'm a complete noob.

Ideapad_wlan is not a correct name. Use lsmod to list all running modules. The correct name in blacklist.conf file should be: ideapad_wmi(Try this). You might have entered ideapad_wlan which is not the name of the module, it is a name of the interface.

rfkill unblock all won't do anything. ideapad_wmi also won't do anything when blacklisted.

Here's the lsmod stuff:

 lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
fuse                   98304  3
nfnetlink_queue        20480  0
nfnetlink_log          20480  0
nfnetlink              16384  2 nfnetlink_log,nfnetlink_queue
amdkfd                139264  1
wl                   6443008  0
radeon               1490944  1
uvcvideo               90112  0
arc4                   16384  2
iwlmvm                241664  0
mac80211              651264  1 iwlmvm
intel_rapl             20480  0
x86_pkg_temp_thermal    16384  0
intel_powerclamp       16384  0
coretemp               16384  0
videobuf2_vmalloc      16384  1 uvcvideo
snd_soc_skl            65536  0
videobuf2_memops       16384  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_v4l2         24576  1 uvcvideo
snd_soc_skl_ipc        40960  1 snd_soc_skl
videobuf2_core         36864  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_v4l2
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     45056  1
videodev              176128  3 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core,videobuf2_v4l2
kvm                   585728  0
snd_hda_codec_generic    69632  1
snd_soc_sst_ipc        16384  1 snd_soc_skl_ipc
hci_uart               86016  0
btusb                  45056  0
media                  40960  2 uvcvideo,videodev
rtsx_usb_ms            20480  0
memstick               20480  1 rtsx_usb_ms
btrtl                  16384  1 btusb
snd_soc_sst_dsp        28672  1 snd_soc_skl_ipc
btbcm                  16384  2 hci_uart,btusb
iwlwifi               147456  1 iwlmvm
snd_hda_ext_core       28672  1 snd_soc_skl
ttm                    98304  1 radeon
btqca                  16384  1 hci_uart
cfg80211              573440  4 wl,iwlmvm,iwlwifi,mac80211
snd_soc_sst_match      16384  1 snd_soc_skl
btintel                16384  2 hci_uart,btusb
bluetooth             544768  7 btrtl,hci_uart,btintel,btqca,btbcm,btusb
sg                     32768  0
i915                 1282048  16
irqbypass              16384  1 kvm
snd_soc_core          212992  1 snd_soc_skl
snd_compress           20480  1 snd_soc_core
pcspkr                 16384  0
joydev                 20480  0
evdev                  24576  17
snd_hda_intel          36864  6
snd_hda_codec         131072  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic
serio_raw              16384  0
snd_hda_core           81920  6 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_ext_core,snd_soc_skl,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm               110592  7 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_ext_core,snd_hda_core,snd_soc_skl,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_soc_core
ideapad_laptop         24576  0
iTCO_wdt               16384  0
intel_lpss_acpi        16384  0
snd_timer              32768  1 snd_pcm
snd                    86016  21 snd_compress,snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm
sparse_keymap          16384  1 ideapad_laptop
iTCO_vendor_support    16384  1 iTCO_wdt
tpm_crb                16384  0
wmi                    16384  1 ideapad_laptop
video                  40960  2 i915,ideapad_laptop
battery                16384  0
drm_kms_helper        155648  2 radeon,i915
drm                   360448  11 radeon,i915,ttm,drm_kms_helper
rfkill                 24576  5 bluetooth,ideapad_laptop,cfg80211
intel_lpss             16384  1 intel_lpss_acpi
button                 16384  1 i915
shpchp                 36864  0
intel_pch_thermal      16384  0
mei_me                 36864  0
mei                   102400  1 mei_me
i2c_algo_bit           16384  2 radeon,i915
soundcore              16384  1 snd
tpm_tis                16384  0
ac                     16384  0
tpm_tis_core           20480  1 tpm_tis
tpm                    45056  3 tpm_tis,tpm_crb,tpm_tis_core
acpi_pad               24576  0
binfmt_misc            20480  1
ip_tables              24576  0
x_tables               36864  1 ip_tables
autofs4                40960  2
ext4                  585728  1
crc16                  16384  2 bluetooth,ext4
jbd2                  106496  1 ext4
crc32c_generic         16384  0
fscrypto               28672  1 ext4
ecb                    16384  0
mbcache                16384  2 ext4
rtsx_usb_sdmmc         28672  0
mmc_core              143360  1 rtsx_usb_sdmmc
rtsx_usb               24576  2 rtsx_usb_sdmmc,rtsx_usb_ms
mfd_core               16384  2 intel_lpss,rtsx_usb
hid_generic            16384  0
usbhid                 53248  0
sr_mod                 24576  0
sd_mod                 45056  3
cdrom                  61440  1 sr_mod
crct10dif_pclmul       16384  0
crc32_pclmul           16384  0
crc32c_intel           24576  2
ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
aesni_intel           167936  0
aes_x86_64             20480  1 aesni_intel
lrw                    16384  1 aesni_intel
gf128mul               16384  1 lrw
glue_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
ablk_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
cryptd                 24576  3 ablk_helper,ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel
psmouse               135168  0
i2c_i801               24576  0
ahci                   36864  2
i2c_smbus              16384  1 i2c_i801
libahci                32768  1 ahci
xhci_pci               16384  0
libata                249856  2 ahci,libahci
xhci_hcd              188416  1 xhci_pci
r8169                  81920  0
mii                    16384  1 r8169
scsi_mod              225280  4 sd_mod,libata,sr_mod,sg
usbcore               249856  6 uvcvideo,usbhid,xhci_pci,rtsx_usb,btusb,xhci_hcd
usb_common             16384  1 usbcore
i2c_hid                20480  0
hid                   118784  3 i2c_hid,hid_generic,usbhid
fjes                   28672  0

Musket Teams

Wifi works perfectly in W10. I basically tried every button combination I could to turn on my Wifi, but nothing worked. I probably missed something.
I did the sudo apt-get update, upgrade and dist-upgrade. They didn't fix anything.

This might help, whenever I boot into Kali I get a few errors:
firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-7265D-24.ucode (-2)
firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-7265D-23.ucode (-2)
kvm: disabled by bios (it appears 4 times)

I also get a few more errors which I can type here if needed.

[_defalt]

There it is! It is ideapad_laptop
You need to ensure that this time we got the right module by looking into using modinfo.
Type modinfo ideapad_laptop | head
This command returns more info about this module.

[_defalt]

This might help, whenever I boot into Kali I get a few errors:
firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-7265D-24.ucode (-2)
firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-7265D-23.ucode (-2)

These are missing drivers demanded by kernel. They are proprietary drivers of intel Dual Band wireless. They are not of much concern. Your wifi adapter can run fine without them. Linux has its own wifi drivers and probably iwlwifi-7265D-13.ucode to 22.ucode are already there in /lib/firmware.

I remember I uploaded them somewhere but now I don't remember. I'll soon upload their link here.

You can also run sudo apt-get install iwlwifi

kvm: disabled by bios (it appears 4 times)

I also get a few more errors which I can type here if needed.

kvm is a kernel virtual machine. There is an option Virtualization Technology in your BIOS settings and it must be disabled. It is disabled by default and I also keep it disabled so let's just keep it disabled. It's not really a problem.

Few more errors must be platform device creation failed, unknown sensor type etc. Ignore them.

[RandomKaliNoob]

There it is! It is ideapad_laptop
You need to ensure that this time we got the right module by looking into using modinfo.
Type modinfo ideapad_laptop | head
This command returns more info about this module.

modinfo ideapad_laptop | head
filename:       /lib/modules/4.8.0-kali2-amd64/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.ko
license:        GPL
description:    IdeaPad ACPI Extras
author:         [removed since it's not important]
alias:          acpi*:VPC2004:*
depends:        rfkill,wmi,video,sparse-keymap
intree:         Y
vermagic:       4.8.0-kali2-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions 
parm:           no_bt_rfkill:No rfkill for bluetooth. (bool)

Should I blacklist it?

[_defalt]

modinfo ideapad_laptop | head
filename:       /lib/modules/4.8.0-kali2-amd64/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.ko
license:        GPL
description:    IdeaPad ACPI Extras
author:         [removed since it's not important]
alias:          acpi*:VPC2004:*
depends:        rfkill,wmi,video,sparse-keymap
intree:         Y
vermagic:       4.8.0-kali2-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions 
parm:           no_bt_rfkill:No rfkill for bluetooth. (bool)

Should I blacklist it?

I didn't get it. That module is also being used by video and sparse-keymap.

There is no harm if you blacklist it. If there is any error or if the solution doesn't work you can remove it anytime from the blacklist. Blacklist it now.

[mmusket33]

RandomKaliNoob

If you still have a problem. You might refer to these links.

Windows 7
Shows where a manual on/off switch may be?

https://support.lenovo.com/th/en/documents/ht072689

Windows 8 and 10

https://support.lenovo.com/th/en/documents/HT103027


MTeams

[RandomKaliNoob]

I didn't get it. That module is also being used by video and sparse-keymap.

There is no harm if you blacklist it. If there is any error or if the solution doesn't work you can remove it anytime from the blacklist. Blacklist it now.

I blacklisted it and my Wi Fi works perfectly now. Thanks a lot. I owe you a beer.

[_defalt]

[CODE]
firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-7265D-24.ucode (-2)
firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-7265D-23.ucode (-2)

Download them from here and copy them in /lib/firmware