Wireless Hard blcoked

Despite this issue being so common (after long search) I am still unable to fix it.

Kali 2 is the host. No VM
There was no issue during installation, it detected the wife networks and was able to connect
There's a button/switch on my keyboard that toggles Airplane mode. Toggling that button hard-blocks everything (bluetooth and so) but toggling it again removes hard block from everything but 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN remains blocked.
The machine has Windows installed and Wifi works fine.

Code:

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root@F84:~# iwconfig
lo        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
         
eth0      no wireless extensions.

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Code:

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root@F84:~# rfkill list all
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
        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

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Code:

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root@F84:~# lspci | grep -i "network"
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 Plus Bluetooth (rev 99)

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Code:

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root@F84:~# uname -r
4.13.0-kali1-amd64

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gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
blacklist ideapad_laptop
SAVE this file
REBOOT

Thanks! This solved the issue!

I had tried putting those on the file but I didn't know the right name.

Code:

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blacklist acer_wmi
blacklist acer-wmi
blacklist wmi

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by hassoun

blacklist acer_wmi

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Only keep this line.

for me this worked :
sudo modprobe -r ideapad_laptop

you might have to put acer_laptop
or whatever is it called
just type in : sudo modprobe -r
in google and your laptop model it should say whats the name that you have to write