airplane mode can’t be switched off

[masRicardo]

After I upgraded to fedora 37 and rebooted the system, the airplane mode is on and can’t be switched off anymore. Meaning, now my Wi-fi is disconnected. I am using a Lenovo machine.
Any ideas how to fix this issue? Thanks in advance.

 

[Brickwizard]

I am using a Lenovo machine.

Welcome to the forums, what is the full model number of your lappy?

 

[masRicardo]

Welcome to the forums, what is the full model number of your lappy?

It’s a T420s

 

[Brickwizard]

Ok hard block [you call it flight mode] has caused problems quite often on this model, [even in windows]
first thing to try is reboot the bios... boot up the machine, save any work to a safe place, then PRESS AND HOLD the power button down for 60 seconds, then re-boot, [did this work]? if not, it may mean that your computer has a physical wireless switch . Press and hold the

key, and then press the key that has the

 

[masRicardo]

Ok hard block [you call it flight mode] has caused problems quite often on this model, [even in windows]
first thing to try is reboot the bios... boot up the machine, save any work to a safe place, then PRESS AND HOLD the power button down for 60 seconds, then re-boot, [did this work]? if not, it may mean that your computer has a physical wireless switch . Press and hold the

key, and then press the key that has the

Thank you very much for your help. Unfortunately none of your suggestions did work. I did press and hold the on/off button for more then 60 sec. and rebooted —> No effect! If I press Fn and F5 the machine just display ‘Hardware Airplane Mode’, nothing else happens…

 

[masRicardo]

Ok hard block [you call it flight mode] has caused problems quite often on this model, [even in windows]
first thing to try is reboot the bios... boot up the machine, save any work to a safe place, then PRESS AND HOLD the power button down for 60 seconds, then re-boot, [did this work]? if not, it may mean that your computer has a physical wireless switch . Press and hold the

key, and then press the key that has the

I also tried
rfkill unblock all
with no effect on the airplane mode…

After another ‘60sec reboot’ I switched in the boot menu back to a fedora 36 version. Also no effect on the Airplane Mode’

 

[Brickwizard]

Those instructions usually work, my last thought is check the Bios settings.
It may be a problem with Fedora, but I am not fully conversant with RHEL distributions

 

[KGIII]

Try SHIFT + FN + whatever key it was that you were pressing for airplane mode.