A good book for learning base linux commands is Linux in a Nutshell / O'Reilly. A good 'book' for Linux in general is 'RUTE', & can be found here :- http://freecode.com/projects/rute
On 24/02/2012, lina <lina.lastn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 6:26 AM, Florian Kulzer > <debian-li...@florian-kulzer.eu> wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 00:36:02 +0800, lina wrote: >>> Supplementary Information: >>> >>> # nm-tool >>> >>> NetworkManager Tool >>> >>> State: disconnected >>> >>> - Device: eth0 >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Type: Wired >>> Driver: tg3 >>> State: unmanaged >> >> [snip: eth0 looks normal to me for an unmanaged device] >> >>> - Device: wlan0 >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Type: 802.11 WiFi >>> Driver: b43 >>> State: unavailable >>> Default: no >>> HW Address: E0:F8:47:0A:B0:D8 >>> >>> Capabilities: >>> >>> Wireless Properties >>> WEP Encryption: yes >>> WPA Encryption: yes >>> WPA2 Encryption: yes >>> >>> Wireless Access Points >> >> It should be possible to change the line "State: unavailable" to "State: >> disconnected" by running: >> >> nmcli nm wifi on > > Thanks, this works. > > How can I know enough commands to use. > are there some hand-book (terse ones) for it? so I may recite some > (hope not sounds so silly, might a bit though). > > In the past (maybe till future), one channel is learning form > people/list, another channel is in the process of google-searching the > problem. > Sometimes read man pages, so much information and I just got lost so soon. > >> >> If this does not work then it might be necessary to install the package >> "rfkill" and use >> >> rfkill list > > Just installed. > > Thanks with best regards, >> >> to check if an RF killswitch has inadvertently been activated. Post any >> output or error messages that you may get from these commands. >> >> -- >> Regards, | >> Florian | http://www.florian-kulzer.eu >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> listmas...@lists.debian.org >> Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120223222648.GB14071@isar.localhost >> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/cag9cjmnou1h6tut-h+c+gqxf675zx9npzqm+lda_clslwcq...@mail.gmail.com > > -- Sent from FOSS (Free Open Source Software) Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cal36vgnl+c8hqyeavvddsq89r-fpnlevvbcnnz11el7bpte...@mail.gmail.com
