On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 6:52 AM, pat <p...@xvalheru.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:46:37 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote
>> Am 28.01.2012 12:38, schrieb pat:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I've used wireless network about half of a year ago. Now I need it and it
>> > doesn't start :-( My gentoo is up to date.
>> >
>> > I'm using network manager (and it's nm-applet).
>> >
>> > Wireless info:
>> > description: Wireless interface
>> > product: WiFi Link 6000 Series
>> > vendor: Intel Corporation
>> > capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
>> > wireless
>> > configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn driverversion=3.0.6-tuxonice
>> > firmware=9.221.4.1 build 25532 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes
>> > wireless=IEEE
>> > 802.11abgn
>> >
>> > After switching on, the dmesg says:
>> > iwlagn 0000:02:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
>> > usb 2-1.7: new full speed USB device number 78 using ehci_hcd
>> >
>> > but wireless control doesn't indicate that it's on and nm-applies says the
>> > wireless is disabled by hw switch.
>> >
>> > It worked on tuxonice-sources-2.6.38-r1 but now it doesn't work on it too
>> > :-(
>> > Current kernel is tuxonice-sources-3.0.6 (planing upgrade to 3.0.17, but
>> > only
>> > with wireless :-) ).
>> >
>> > Please, could someone help me? I have no idea where to start :-\
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Pat
>> >
>>
>> Do you have the rfkill module loaded?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Florian Philipp
>
> Yes.
> rfkill 15504 1 cfg80211
I think Florian meant the rfkill package:
net-wireless/rfkill
Install it, and run "rfkill list"; mine says:
# rfkill list
0: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: sony-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
31: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
As you can see, all of them say "Hard blocked: no". If in your case
one says "Hard blocked: yes", you can change it with "rfkill unblock
wlan0", for example.
Regards.
--
Canek Peláez Valdés
Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
