On Saturday 28 Jan 2012 17:00:35 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > 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.
... or pushing the wireless button on the machine? -- Regards, Mick
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