On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 3:31 PM, pat <p...@xvalheru.org> wrote: > On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:08:17 +0000, Mick wrote >> 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 > > Hi, > > I've installed the rfkill and when hw switch is off: > 0: phy0: Wireless LAN > Soft blocked: no > Hard blocked: yes > > And when on: > 0: phy0: Wireless LAN > Soft blocked: no > Hard blocked: no > > Thanks for help
That means there's a physical toggle switch somewhere on the device that's turning the wireless access on and off. Sometimes that's a switch on the side, sometimes that's a dedicated button, and sometimes that's something like Fn+(some other keyboard key). My old Acer Aspire laptop had a wireless toggle button that the side of my left hand kept resting on. If my wireless dropped, the first thing I always did was poke that button a couple times. (This was before any Linux distro properly supported toggling the LED on that particular button...) -- :wq
