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From: Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:48:24
Message-Id: 4F23EE2D.7080900@binarywings.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network by pat
1 Am 28.01.2012 12:38, schrieb pat:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I've used wireless network about half of a year ago. Now I need it and it
5 > doesn't start :-( My gentoo is up to date.
6 >
7 > I'm using network manager (and it's nm-applet).
8 >
9 > Wireless info:
10 > description: Wireless interface
11 > product: WiFi Link 6000 Series
12 > vendor: Intel Corporation
13 > capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
14 > configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn driverversion=3.0.6-tuxonice
15 > firmware=9.221.4.1 build 25532 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE
16 > 802.11abgn
17 >
18 > After switching on, the dmesg says:
19 > iwlagn 0000:02:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
20 > usb 2-1.7: new full speed USB device number 78 using ehci_hcd
21 >
22 > but wireless control doesn't indicate that it's on and nm-applies says the
23 > wireless is disabled by hw switch.
24 >
25 > It worked on tuxonice-sources-2.6.38-r1 but now it doesn't work on it too :-(
26 > Current kernel is tuxonice-sources-3.0.6 (planing upgrade to 3.0.17, but only
27 > with wireless :-) ).
28 >
29 > Please, could someone help me? I have no idea where to start :-\
30 >
31 > Thanks
32 >
33 > Pat
34 >
35
36 Do you have the rfkill module loaded?
37
38 Regards,
39 Florian Philipp

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