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On Saturday 28 Jan 2012 17:00:35 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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> On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 6:52 AM, pat <pat@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> > On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:46:37 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote |
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> > |
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> >> Am 28.01.2012 12:38, schrieb pat: |
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> >> > Hi, |
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> >> > |
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> >> > I've used wireless network about half of a year ago. Now I need it and |
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> >> > it doesn't start :-( My gentoo is up to date. |
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> >> > |
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> >> > I'm using network manager (and it's nm-applet). |
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> >> > |
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> >> > Wireless info: |
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> >> > description: Wireless interface |
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> >> > product: WiFi Link 6000 Series |
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> >> > vendor: Intel Corporation |
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> >> > capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical |
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> >> > wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn |
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> >> > driverversion=3.0.6-tuxonice firmware=9.221.4.1 build 25532 latency=0 |
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> >> > link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn |
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> >> > |
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> >> > After switching on, the dmesg says: |
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> >> > iwlagn 0000:02:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio. |
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> >> > usb 2-1.7: new full speed USB device number 78 using ehci_hcd |
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> >> > |
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> >> > but wireless control doesn't indicate that it's on and nm-applies says |
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> >> > the wireless is disabled by hw switch. |
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> >> > |
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> >> > It worked on tuxonice-sources-2.6.38-r1 but now it doesn't work on it |
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> >> > too :-( Current kernel is tuxonice-sources-3.0.6 (planing upgrade to |
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> >> > 3.0.17, but only with wireless :-) ). |
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> >> > |
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> >> > Please, could someone help me? I have no idea where to start :-\ |
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> >> > |
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> >> > Thanks |
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> >> > |
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> >> > Pat |
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> >> |
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> >> Do you have the rfkill module loaded? |
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> >> |
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> >> Regards, |
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> >> Florian Philipp |
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> > |
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> > Yes. |
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> > rfkill 15504 1 cfg80211 |
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> I think Florian meant the rfkill package: |
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> net-wireless/rfkill |
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> Install it, and run "rfkill list"; mine says: |
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> # rfkill list |
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> 0: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN |
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> Soft blocked: no |
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> Hard blocked: no |
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> 1: sony-bluetooth: Bluetooth |
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> Soft blocked: no |
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> Hard blocked: no |
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> 3: phy0: Wireless LAN |
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> Soft blocked: no |
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> Hard blocked: no |
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> 31: hci0: Bluetooth |
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> Soft blocked: no |
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> Hard blocked: no |
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> |
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> As you can see, all of them say "Hard blocked: no". If in your case |
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> one says "Hard blocked: yes", you can change it with "rfkill unblock |
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> wlan0", for example. |
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... or pushing the wireless button on the machine? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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