From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RrEwn-00028e-66 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:32:29 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3ACEEE0B0E; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:32:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.pipni.cz (mail.pipni.cz [93.185.104.5]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B0EAE0AB3 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:31:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.pipni.cz ([93.185.104.5] helo=xvalheru.org) id 1RrEvV-0007zC-Lm for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:31:09 +0100 From: "pat" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:31:09 +0100 Message-Id: <20120128202917.M63420@xvalheru.org> In-Reply-To: <201201281908.26945.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <20120128111152.M70971@xvalheru.org> <20120128125217.M89623@xvalheru.org> <201201281908.26945.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Mailer: OpenWebMail 2.53 20091220 464 X-OriginatingIP: 84.42.128.216 (pat@xvalheru.org) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-MailScanner-ID: 1RrEvV-0007zC-Lm X-pipni-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-pipni-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.399, required 6, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -1.90, KHOP_THREADED -1.50, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY 0.00) X-pipni-MailScanner-From: pat@xvalheru.org X-Spam-Status: No X-Archives-Salt: 4f284da2-025f-419e-bd1a-caea0a4035d7 X-Archives-Hash: 78e5e6ffb7f43b0de75ec6c9fb07570e 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 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 Pat ---------------------------------------- Freehosting PIPNI - http://www.pipni.cz/