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 1RrFYk-0001XC-H1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:11:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2A30DE0CAB; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:11:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.pipni.cz (mail.pipni.cz [93.185.104.5]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CB19E0B24 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:10:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.pipni.cz ([93.185.104.5] helo=xvalheru.org) id 1RrFXL-0004Gy-Pq for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:10:15 +0100 From: "pat" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:10:15 +0100 Message-Id: <20120128205939.M24806@xvalheru.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20120128111152.M70971@xvalheru.org> <20120128125217.M89623@xvalheru.org> <201201281908.26945.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20120128202917.M63420@xvalheru.org> 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: 1RrFXL-0004Gy-Pq 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: eb1c6c26-1987-4140-af33-0fb50f369a27 X-Archives-Hash: 48877939299b4cb9b9f0feeac0256bb4 On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:42:52 -0500, Michael Mol wrote > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 3:31 PM, pat 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 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 Sorry my mistake, the first output is with physical toggle switch off and second one with it on. My wireless worked about 6 months ago since then I've didn't use it and did a lot of system updates. Now I need it and it doesn't work. What I should to try have it back? Thanks Pat ---------------------------------------- Freehosting PIPNI - http://www.pipni.cz/