[gentoo-user] Radio Frequency Kill Switch

[gentoo-user] Radio Frequency Kill Switch

[Jean Magnan de Bornier]

Hi all,
I have this message:
................
ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is on
Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work
................

I don't see anything with that name in /etc/conf.d/wireless nor as a
kernel option :(

Anyone can explain what it is?
tia,
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Re: [gentoo-user] Radio Frequency Kill Switch

[Christian Heim]

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On Thursday 22 December 2005 16:52, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote:
> ................
> ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is on
> Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work
> ................

It's refering to an switch on your _case_ of the notebook, which turns 
wireless on or off ...

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Re: [gentoo-user] Radio Frequency Kill Switch

[Jean Magnan de Bornier]

Le 22 décembre à 17:02:52 Christian Heim <phreak@gentoo.org> écrit notamment:

| On Thursday 22 December 2005 16:52, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote:
| > ................
| > ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is on
| > Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work
| > ................
>
| It's refering to an switch on your _case_ of the notebook, which turns 
| wireless on or off ...
 
So it's hardware?
 
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Re: [gentoo-user] Radio Frequency Kill Switch

[Michael Crute]

On 12/22/05, Jean Magnan de Bornier <jean@bornier.net> wrote:
> Le 22 décembre à 17:02:52 Christian Heim <phreak@gentoo.org> écrit notamment:
>
> | On Thursday 22 December 2005 16:52, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote:
> | > ................
> | > ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is on
> | > Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work
> | > ................
> >
> | It's refering to an switch on your _case_ of the notebook, which turns
> | wireless on or off ...
>
> So it's hardware?

IIRC with the ipw2* line it could also be an option in your BIOS and
some laptops have a *magic switch* that requires a special software
package to toggle (sorry for being so vague, I don't remember the name
of the package).

-Mike

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Re: [gentoo-user] Radio Frequency Kill Switch

[Jean Magnan de Bornier]

Le 22 décembre à 17:25:26 Michael Crute <mcrute@gmail.com> écrit notamment:

| On 12/22/05, Jean Magnan de Bornier <jean@bornier.net> wrote:
| > Le 22 décembre à 17:02:52 Christian Heim <phreak@gentoo.org> écrit notamment:
| >
| > | On Thursday 22 December 2005 16:52, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote:
| > | > ................
| > | > ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is on
| > | > Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work
| > | > ................
| > >
| > | It's refering to an switch on your _case_ of the notebook, which turns
| > | wireless on or off ...
| >
| > So it's hardware?
>
| IIRC with the ipw2* line it could also be an option in your BIOS and
| some laptops have a *magic switch* that requires a special software
| package to toggle (sorry for being so vague, I don't remember the name
| of the package).
>
| -Mike

Yes, I just made a visit in the BIOS, there is an option there, I switched
it to on and the message disappeared.
Incidentally, it is a Dell Latitude x1.

thx, 
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