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 1RrBep-0006do-7M for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:01:43 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 602FEE0B98; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:01:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pz0-f53.google.com (mail-pz0-f53.google.com [209.85.210.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FD93E0B26 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:00:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by dadv6 with SMTP id v6so3330146dad.40 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:00:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=IFPOgwjkvXQ68IWS9/CBX2y81Qf8ytoIVRG13zfXSoc=; b=NM39jo7W98HjIicrtTd0hMOjfuxP9K6jz5Y6MzHQPeNdq/KAOL6QAR8MZGaIX6aASJ Yl1ZcstV6B94nNAR2Fyq/vX/QZYZJHCXCe0JUufelJNueaGHxAc5uF/w7oHx6n3n0RWd KqYYrb18IZ2fn2bDJbup/lghSdfjDaVoHO2Pw= 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 Received: by 10.68.134.103 with SMTP id pj7mr5228432pbb.45.1327770035330; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:00:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.2.7 with HTTP; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:00:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120128125217.M89623@xvalheru.org> References: <20120128111152.M70971@xvalheru.org> <4F23EE2D.7080900@binarywings.net> <20120128125217.M89623@xvalheru.org> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:00:35 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2FuZWsgUGVsw6FleiBWYWxkw6lz?= To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 2567356d-9903-449d-b861-c816915bc694 X-Archives-Hash: bd9fb6805af2a7c49172044c19a1b2f1 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=3Dyes driver=3Diwlagn driverversion=3D3.0.6-t= uxonice >> > firmware=3D9.221.4.1 build 25532 latency=3D0 link=3Dno multicast=3Dyes= wireless=3DIEEE >> > 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, b= ut only >> > with wireless :-) ). >> > >> > Please, could someone help me? I have no idea where to start :-\ >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Pat >> > >> >> Do you have the rfkill module loaded? >> >> Regards, >> Florian Philipp > > Yes. > rfkill =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 15504 =C2= =A01 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. Regards. --=20 Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingenier=C3=ADa de la Computaci=C3=B3n Universidad Nacional Aut=C3=B3noma de M=C3=A9xico