On 04/27/2010 10:22 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > a bit of a mystery here ... after wireless has worked just fine on > this laptop for months on end, i show up at a friend's place after > work, fire up the laptop, expect to connect to his wireless same as > usual and ... nothing. > > check the network settings thru network manager and not only is > wireless not active, the setting is greyed out so i can't even select > it to activate it. how odd. > > "ifconfig -a" shows a wlan0 interface, but it's not up. then > there's iwconfig: > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated > Tx-Power=off > Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key:off > Power Management:off > If "ifconfig" without the -a doesn't show the interface then... > > if i try to scan with that interface: > > # iwlist wlan0 scan > wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down > Is not unusual. The same thing happens here. But, all I have to do is us the NM applet and check "Enable Wireless". And all is back to normal. > # > > and > > # ifconfig wlan0 up > SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132 > # > > time to start googling, of course, but all of this came on suddenly > and for no apparent reason. thoughts? > > My minor thoughts are above. My system is a desktop with a wireless embedded on the motherboard that I don't normally use. I suppose the question is...what is your HW and is the driver loaded? -- Q: How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: None. The Universe spins the bulb, and the Zen master stays out of the way. Guess Who! http://tinyurl.com/mc4xe7
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