On 31 January 2013 23:34, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/01/2013 06:19 AM, Mike Fleetwood wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On my netbook I booted a test kernel 3.8.0-rc4+ I compiled. Now after >> booting back into my regular Fedora kernel 3.6.11-5.fc17.i686.PAE my >> wifi network device remains permanently disappeared. No wifi networks >> displayed in Network Manager gui. Also the Network Manager syslog >> messages make it look like the device has completely disappeared. >> >> Suggestions for restoring wifi welcome. >> >> Thanks >> Mike >> >> >> Fragment of Network Manager syslog messages when working before >> --8<-- >> >> Jan 18 23:01:53 edge NetworkManager[479]: <info> WiFi enabled by radio >> killswitch; enabled by state file >> >> >> Fragment of Network Manager syslog messages when broken after >> --8<-- >> >> Jan 28 18:43:26 edge NetworkManager[466]: <info> WiFi disabled by >> radio killswitch; enabled by state file > > yum install rfkill > > Then provide the output of "rfkill list" Solved now. Bit of a brown paper bag moment. I must have unknowingly disabled wifi, but exactly when I was testing that kernel. Fixed by: # yum install rfkill # rfkill list all 0: eeepc-wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes <-- HERE Hard blocked: no ... # rfkill unblock all (Or press [Fn][F2]). I was just a bit dismayed to see that software blocking wifi removes the wifi device line from the output of lspci: 01:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) Thanks, Mike -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
