Mike Fleetwood wrote:
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)
Don't be dismayed, that's why it's useful. It really keeps the driver from being
loaded, and that's a good thing. Why do you want this? Because Fedora doesn't
work as shipped with the majority of wireless adaptors, who's vendors have a
license which fails the Fedora purity test. By blocking the unclean adaptor
completely you can plug in a USB model which will work well enough to download
the drivers which work and install them.
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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