On Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 01:36:53PM -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > I've just been getting switched over to fedora 23 from 22, and > spent a long time figuring out why the heck my wifi dongle > as access point didn't work any longer. > > I finally found log messages about the interface being soft > blocked by rfkill, which then led me down another rabbit hole > to figure out what the heck rfkill and soft blocking was about. > > Is rfkill completely new in fedora 23, or has it been around > for a while, but the default recently changed to blocked rather > than unblocked? I dunno nuttin about 'soft blocked', but I remember seeing rfkill in fedora back when I was trying to get Fedora 10 running on my eeepc 901, which I think would have been circa 2009. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:9 (niv) ----------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org