On 10/27/2009 03:49 PM, Martin Dubuc wrote: > This is a very nice tool. Unfortunately, on my system running Fedora 11, I > get the following erro: > Can't open RFKILL control device: No such file or directory > > Using strace, I discovered that rfkill is trying to open path /dev/rfkill, > but this path does not exist on my system. Instead, it should try to open > path /sys/class/rfkill. Yep, that feature isn't in kernels that old. > > Martin > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Tomasz Torcz <tomek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:24:10PM -0400, Martin Dubuc wrote: >>> On most laptops, there is a way to disable Wi-Fi either through function >>> keys or kill switch. I am wondering if there is a way programmatically >>> speaking to figure out whether or not Wi-Fi is currently disabled because >>> the user has pressed the Wi-Fi function key or turned Wi-Fi off with the >>> kill switch. >> >> You can install "rfkill" package and use same-named command: >> % rfkill list >> 0: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth >> Soft blocked: yes >> Hard blocked: no >> 2: phy0: Wireless LAN >> Soft blocked: no >> Hard blocked: no >> >> >> -- >> Tomasz Torcz There exists no separation between gods and men: >> xmpp: zdzichubg@xxxxxxxxx one blends softly casual into the other. >> >> >> -- >> fedora-devel-list mailing list >> fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list >> > -- Peter For some reason it has always seemed to me that the term software engineering contains some very optimistic assumptions about the nature of reality. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
