fedora-test-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx wrote on 10/02/2007 09:41:39 PM:
>
> On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 21:07 -0400, Fulko Hew wrote:
> > I just decided to try updating my Fedora 8 Test 1
> > to the latest Rawhide and I'm seeing a few issues.
> >
> > The primry one is that the Inetl 3945 has stopped working.
> >
> > It seems as thought the RF kill switch is permanently on.
> >
> > I've searched the web and there were 3 posted suggestions,
> > none of which worked for me...
> >
> > a) echo 0 > /sys/class/net/wlan0/device/rf_kill
> >
> > b) echo 0 >
> > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/iwl3945/module/drivers/pci\:iwl3945/0000\:/0\:
> 00.0/rf_kill
> >
> > c) within the BIOS, disable the hot keys for RF/Bluetooth
> >
> >
> > No matter what I've tried, knetworkmanager shows no wireless nodes,
> >
> > With Test 1, everything _was_ working.
> >
> > Suggestions anyone?
>
> I'm on an Inspiron 9300 with a intel2915 chipset, so this may or may not
> help.
>
> There's been some malarky with Network manager (moving from 0.6.5 to
> 0.7.x) recently and while some of it has been resolved, issues still
> seem to be there for 3945 users (from reading issues on this list) and
> some other chipsets.
>
> Also, I find that sometimes I need to go into the bios and reenable the
> wireless device and that simply hitting Fn>F2 doesn't toggle the
> settings.
Thanks for the update. hopefully it gets resolved soon.
In my case, Fn-F2 doesn't do anything anymore in Rawhide except
complain about unknown keycodes, so even if it was off by default
now (despite what the /sys/class.../rf_kill option says), there
is no way to turn it back on.
Out of interest, do you have one of these?
/usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/10-dell-rfkill-switch.fdi
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Cheers
Chris
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