On Thu, 2013-04-11 at 20:03 -0400, schwaahed wrote: > Hello, > > I have an HP Elitebook 8460w laptop containing a Centrino Ultimate-N > 6300 AGN (linux-3.8.6 iwlwifi module - firmware version 9.221.4.1 > build 25532) I notice that your 'rfkill list all' dumps below don't contain an entry for hp-wmi. Is that module loaded on your machine? It's needed at least for earlier models of the Elitebook, up at least until the xx40 series. Perhaps it needs to be updated for your laptop? You might ask on the general kernel lists if anyone knows how rfkill is supposed to work for the 8460 and if hp-wmi supports it, or if some other mechanism is used. Dan > I am unable to remove the softblock on the chip with rfkill. For the > most part my wifi chip stays soft blocked. The only time I can manage > to get it unblocked is when the wlan0 interface is hard blocked. > > I am able to: > - soft block the interface > - hard block the interface > - hard block and softblock the interface > > I am not able to: > - soft unblock and hard unblock simultaneously. > > I needed to do a fresh install of Gentoo Linux on a new hard drive. I > don't have access to the old hard drive at the moment, but wifi did > work on this older install of gentoo linux.. I am using the iwlwifi > driver and firmware that are part of Gentoo. > > After I couldn't get wifi working I installed Windows 7 and the wifi > works fine when I boot into Windows 7. > > I have looked many places for a solution and other people have run > accross this problem but none of their solutions work for me. > > Here are some of the things that I have tried that have resolved this > problem for others, but not for me: > > - unload and reload the iwlwifi module > - disable rfkill and bluetooth in the kernel > - boot with the hardware wifi switch off > - boot with the hardware wifi switch on > > I have these kernels installed and ready to run on the new harddrive > they all exhibit this same behavior: > > linux-3.6.11-r2 > linux-3.7.10 > linux-3.7.10-r1 > linux-3.8.5 > linux-3.8.6 > > I started out with linux-3.8.5 on this new harddrive. Wifi was working > fine with linux-3.7.10-r1 on the old harddrive (same machine). If > anyone has any insight into how I might solve this problem I would > really appreciate a push in the right direction. > > Thanks > - Darwin > > > Below I've given a record of some of the commands I've tried to use to > unblock rfkill and some info about my system: > > > # iwconfig > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:off/any > Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off > Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key:off > Power Management:off > > # ifconfig wlan0 up > > SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill > > # rfkill list all > > 0: phy0: Wireless LAN > Soft blocked: yes > Hard blocked: no > > # rfkill unblock all > # rfkill list all > > 0: phy0: Wireless LAN > Soft blocked: yes > Hard blocked: no > > PRESS HARDWARE WIFI BUTTON, LED CHANGES TO ORANGE-OFF > > # rfkill list all > > 0: phy0: Wireless LAN > Soft blocked: yes > Hard blocked: yes > > # rfkill unblock 0 > # rfkill list all > > 0: phy0: Wireless LAN > Soft blocked: no > Hard blocked: yes > > PRESS HARDWARE WIFI BUTTON, LED CHANGES TO WHITE-ON > > # rfkill list all > > 0: phy0: Wireless LAN > Soft blocked: yes > Hard blocked: no > > > PRESS HARDWARE WIFI BUTTON, LED CHANGES TO ORANGE-OFF > > # rfkill list all > > 0: phy0: Wireless LAN > Soft blocked: yes > Hard blocked: yes > > PRESS HARDWARE WIFI BUTTON, LED CHANGES TO WHITE-ON > > # rfkill list all > > 0: phy0: Wireless LAN > Soft blocked: yes > Hard blocked: no > > > portion of dmesg output > > [ 3.636945] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: loaded firmware version 9.221.4.1 > build 25532 > [ 3.666672] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: > [ 3.666676] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), > (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) > [ 3.666680] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), > (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) > [ 3.666735] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), > (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) > [ 3.666738] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), > (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) > [ 3.666780] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), > (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) > [ 3.666784] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), > (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) > ... > [ 3.671565] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG enabled > [ 3.671569] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS enabled > [ 3.671571] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING enabled > [ 3.671574] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TESTMODE disabled > [ 3.671576] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_P2P enabled > [ 3.671579] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Centrino(R) > Ultimate-N 6300 AGN, REV=0x74 > [ 3.671651] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: L1 Disabled; Enabling L0S > [ 3.671787] iwlwifi 0000:25:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio. > [ 3.693396] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs' > > > # lsmod > > Module Size Used by > iptable_nat 2858 0 > nf_nat_ipv4 3703 1 iptable_nat > nf_nat 15405 2 nf_nat_ipv4,iptable_nat > snd_hda_codec_hdmi 28108 1 > iwldvm 233069 0 > mac80211 524815 1 iwldvm > snd_hda_codec_idt 60778 1 > radeon 912449 1 > iwlwifi 161962 1 iwldvm > i2c_algo_bit 5681 1 radeon > snd_hda_intel 34488 0 > drm_kms_helper 33940 1 radeon > snd_hda_codec 106132 3 > snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel > ttm 70693 1 radeon > snd_hwdep 6010 1 snd_hda_codec > snd_pcm 81985 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel > kvm 422194 0 > snd_page_alloc 8204 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel > cfg80211 493526 3 iwlwifi,mac80211,iwldvm > snd_timer 19874 1 snd_pcm > drm 252792 3 ttm,drm_kms_helper,radeon > agpgart 31743 2 drm,ttm > snd 58279 7 > snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel > xhci_hcd 87398 0 > firewire_ohci 32771 0 > soundcore 1090 1 snd > rfkill 17656 3 cfg80211 > firewire_core 56164 1 firewire_ohci > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
