Hello Matthew, On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 04:06:28PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 05:00:50PM +0200, Philippe De Muyter wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 03:51:07PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 01:53:29PM +0200, Philippe De Muyter wrote: > > > > > > > and the blue/red led doesn't change color, and wifi state does not change > > > > either. > > > > > > What's the output of the rfkill command now? > > > > Sorry, I cannot answer before friday (not my laptop). > > No problem. The best command to run will be > > rfkill list > > and then just attach the output. Here you are : Led is blue, wifi does not work (testing with airodump-ng) linux-m1ew:~ # rfkill list 0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no linux-m1ew:~ # rfkill unblock hp-wifi Bogus unblock argument 'hp-wifi'. linux-m1ew:~ # rfkill unblock 0 linux-m1ew:~ # rfkill list 0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no linux-m1ew:~ # rfkill list 0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no linux-m1ew:~ # rfkill unblock 1 linux-m1ew:~ # rfkill list 0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no linux-m1ew:~ # Led is still blue, wifi works Touching the soft key Led stays blue, wifi does not work anymore (testing with airodump-ng) linux-m1ew:~ # rfkill list 0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes linux-m1ew:~ # dmesg | tail [ 494.758041] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/lp0bsinitvals15.fw [ 1390.158487] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x94 on isa0060/serio0). [ 1390.158501] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e014 <keycode>' to make it known. [ 1390.165406] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x94 on isa0060/serio0). [ 1390.165418] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e014 <keycode>' to make it known. [ 1390.988287] b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED [ 1390.992840] b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software [ 1390.992854] b43-phy0: The hardware RF-kill button still turns the radio physically off. Press the button to turn it on. linux-m1ew:~ # Touching the soft key again Led stays blue, wifi works again (testing with airodump-ng) linux-m1ew:~ # rfkill list 0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no linux-m1ew:~ # dmesg | tail [ 1390.988287] b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED [ 1390.992840] b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software [ 1390.992854] b43-phy0: The hardware RF-kill button still turns the radio physically off. Press the button to turn it on. [ 1447.758302] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x94 on isa0060/serio0). [ 1447.758312] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e014 <keycode>' to make it known. [ 1447.764038] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x94 on isa0060/serio0). [ 1447.764048] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e014 <keycode>' to make it known. [ 1451.008317] b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to ENABLED [ 1451.252283] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 478.104 (2008-07-01 00:50:23) [ 1456.785018] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready linux-m1ew:~ # So the problems are : - often wifi is blocked, but (except for `sudo rfkill' now) my daughter had no way to enable it, - the led does not reflect the wifi enabled/disabled state. - messages from kernel about `Unknown key pressed' Philippe Philippe De Muyter phdm at macqel dot be Tel +32 27029044 Macq Electronique SA rue de l'Aeronef 2 B-1140 Bruxelles Fax +32 27029077 -- 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
