rfkill list all:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
None platform killswitch. As i said when unblocked by
windows another thing that appears is hci0 (bluetooth).
Yes, i think you can be right about the rfkill, ids, ...This is not a wifi bug.
Wifi and bluetooth works very well after unblock.
Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Compal
Product Name: PBL0001
Version: 1.70
Serial Number: 123456789
UUID: 0E2F618D-BDB1-E011-8221-B870F4B1DE9F
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: HuronRiver_CRB
Family: Intel_Mobile
Thanks Dan.
On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 08:14 -0300, Arliton Rocha wrote:
>> Hi devs,
>>
>> The following card does not work (remains always 'hard blocked'):
>> 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313
>> 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
>>
>> There is no a physical lock on the notebook in question.
>> I know windows can change only by software.
>> When i do this, wireless net (and bluetooth) works fine on linux.
>> Ok, install windows, unblock... But, why linux can't do this?
>> I have trying a lot of tips about rfkill (unblock all, ...) but
>> nothing, remains hard blocked.
>> Also i tried, unsuccessfully, map Fn + F12 keys...
>
> BIOS usually controls this sort of thing. Check "rfkill list" and see
> if you have a "platform" killswitch. On my HP, that looks like:
>
> 0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
>
> and when that is blocked, it hardblocks the internal wifi. This switch
> is provided by a small driver that talks to your laptop's BIOS. It's
> likely that either your laptops device IDs are not added to the correct
> kernel driver, or your laptop does things in a different way than
> previous ones, and doesn't have a kernel driver yet. But in the end,
> this is most likely a kernel rfkill driver bug, not a wifi bug.
>
> What make and model of laptop is this?
>
> Dan
>
>> Someone have an idea?
>>
>> Hardware information in attachment.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Best regards.
>>
>> --
>> Arliton Rocha
>
>
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Arliton Rocha
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