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wisemonkey
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 Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:33 pm Post subject: wireless stopped working |
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Hi,
I restarted my laptop yesterday and wifi suddenly stopped working.
| Code: | # ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill |
This is what I get.
Looking at few suggestions, I'm suppose to issue `rfkill list all` and then unblock
However I don't have rfkill installed (command not found)
Can anyone help me with this?
(If possible I don't want to move my laptop -- it doesn't have screen so using external monitor and router is in other room, don't have long enough wire )
BTW I've Cisco AM10 but frankly I've no idea how should I connect to gentoo laptop
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Logicien
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wisemonkey
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| Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 1:57 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, I was trying not to move my laptop as it is in shaky condition, anyways I found long enough ethernet cable.
| Quote: | devMachine ~ # rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
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So I tried
| Quote: | | devMachine ~ # rfkill unblock all |
and again issuing rfkill list all shows soft blocked 'yes'
Am I missing something?
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| Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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Is the wifi button ok? If it happened suddenly, then that's the primary suspect.
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wisemonkey
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| Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 4:30 am Post subject: |
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| dE_logics wrote: | | Is the wifi button ok? If it happened suddenly, then that's the primary suspect. |
I tried toggeling it few times and its in ON position.
What else can be wrong with wifi button?
Is there a chance that my wifi chip itself is damaged? |
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dE_logics
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If the button is ok, you should see the network card either in lspci or/and ifconfig if it's turned on, otherwise it should not be visible. Although I'm not sure.
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You should tell us what is your wireless card chipset and which module is driving it with lspci -k. I ever seen if I am right some wireless modules options that where related to the on and off state of the card.
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