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r16
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 Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 8:22 pm Post subject: rfkill won't soft unblock |
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I'm a long-time gentoo user, but this is my first gentoo forums post!
I'm attempting to get my Intel Centrino Advanced N 6230 to work. I've compiled iwlwifi as a module and downloaded the appropriate firmware (iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode) but whenever I attempt to bring up the interface, wlan0, I get
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# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
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Running an rfkill I find :
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# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
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Finally running a
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#rfkill unblock all
#rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
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doesn't unblock it. Every time I run an rfkill unblock all my logger says
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#tail /var/log/messages
Apr 3 10:17:23 enterprise kernel: iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
Apr 3 10:17:23 enterprise kernel: iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
Apr 3 10:17:24 enterprise kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Apr 3 10:17:24 enterprise connmand[2360]: wlan0 {update} flags 4099 <UP>
Apr 3 10:17:24 enterprise connmand[2360]: wlan0 {newlink} index 4 address 88:53:2E:37:B3:10 mtu 1500
Apr 3 10:17:24 enterprise connmand[2360]: wlan0 {newlink} index 4 operstate 2 <DOWN>
Apr 3 10:17:24 enterprise connmand[2360]: wlan0 {update} flags 4098 <DOWN>
Apr 3 10:17:24 enterprise connmand[2360]: wlan0 {newlink} index 4 address 88:53:2E:37:B3:10 mtu 1500
Apr 3 10:17:24 enterprise connmand[2360]: wlan0 {newlink} index 4 operstate 2 <DOWN>
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with dmesg
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#dmesg | tail
[ 1419.393616] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[ 1419.400400] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
[ 1419.635395] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
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DONAHUE
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r16
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| Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:37 am Post subject: FIXED - Kinda |
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sooo, I managed to fix the problem. Unlike what I was expecting, this was NOT a hardware or driver issue, but was a software issue - it was a softblock go figure right??
It seems that connmand was re-soft-blocking wlan0 every time I manually unblocked it with rfkill. Given this, I killed connmand, unblocked wlan0 with rfkill, and then rebuilt connmand with -wifi -bluetooth -ethernet use flags.
I have no idea what this program does, and apparently audacious and corky require it, but it seems to be the cause of the issue.
Now my wpa_supplicant config that I got to work once is not working, but this is progress !  |
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