F15 Airplane Mode On always

BenTrein · #1 11th August 2011, 07:35 AM

Yesterday - Augsuts 12th Dutch time in the evening - I performed a Yummy update

on my F15 netbook - a Dell Inspiron Mini on which F15 had been working flawlessly. After the update I shut-down. This morning when I turn the machine on, it is stuck with Airplane Mode on.
In the Network Settings I click it off, but WiFi can't come on after that. And as soon as I click the screen away, it comes back on.
I've searched and all information points to commands such as
rfkill list
rfkill unblock all
etc

When I enter the first one I get

Code:

#rfkill list
bash: rfkill: command not found...

I am on holiday and not in a place where I can get a network cable to connect to the internet the hard way. There is nothing I can install atm, because I can't connect to the WiFi.

Having said that, I need a solution. It worked fine before the updates.

Oh, for the record, lspci | grep wireless returns nothing.

#2 11th August 2011, 08:04 AM

someone filed the Bug here https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713006 , there are a few commands in that Bug to try

---------- Post added at 05:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:59 PM ----------

when you tried that command, you dont need to be in root, just type it in Terminal $ rfkill list
then to type the other you'll have to be in root

# rfkill unblock all

BenTrein · #3 12th August 2011, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by detox

someone filed the Bug here https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713006 , there are a few commands in that Bug to try

---------- Post added at 05:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:59 PM ----------

when you tried that command, you dont need to be in root, just type it in Terminal $ rfkill list
then to type the other you'll have to be in root

# rfkill unblock all

Thanks for that bug-report. It hasn't helped me.

The most important part is that both as root and as normal user, rfkill list, or rfkill unblock all returns:
bash: rfkill: command unknown

Anyone any other ideas short of reinstalling? It happened during an update using yum. Is there a way to roll back those updates?

#4 12th August 2011, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BenTrein

Thanks for that bug-report. It hasn't helped me.

The most important part is that both as root and as normal user, rfkill list, or rfkill unblock all returns:
bash: rfkill: command unknown

Anyone any other ideas short of reinstalling? It happened during an update using yum. Is there a way to roll back those updates?

there is a way to rollback

i cannot remember the correct command but there is a

Code:

yum rollback history

some kind of command like that . look up man yum or yum help

BenTrein · #5 12th August 2011, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by detox

there is a way to rollback

Thanks for that, I'll try that next time I run into this problem. I did not have the patience or the skill to fix it, so I reinstalled. It's working now, but I'm dying to update. However, I run into a problem.
I do not want to yum update for fear this network issue repeats itself. I'm on holiday now, and can not really afford to reinstall again. Once I get home I can give it a shot.

Code:

An unspecified transaction error has occurred.
More detailed information is available in the detailed report.
More details:
could not add package update for fedora-release-rawhide-15-3(noarch)updates: fedora-release-rawhide-15-3.noarch

However, no rawhide repos are selected in the preferences dialogue.

Last:

Quote:

Originally Posted by quining

Can you install the rfkill package?

Er... I will now. My wifi works again. But without wifi, where I am, no internet. Without internet, no yum install. So no, I couldn't.

quining · #6 12th August 2011, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BenTrein

Thanks for that bug-report. It hasn't helped me.

The most important part is that both as root and as normal user, rfkill list, or rfkill unblock all returns:
bash: rfkill: command unknown

Can you install the rfkill package? It will provide the /sbin/rfkill command. Just run as root:

Code:

yum install rfkill

BenTrein · #7 14th August 2011, 09:49 AM

Hmmmm.... HELP!

Now, without updating suddenly the airplane mode came on; and won't go off. I did install rfkill, and this is the result:

Code:

$rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
$ su -
#rfkill unblock all
#rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes

In other words, rfkill is not important enough to fix the issue. Something is overriding rfkill's authority. Anyone any idea what it might be?