Fedora 13 and rfkill

[m@!]

I'm sure this has been covered by many, but I just wanted to let everyone know that I have the Broadcom 4311 chipset [ BCM4311 ] on a HP DV2000 2615nr laptop. I've had issues with not being able to enable WIFI. There's a WIFI killswitch on my laptop. It's not a button, it's a switch. The switch has a blue light when activated and orange when deactivated. I could not activate the switch (make it blue).

My fix:

yum install rfkill
rfkill list (to check devices)
rfkill unblock wifi

joila

Hope this helps someone

[redlinuxpro]

Hey M@! thanks this fixed my problem competely, here is what my output was with
rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes

then after i ran rfkill unblock wifi the output i got was

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

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now when i turn on my wifi button it stays on and doesnt turn off automatically after a few second.

Thanks,
redlinuxpro

[kenifanying]

In my opinion,you need go to BIOS to make some change.(eg: Enable Wifi)

[redlinuxpro]

I tired that, but there is no Enable Wifi Button, i think im going to have to make a scrpit to run the rfkill unblock wifi every time the computer starts up because the laptop goes back to how it was in the beginning. Do you think there is any other way rather then writing a script to start up everytime?

Thank You,
redlinuxpro

[mohdrizal]

Hi

my wireless RTL8192SE cant enable. I have try rfkill unblock all & rfkill unblock wlan. But Wireless Lan still cant enable.

How can i fix this problem?

[stoat]

Originally Posted by mohdrizal

my wireless RTL8192SE cant enable. I have try rfkill unblock all & rfkill unblock wlan. But Wireless Lan still cant enable.

How can i fix this problem?

You need to install a driver for that adapter. Have you done that yet? If not, kurtdriver published detailed steps of how he got an adapter with that chipset going...

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showth...75#post1404875

If you have problems with the driver, then I recommend that you start a new thread with an appropriate title.

[mohdrizal]

Originally Posted by stoat

You need to install a driver for that adapter. Have you done that yet? If not, kurtdriver published detailed steps of how he got an adapter with that chipset going...

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showth...75#post1404875

If you have problems with the driver, then I recommend that you start a new thread with an appropriate title.

I have install driver. rfkill still can enable wlan..

Ok, i open new thread. Thank for your respons.

[redlinuxpro]

Hi Mohdrizal,

so what is the problem. your problem sounds to general. Can you give us more detail? like does the light for the wireless adapter turn on? do you not see an enable button for the wlan? did it work before, what os did you use? is this the first time this happened? could you provide us with more details?

Happy Linux,
redlinuxpro

[mohdrizal]

Hi Redlinuxpro,

Sorry i not tell you more details.

I use laptop lenovo x100e, wireless RTL8192SE. I reinstall OS FC12 to FC13. before i use FC13, wireless work perfect on FC12. I have enable button wlan & enable wlan in the bios. But it still not working.

My problem same like this:-

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=774219

[mohdrizal]

my mistake.. i use 2 internal wireless device in my netbook. Maybe system confuse detect wireless device..

Thank for your help :-)

[Raymond001]

Having trouble with getting my wireless to work. If you want the details they are here
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=254698

It was suggested that I look at this thread.
Can't get rfkill to work.

Installed rfkill using add/remove software and when I try it I get the following error. Did it as SU.

rfkill list
Can't open RFKILL control device: No such file or directory

Help works, but anything else I type in gets me the above error
rfkill --help
Usage: rfkill [options] command
Options:
--version show version (0.4)
Commands:
help
event
list [IDENTIFIER]
block IDENTIFIER
unblock IDENTIFIER
where IDENTIFIER is the index no. of an rfkill switch or one of:
<idx> all wifi wlan bluetooth uwb ultrawideband wimax wwan gps fm