Re: iwlagn rfkill and 2.6.31 on Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN

[Fabio Coatti <fabio.coatti@gmail.com>]

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> Hmm, I recently looked to the interaction between rfkill and hal, and
> may be able to answer that. The kernel rfkill module also exports its
> state via either /dev/rfkill or sysfs's /sys/class/rfkill (depending
> on kernel version; I think /dev/rfkill is new to
> 2.6.31/wireless-testing/compat-wireless, and not in 2.6.30). hald or
> devicekit (again, depend on distro/kernel version) monitors those, and
> informs NetworkManager via d-bus messaging when the rkfill state
> changes. NetworkManager then if up/down the device and tell
> wpa_supplicant accordingly. So the ifconfig-interface-up is supposed
> to happen automatically, if hald/devicekit works and talk to
> NetworkManager.
> 
> i.e. the waking-up should happen automatically if you have the
> combination of hald/devicekit and networkmanager.
> 
> Does this answer your question?
> 

Indeed; it's a good explanation of what's going on. Now I'll follow each step 
of your descripiton and I'll try to find out where the chain breaks :)


Many thanks for your help.