* Howto remove rfkill from kernel
@ 2013-06-19 17:36 rlwkayaker
2013-06-19 18:38 ` John W. Linville
2013-06-19 22:58 ` Dan Williams
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: rlwkayaker @ 2013-06-19 17:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-wireless
The rfkill "feature" has rendered the internal wireless of my
Averatec 3260 laptop unusable. It works fine with earlier
kernels without this "feature". How do I remove the rfkill
"feature" from a custom built kernel?
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* Re: Howto remove rfkill from kernel
2013-06-19 17:36 Howto remove rfkill from kernel rlwkayaker
@ 2013-06-19 18:38 ` John W. Linville
2013-06-19 22:58 ` Dan Williams
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: John W. Linville @ 2013-06-19 18:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: rlwkayaker; +Cc: linux-wireless
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 01:36:38PM -0400, rlwkayaker wrote:
> The rfkill "feature" has rendered the internal wireless of my
> Averatec 3260 laptop unusable. It works fine with earlier
> kernels without this "feature". How do I remove the rfkill
> "feature" from a custom built kernel?
The rfkill "feature" has been in the kernel for years. Exactly what
kernels are you using?
John
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* Re: Howto remove rfkill from kernel
2013-06-19 17:36 Howto remove rfkill from kernel rlwkayaker
2013-06-19 18:38 ` John W. Linville
@ 2013-06-19 22:58 ` Dan Williams
2013-06-20 0:03 ` rlwkayaker
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dan Williams @ 2013-06-19 22:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: rlwkayaker; +Cc: linux-wireless
On Wed, 2013-06-19 at 13:36 -0400, rlwkayaker wrote:
> The rfkill "feature" has rendered the internal wireless of my
> Averatec 3260 laptop unusable. It works fine with earlier
> kernels without this "feature". How do I remove the rfkill
> "feature" from a custom built kernel?
Best thing to do is figure out why this is happening, and fix it. What
kernels worked? What kernels fail? What wifi card do you have, and was
it the card the laptop originally came with?
Dan
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* Re: Howto remove rfkill from kernel
2013-06-19 22:58 ` Dan Williams
@ 2013-06-20 0:03 ` rlwkayaker
2013-06-20 0:09 ` Jason Cooper
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: rlwkayaker @ 2013-06-20 0:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dan Williams; +Cc: linux-wireless
On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:58:54 -0500
Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-06-19 at 13:36 -0400, rlwkayaker wrote:
> > The rfkill "feature" has rendered the internal wireless of my
> > Averatec 3260 laptop unusable. It works fine with earlier
> > kernels without this "feature". How do I remove the rfkill
> > "feature" from a custom built kernel?
>
> Best thing to do is figure out why this is happening, and fix
> it. What kernels worked? What kernels fail? What wifi card
> do you have, and was it the card the laptop originally came
> with?
>
> Dan
>
I have been using 2.6.32-5-686 successfully with Debian
Squeeze. Earlier kernels native to Debian Lenny and Etch also
worked well. I tried to update to Debian Wheezy which uses
3.2.0.4 and ran into many problems, including the rfkill
"feature". I gave up on Wheezy and I tried Gentoo, with it's
3.? kernel and the same rfkill problem, among others. I am
currently using 3.7.10-antiX which works very well in this
laptop, except for rfkill "feature". rfkill has a hard block on
the wireless. The internal card is original and uses the
rt2500pci module. I can, and do, temporarily, use a PCMCIA
wireless card in that laptop successfully and rfkill doesn't
interfere. I don't find this to be a good solution. I would
rather go back to the internal card without the PCMCIA appendage
protruding from the side of the machine.
I have spent a lot of time trying various "fixes" identified on
the Internet. I'm left with building a kernel without rfkill,
using the PCMCIA card or scrapping my favorite laptop because
somebody decided to put this "feature" in the kernel with
inadequate information.
Richard
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* Re: Howto remove rfkill from kernel
2013-06-20 0:03 ` rlwkayaker
@ 2013-06-20 0:09 ` Jason Cooper
2013-06-20 0:21 ` rlwkayaker
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jason Cooper @ 2013-06-20 0:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: rlwkayaker; +Cc: Dan Williams, linux-wireless
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 08:03:56PM -0400, rlwkayaker wrote:
> rfkill has a hard block on the wireless.
Is this system dual-boot with windows? If so, boot into windows and
enable wireless via the usual mechanisms. Then reboot into Linux.
hth,
Jason.
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* Re: Howto remove rfkill from kernel
2013-06-20 0:09 ` Jason Cooper
@ 2013-06-20 0:21 ` rlwkayaker
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: rlwkayaker @ 2013-06-20 0:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jason Cooper; +Cc: Dan Williams, linux-wireless
On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:09:41 -0400
Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 08:03:56PM -0400, rlwkayaker wrote:
> > rfkill has a hard block on the wireless.
>
> Is this system dual-boot with windows? If so, boot into
> windows and enable wireless via the usual mechanisms. Then
> reboot into Linux.
>
> hth,
>
> Jason.
No, there is nothing on this system but Linux. At the moment,
only antiX-13.
Richard
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