* 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? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* 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 -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* 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. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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