Re: howto ignore rfkill switch

[Vladimir Botka <vbotka gmail com>]

On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:09:19 -0600
Jim Cromie <jim cromie gmail com> wrote:

> Im willing to disable the rfkill code thats shutting things down,
> but would appreciate advice on how to do so, or whether theres
> a simpler approach that avoids code changes (my hope).

Install the rfkill utility and check the status [1]. Maybe you succeed
to "rfkill unblock  .." it.

# rfkill list all
0: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
1: sony-bluetooth: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
2: hci0: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no

Cheers,

-vlado