Re: howto ignore rfkill switch

[Jim Cromie <jim cromie gmail com>]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Vladimir Botka <vbotka gmail com> wrote:
> 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



thanks Vlado, that gets me more info (but no solution yet)

1 - with only built-in wifi card, I get a blank list.

[jimc harpo ~]$ rfkill list all
[jimc harpo ~]$ lsmod | grep ipw
ipw2200               115811  0
libipw                 20827  1 ipw2200
lib80211                4062  2 ipw2200,libipw

2 - once I plug in the pcmcia and usb cards, theyre both unblocked,
but the builtin (ipw2200) is still missing.

[jimc harpo ~]$ rfkill list all
1: phy1: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
2: phy2: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

Blocking and unblocking alters the displayed state (as above)
but NM-applet says that all 3 are disabled.
(including ipw2200 builtin card)