Re: networkmanager can not enable wireless scanning

[Larry Finger <Larry Finger lwfinger net>]

On 09/26/2013 09:38 PM, LovelyLich wrote:
> 2013/9/27 Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>:
> > On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 15:09 +0800, LovelyLich wrote:
> > > Thanks Larry for your help.
> > > iwconfig shows a wireless device.
> > > here is my output :
> >
> > What is the "rfkill list" output if, as root, you run "rfkill unblock
> > wifi"?
> >
> > Dan
> Thanks Dan, the output is :
> [root localhost]/home/codedancer# rfkill unblock all
> [root localhost]/home/codedancer# rfkill list
> 0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
>          Soft blocked: yes
>          Hard blocked: no
> 1: phy0: Wireless LAN
>          Soft blocked: no
>          Hard blocked: no
> [root localhost]/home/codedancer#
>
>
> sorry i am not familiar with this aspect, so i can only do what you
> tell me to do , and can not think more things.

Is your computer built by Acer? I think I remember a case where the module 
acer-wmi got loaded on a laptop built by a different manufacturer, and it caused 
exactly this kind of problem.

Larry