[Solved]Update to kernel 3.2.1 & kmod results in wireless led blinking

Sigi · 2012-01-22 16:30:15

I have the following hack in /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf:

[root@elitebook sigi]# cat /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf 
#
# /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf (for v2.6 kernels)
#
options iwlagn led_mode=1

Had to put it there since an upgrade caused my wireless led to constantly blink. Since the upgrade to kmod its blinking again. Any hints on how to change this?

Cheers Sigi

Last edited by Sigi (2012-01-22 16:56:08)

Gusar · 2012-01-22 16:41:01

The driver is named iwlwifi now. So change that line to

options iwlwifi led_mode=1

Sigi · 2012-01-22 16:55:11

Thanks that was quick! I already discovered and changed that. It works. Was just coming to post this hint to see for others but man, you were fast... :-)

edit: Oh and something else I discovered. Kmod didn't get installed at all, I had to install it manually, I only saw the post on archlinux.org and thoght it got installed. Is this the intended behaviour?

edit: typo

Last edited by Sigi (2012-01-22 16:58:14)

Gusar · 2012-01-22 20:53:57

Sigi wrote:

Is this the intended behaviour?

Nope, you should've gotten a question "replace module-init-tools with kmod [Y/n]?" Did you maybe put kmod on the IgnorePkg list in /etc/pacman.conf?

Sigi · 2012-01-22 21:39:17

Hm, I updated during a school lesson and wasn't paying attention enough it seems I might have skipped it. Thanks again for your help!

cybertorture · 2012-01-22 21:46:32

also

echo phy0assoc > /sys/class/leds/phy0-led/trigger

will do the trick (at least for iwl_legacy), but must be executed after succesful connection

hopla · 2012-04-10 17:28:22

I want to add this FYI: since upgrading to 3.3.x my wifi led was also blinking again (driving me nuts).

Before I was using:

options iwl_legacy led_mode=1

But apparently iwl_legacy has been renamed to iwlegacy (wow! they saved 2 characters and made the name so much cooler! never mind compatibility!)

So using:

options iwlegacy led_mode=1

fixes the problem.

Arch Linux

#1 2012-01-22 16:30:15

[Solved]Update to kernel 3.2.1 & kmod results in wireless led blinking

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Re: [Solved]Update to kernel 3.2.1 & kmod results in wireless led blinking

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