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a5ympt0te

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Registered: 2013-08-14

Posts: 15

Operation not possible due to RF-kill [SOLVED]

when i try:
ip link set waln0 up

i get:
Operation not possible due to RF-kill

I am using b43 driver and firmware version 478.104.

I have noticed that when I enable b43 module after I disable it LED of hw wifi button on my laptop blinks, for a second.

From dmesg:

b43-phy0: Lodaing firmware version 478.104 (........)
b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software
b43-phy0: The hardware FR-kill button still turns the radio physically off. Press the button to turn it on.

I pressed the button, but nothing happens.

Any ideas?

Last edited by a5ympt0te (2014-02-26 21:55:52)

Neburski

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Registered: 2009-09-15

Posts: 118

Re: Operation not possible due to RF-kill [SOLVED]

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … activation

a5ympt0te

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Registered: 2013-08-14

Posts: 15

Re: Operation not possible due to RF-kill [SOLVED]

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … activation

I do not have installed rfkill.

Last edited by a5ympt0te (2014-02-26 19:54:07)

Neburski

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Registered: 2009-09-15

Posts: 118

Re: Operation not possible due to RF-kill [SOLVED]

b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software
b43-phy0: The hardware FR-kill button still turns the radio physically off. Press the button to turn it on.

I pressed the button, but nothing happens.

Any ideas?

This might sound stupid, but did you try to rerun the

ip link set waln0 up

after pushing the button?

Last edited by Neburski (2014-02-26 20:03:54)

a5ympt0te

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Registered: 2013-08-14

Posts: 15

Re: Operation not possible due to RF-kill [SOLVED]

b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software
b43-phy0: The hardware FR-kill button still turns the radio physically off. Press the button to turn it on.

I pressed the button, but nothing happens.

Any ideas?

This might sound stupid, but did you try to rerun the

ip link set waln0 up

after pushing the button?

Yes.

It seems like button is disabled.

a5ympt0te

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Registered: 2013-08-14

Posts: 15

Re: Operation not possible due to RF-kill [SOLVED]

when i try:
ip link set waln0 up

i get:
Operation not possible due to RF-kill

I am using b43 driver and firmware version 478.104.

I have noticed that when I enable b43 module after I disable it LED of hw wifi button on my laptop blinks, for a second.

From dmesg:

b43-phy0: Lodaing firmware version 478.104 (........)
b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software
b43-phy0: The hardware FR-kill button still turns the radio physically off. Press the button to turn it on.

I pressed the button, but nothing happens.

Any ideas?

I installed rfkill, but my card stays hard blocked.

Neburski

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Registered: 2009-09-15

Posts: 118

Re: Operation not possible due to RF-kill [SOLVED]

I installed rfkill, but my card stays hard blocked.

Can you use rfkill to unblock the device? If not can you post the output from rfkill?

a5ympt0te

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Registered: 2013-08-14

Posts: 15

Re: Operation not possible due to RF-kill [SOLVED]

I installed rfkill, but my card stays hard blocked.

Can you use rfkill to unblock the device? If not can you post the output from rfkill?

rfkill unblock all
rfkill list
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
   Soft blocked: no
   Hard blocked: yed

a5ympt0te

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Registered: 2013-08-14

Posts: 15

Re: Operation not possible due to RF-kill [SOLVED]

It seems that bios was the cause of the problem. Restore to default. Someone must have been messing with bios before. Tnx, guys.