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After 30 - 60 minutes on wifi, my wlan0 mysteriously disappears. If I try to restart it I receive this error,
[root@nikolai karam]# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
I'm using wicd on an Acer Aspire 3810T (with the iwlwifi-5000-ucode driver) and have seen this issue on two different wireless networks. Does anyone have any ideas?
Last edited by tony5429 (2010-06-11 12:58:54)
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I also have the same problem with the same driver. I get the same error message when I try to turn on the wifi.
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I thought about verifying that but did not cause I was thinking hey if it was working why would things have changed.
The wifi was turned off in the bios.
Thank you for your help.
Last edited by phil90 (2010-06-15 01:42:08)
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Hi there.
I had the same problem. Installed the package "rfkill" and did the following:
[root@turuzzu]# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
This means there's a block on the RF kill switch (soft in my case).
Unblocked it:
[root@turuzzu]# rfkill unblock 0
[root@turuzzu]# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
and all was working good.
Hope it may help
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wow..... all i can say is wow.....
so this is my mistake, but i figured id post here just IN CASE somebody makes the same mistake *I* just did. i took arancedisicilia's advice and used the rfkill package to try to find my problem. i had soft and hard locks on two interfaces...
long story short... make sure to check the actual wifi switch on the side of the laptop... (facepalm for sure!). once i flipped it, both soft and hard locks were removed.
to be honest i didnt even really know it was there... new laptop...
none the less... good luck everybody.
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+1... Just to let you know you're not the only one:)
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Hey guys, just letting you know I was having the same problem after resume from hibernation, simply installing rfkill solved it.
D:
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It's so stupid... but I fall into same problem... looking for problem in kernel, configs, rfkill and etc...
But leaving hard switch without attention...
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