Re: problems with wifi bc43

["Roman V.Leon." <roman-vl@meta.ua>]

> On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:07:24 +0300, Roman V.Leon. wrote:
>
>> Could you help me with my wifi card in laptop, please? I have broadcom
>> BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY controller, and I installed
>> "firmware-b43-lpphy-installer". Unfortunately when i'm trying turn my
>> card on, i'm getting a message:
>> "$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up" ----> "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible
>> due to RF-kill"
>> I dig google, but unfortunately I didn't find any helpful receipt to
>> manage this card work.
>>
>> Just in case - rfkill's output:
>> $ sudo rfkill list
>> 0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
>> Soft blocked: no
>> Hard blocked: no
>> 1: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
>> Soft blocked: no
>> Hard blocked: yes
>> 2: phy0: Wireless LAN
>> Soft blocked: no
>> Hard blocked: yes
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> The above seems to be what triggers the warning.
>
>> I cracked my head, but i don't know how to deal with this issue. Thanks
>> in advance.
>
> What Debian version? Squeeze, Wheezy...?
>
> You can try by unloading "rfkill" module (if no other modules in use
> depen on it)... "lsmod | grep rfkill" will tell.
>
> Greetings,
>
> --
> Camaleón

Thanks Camaleón, i have found a solution, when i plug a cable into my
wired NIC, my wireless card become blocked. I realized it when i had
rebooted into my second OS - Archlinux where this card always work without
any problems. My Laptop model is HP 625, so be informed that sometimes
such strange things might happen ;-)

-- 
Cheers,
Roman V.Leon.