Re: wireless is disabled

[Florian Kulzer <debian-lists@florian-kulzer.eu>]

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 00:36:02 +0800, lina wrote:
> Supplementary Information:
> 
> # nm-tool
> 
> NetworkManager Tool
> 
> State: disconnected
> 
> - Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
>   Type:              Wired
>   Driver:            tg3
>   State:             unmanaged

 [snip: eth0 looks normal to me for an unmanaged device]

> - Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
>   Type:              802.11 WiFi
>   Driver:            b43
>   State:             unavailable
>   Default:           no
>   HW Address:        E0:F8:47:0A:B0:D8
> 
>   Capabilities:
> 
>   Wireless Properties
>     WEP Encryption:  yes
>     WPA Encryption:  yes
>     WPA2 Encryption: yes
> 
>   Wireless Access Points

It should be possible to change the line "State: unavailable" to "State:
disconnected" by running:

  nmcli nm wifi on

If this does not work then it might be necessary to install the package
"rfkill" and use

  rfkill list

to check if an RF killswitch has inadvertently been activated. Post any
output or error messages that you may get from these commands.

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          Florian   | http://www.florian-kulzer.eu