Re: problems with wifi bc43
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
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