On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malate...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > When trying to setup wifi on my DELL Precision M6300, I discover > that pressing the Radio Frequency Kill Switch (Fn+F2), reported some > bizarre stuff in dmesg: > > [ 147.025486] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On: > [ 147.025491] Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work. > [ 147.026488] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code > 0x88 on isa0060/serio0). > [ 147.026495] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e008 <keycode>' to make it known. > > > which lead to: > > $ sudo /sbin/iwconfig > lo no wireless extensions. > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > wmaster0 no wireless extensions. > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated > Tx-Power=0 dBm > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key:off > Power Management:off > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > pan0 no wireless extensions. > > > and then pressing it again: > > [ 147.025486] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On: > [ 147.025491] Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work. > [ 147.026488] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code > 0x88 on isa0060/serio0). > [ 147.026495] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e008 <keycode>' to make it known. > [ 372.677144] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 15000 nsec > [ 446.068109] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code > 0x88 on isa0060/serio0). > [ 446.068117] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e008 <keycode>' to make it known. > > > $ sudo /sbin/iwconfig > lo no wireless extensions. > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > wmaster0 no wireless extensions. > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated > Tx-Power=0 dBm > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key:off > Power Management:off > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > pan0 no wireless extensions. > > > 1. It seems that Fn+F2 is not working as expected > 2. If so, what should I do ? > 3. Should I fill in a bug report ? > > Thanks, > > -- > Mathieu >
After discovering http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475851 the solution was simply to do: sudo apt-get install -t testing hal-info Cheers -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
