Re: why rfkill not list my wifi device

2023-01-13 Thread lsg
On 1/10/23 21:17, Charles Curley wrote: Interesting. Running "modprobe rfkill" wouldn't return anything because the module is already installed. However, I get a slightly different result from the lsmod command: root@jhegaala:~# lsmod | grep rfkill rfkill 32768 7 bluetooth,thi

Re: why rfkill not list my wifi device

2023-01-10 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 19:31:40 +0800 lsg wrote: > Thank Alexander! i run lsmod | grep -iE "rfkill", it says > > rfkill 20480  2 cfg80211 > > both "modprobe rfkill" and rfkill return nothing Interesting. Running "modprobe rfkill" wouldn't return anything because the module is alre

Re: why rfkill not list my wifi device

2023-01-10 Thread lsg
actually i want to use rfkill to block or unblock device is it possible to do it with wireless-tools?

Re: why rfkill not list my wifi device

2023-01-10 Thread lsg
On 1/10/23 18:10, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: In that case check if "rfkill" kernel module is actually loaded, because it is necessary for rfkill utility to function:     $ lsmod | grep -iE "rfkill" Use "modprobe" utulity to load it:     $ sudo modprobe rfkill It is possible that driver mod

Re: why rfkill not list my wifi device

2023-01-10 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 10.01.2023 12:33, lsg wrote: On 1/10/23 15:26, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: For this adapter, according to Wireless Wiki [1], you should use universal driver "rtl8xxxu". See if it was loaded:     $ sudo lsusb -t ... Thank Alexander! actually my usb wifi adapter works well in buster but r

Re: why rfkill not list my wifi device

2023-01-10 Thread Leandro Noferini
Leandro Noferini writes: > Now you need to compile the relative module for your adapter. Sarry, this part of my message remained in my keyboard: I found this – Ciao leandro

Re: why rfkill not list my wifi device

2023-01-10 Thread Leandro Noferini
lsg writes: > On 1/10/23 14:51, Leandro Noferini wrote: >> >> I think for this adapter you need to use the dkms kernel modules: >> >> >> – >> Ciao >> leandro > > Thank Leandro! dkms has been installed Now you need to compile the relative module for your

Re: why rfkill not list my wifi device

2023-01-09 Thread lsg
On 1/10/23 15:26, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: For this adapter, according to Wireless Wiki [1], you should use universal driver "rtl8xxxu". See if it was loaded:     $ sudo lsusb -t Check out the logs for relevant messages:     $ sudo grep -iE "rtl|firmware" /var/log/syslog This should giv

Re: why rfkill not list my wifi device

2023-01-09 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 10.01.2023 09:54, lsg wrote: Thank Charles! it's usb wifi adapter, lsusb shows Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter rfkill shows nothing For this adapter, according to Wireless Wiki [1], you should use universal driver

Re: why rfkill not list my wifi device

2023-01-09 Thread lsg
On 1/10/23 14:51, Leandro Noferini wrote: I think for this adapter you need to use the dkms kernel modules: – Ciao leandro Thank Leandro! dkms has been installed root@debian:~# apt install dkms Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree

Re: why rfkill not list my wifi device

2023-01-09 Thread Leandro Noferini
lsg writes: > On 1/10/23 12:25, Charles Curley wrote: > it’s usb wifi adapter, lsusb shows > > Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188EUS > 802.11n > Wireless Network Adapter > > rfkill shows nothing I think for this adapter you need to use the dkms kernel modules:

Re: why rfkill not list my wifi device

2023-01-09 Thread lsg
On 1/10/23 12:25, Charles Curley wrote: What hardware? A suitable lspci list might help. Mine shows: root@jhegaala:~# rfkill ID TYPE DEVICE SOFT HARD 0 bluetooth tpacpi_bluetooth_sw blocked unblocked 3 wlan phy2unblocked unblocked root@jhe

Re: why rfkill not list my wifi device

2023-01-09 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 11:51:54 +0800 lsg wrote: > according to web page by expert, rfkill without options shall list > wireless device, but it shows nothing though my wifi adapter is > active in buster > What hardware? A suitable lspci list might help. Mine shows: root@jhegaala:~# rfkill ID TY