Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce
On 04 May 2023 23:26, David Christensen wrote:
On 5/4/23 13:36, Christoph Brinkhaus wrote:
Am Thu, May 04, 2023 at 01:14:12PM -0700 schrieb David Christensen:
[ 80.070510] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: reporting RF_KILL (radio disabled)
[ 80.070571] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to disable radio.
This indicates rfkill is effectively blocking the wlan: "radio disabled"
There is a directory /var/lib/systemd/rfkill/ which holds a file named
by the Wi-Fi device. Here it is pci-0000:04:00.0:wlan. The content is
just a 0 for normal operation or 1 for Wi-Fi off which means RF_Kill.
Please check that file on your system and replace a possible 1 by a 0.
There is no /var/lib/systemd directory on the laptop:
Maybe it's elsewhere in /var ?
$ find /var -type d -name rfkill
Or in sysfs :
$ find /sys -type d -name rfkill
Else, look everywhere ^^
Things to check :
Check the status via systemctl (didn't know there was a service):
# systemctl --status rfkill
Is the rfkill *module* loaded ?
# lsmod | grep rfkill
If nothing, try loading the module :
# modprobe rfkill
Is the rfkill *tool* installed ?
# dpkg -l "*rfkill*"
If not, install it
# apt install rfkill
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