Corentin Chary wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Thiemo Nagel<[email protected]> wrote: >> I just tested the new GSM rfkill in 2.6.31-rc2 and I get the following on my >> EeePC 1000HGO: >> >> eee:/# cat /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill2/name >> eeepc-wwan3g >> eee:/# echo 0 > /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill2/state >> bash: echo: write error: Operation not permitted >> >> What could be the reason for that? > > Reading the kernel source I can find: > /* > * The intention was that userspace can only take control over > * a given device when/if rfkill-input doesn't control it due > * to user_claim. Since user_claim is currently unsupported, > * we never support changing the state from userspace -- this > * can be implemented again later. > */ > > It seems that rfkill should be controlled by /dev/rfkill (cf > Documentation/rfkill.txt). > Maybe network-manager can control that .. But I'm not sure. > Maybe you should CC the wireless mailing list.
Thanks for the quick reply. The interesting thing is, that the direct access works well for eeepc-wlan and eeepc-bluetooth rfkills. I've CC'd debian-eeepc-devel, maybe they know something. Kind regards, Thiemo -- +-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Dipl.-Phys. Thiemo Nagel | | | Technische Universitaet Muenchen | Room PH1 3276 | | Physik-Department E18 | | | James-Franck-Strasse | Phone +49 89 289-12379 | | D-85747 Garching | Fax +49 89 289-12570 | +-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ _______________________________________________ Debian-eeepc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-eeepc-devel
