When, wifi doesnt enable again, try this command: sudo iwconfig wlan0 txpower on
It has helped many of my friends with similar issues. To check the state of your wifi you can use just: iwconfig if it doesnt work, post the output of iwconfig here. On 5/29/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 2:32 AM, karan pratap singh > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> The problem is bluetooth toggles properly but wifi does not, the state of >>> wifi, once hard-blocked does not get unblocked. >>> Hope its clear now. >>> >>> >> Yes! Now it is clear! >> >> And let me tell you that this problem is most probably due to driver >> issues >> in the <Os that is not to be named>. >> >> I do not know the solution to this one, BUT I had a somewhat related >> problem with my Dell Inspiron 1564 too. >> >> here is a short description of the problem I was facing! >> >> 1) I noticed that my F2 key was toggling wifi in Ubuntu 10.04 but the >> bluetooth did not turn ON! >> >> 2) No matter what I tried, or what bluetooth software I used in Ubuntu the >> bluetooth will not work at all in Ubuntu, though the wifi was toggling >> properly with the F2 key! >> >> 3) After searching for a solution for long, I noticed that I had disabled >> bluetooth through Windows 7 Dell bluetooth driver to conserve battery >> life, >> and no matter what Ubuntu did, it could not re-enable the bluetooth back! >> > > Okay the issue is similar. > >> >> which effectively means that Evil Windows Bluetooth Driver had locked away >> my bluetooth hardware chip!!! >> and Ubuntu or other linux distro could do nothing about that! >> > Seems sensible cause for the problem. > >> >> so the only solution I had was to log back in Windows( ugh! ) and >> re-enable my bluetooth!, and then it was toggling properly in Ubuntu! >> > congratulaitons. But my condition is different. Wifi and Bluetooth are both > enabled. I do not touch the F2 key, never !!! I don't use tty2 ever. > When the key is pressed, it disables both bluetooth and wifi. When pressed > again it enables Bluetooth but not Wifi. > Restarting the system solves the issue, sometimes does not. Once it had been > so that I had left trying and after a week or two I found it enabled o.O. > :P. How do I investigate what goes on, behind the scene? > >> >> Now I had windows in my latop then, but what of some guy who disables the >> bluetooth in windows and then gets rid of windows to switch to linux, only >> to find that his bluetooth is useless now! and then that newbie might tell >> his friend that Linux sucks!! What a shame!!! >> > Seriously, what a shame !!! > >> >> Hope this experience of mine helps someone! >> >> -- >> regards, >> Karan Pratap Singh >> PULUG >> Panjab University >> Chandigarh >> >> -- >> Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: >> http://lug-iitd.org/Footer >> > > -- > Anuvrat Parashar > http://about.me/anuvrat.parashar > > -- > Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: > http://lug-iitd.org/Footer > -- Regards, Chhatoi Pritam Baral -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
