Re: laptop iwlwifi suddenly not working

2021-07-08 Thread jim . cromie
Solved ! On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 7:39 AM wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 9:53 PM Connor Kuehl wrote: > > > > Maybe there’s a hardware switch that toggles airplane mode? Might not be, > > since I’d think that would be kind of redundant if there’s a fn key > > dedicated to it, but I remember

Re: laptop iwlwifi suddenly not working

2021-07-02 Thread Valentin Vidić
On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 07:39:07AM -0600, jim.cro...@gmail.com wrote: > There is a bios update, but it requires windows to install, long gone > with dead hd. > Im trying to download a windows iso, I'll try sticking it on a Usb and > try booting it, > but Im not optimistic I was able to do a BIOS

Re: laptop iwlwifi suddenly not working

2021-07-02 Thread jim . cromie
On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 9:53 PM Connor Kuehl wrote: > > Maybe there’s a hardware switch that toggles airplane mode? Might not be, > since I’d think that would be kind of redundant if there’s a fn key dedicated > to it, but I remember my previous laptops had a physical slider switch for >

Re: laptop iwlwifi suddenly not working

2021-07-01 Thread Connor Kuehl
Maybe there’s a hardware switch that toggles airplane mode? Might not be, since I’d think that would be kind of redundant if there’s a fn key dedicated to it, but I remember my previous laptops had a physical slider switch for airplane mode. Might be worth checking to see if your laptop has one

Re: laptop iwlwifi suddenly not working

2021-07-01 Thread jim . cromie
On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 3:49 PM wrote: > > while fumbling to pause grub during boot, > I think I managed to disable the wifi. > and booting a live usb gets same result ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org

laptop iwlwifi suddenly not working

2021-07-01 Thread jim . cromie
while fumbling to pause grub during boot, I think I managed to disable the wifi. its affecting distro kernel, and my own booting with iwlwifi.debug=0xff on command line shows me iwl_pcie_apm_init Init card's basic functions reporting RF_KILL (radio disabled) It is reading that from somewhere,