Re: rfkill??

2024-01-04 Thread Robert McBroom via users
On 12/31/23 13:00, Beartooth wrote: Updating F39 just now on a laptop, I got a request for root to authorize rfkill. I had just also updated F39 on a PC, with no such request. (Both machines are connected to a KVM switch and a router by cables, not wireless.) I didn't auth

Re: rfkill??

2024-01-01 Thread George N. White III
On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 4:12 PM Beartooth wrote: > I don't do bluetooth. I think I have it, but I'm not even sure > what it is. > > Bluetooth (BT) is a low-power, short range wireless protocol. It is often used with smartphones, keyboards, mice, headsets, and TV remotes (replacing IR).

Re: rfkill??

2023-12-31 Thread Beartooth
On Sun, 31 Dec 2023 18:28:31 +, Barry wrote: >> On 31 Dec 2023, at 18:00, Beartooth wrote: >> >>  >>Updating F39 just now on a laptop, I got a request for root to >> authorize rfkill. I had just also updated F39 on a PC, with no such >> request. (

Re: rfkill??

2023-12-31 Thread Barry
> On 31 Dec 2023, at 18:00, Beartooth wrote: > >  >Updating F39 just now on a laptop, I got a request for root to > authorize rfkill. I had just also updated F39 on a PC, with no such > request. (Both machines are connected to a KVM switch and a router by > cables,

rfkill??

2023-12-31 Thread Beartooth
Updating F39 just now on a laptop, I got a request for root to authorize rfkill. I had just also updated F39 on a PC, with no such request. (Both machines are connected to a KVM switch and a router by cables, not wireless.) I didn't authorize it, and shut the laptop

Re: RfKill wants root privileges?

2022-05-04 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/4/22 09:01, Joe Zeff wrote: On 5/4/22 03:52, Mauricio Tavares wrote:    Looking at https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/driver-api/rfkill.html#userspace-support, it seems it is supposed to expose /dev/rfkill to the userspace. Maybe it is only allowing users to query the state but

Re: RfKill wants root privileges?

2022-05-04 Thread Joe Zeff
On 5/4/22 03:52, Mauricio Tavares wrote: Looking at https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/driver-api/rfkill.html#userspace-support, it seems it is supposed to expose /dev/rfkill to the userspace. Maybe it is only allowing users to query the state but not change it? [joe@barrayar ~]$ ls

Re: RfKill wants root privileges?

2022-05-04 Thread Mauricio Tavares
On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 4:49 AM ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > Hi All, > > Fedora 35 > > What is this all about? > Looking at https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/driver-api/rfkill.html#userspace-support, it seems it is supposed to expose /dev/rfkill to the usersp

RfKill wants root privileges?

2022-05-04 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, Fedora 35 What is this all about? Many thanks, -T ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora C

Re: Is rfkill new?

2016-01-08 Thread Tom Horsley
a wifi hotkey, I don't know anything about it :-). It is the same keyboard and wifi dongle that doesn't have any rfkill problems on fedora 22. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listi

Re: Is rfkill new?

2016-01-08 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 08 January 2016, Tom Horsley sent: > I finally found log messages about the interface being soft > blocked by rfkill, which then led me down another rabbit hole > to figure out what the heck rfkill and soft blocking was about. > > Is rfkill completely new i

Re: Is rfkill new?

2016-01-08 Thread Ian Malone
e being soft > blocked by rfkill, which then led me down another rabbit hole > to figure out what the heck rfkill and soft blocking was about. > > Is rfkill completely new in fedora 23, or has it been around > for a while, but the default recently changed to blocked rather > than unbl

Re: Is rfkill new?

2016-01-08 Thread Fred Smith
the interface being soft > blocked by rfkill, which then led me down another rabbit hole > to figure out what the heck rfkill and soft blocking was about. > > Is rfkill completely new in fedora 23, or has it been around > for a while, but the default recently changed to blocked rather

Is rfkill new?

2016-01-08 Thread Tom Horsley
I've just been getting switched over to fedora 23 from 22, and spent a long time figuring out why the heck my wifi dongle as access point didn't work any longer. I finally found log messages about the interface being soft blocked by rfkill, which then led me down another rabbit hole to