Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: rfkill
Wireless is disabled. When I tray to start it up, I get:
susan@ubuntu:~$ sudo dhclient wlan0
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
But when I do
sudo rfkill unblock all
or
sudo rfkill unblock wifi
nothing happens
then i reboot, and nothing happens.
No wireless.
nothing happens
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: rfkill 0.4-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-3.9-generic 2.6.39
Uname: Linux 2.6.39-3-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 25 09:34:50 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64
(20110426.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: rfkill
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: rfkill (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity
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rfkill activated somehow for wireless and cannot be changed
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