RFkill is killing me, no wifi, soft block, Debian Wheezy, RTL8187
Rfkill is killing me. I have googled and tried everything i can find. I have posted in another forum but stopped getting replies.
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root@dad:~# ifconfig wlan0 up Linux has its own hard drive, no virtual machine. My wifi is RTL8187 I have tried uninstalling RFkill and it doesnt help. I would like for my wifi to work even if it involves breaking something else. If you are interested in reading my previous thread and what steps we took you can find that here. http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=113266 Thanks |
I'm using Debian with a Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8191SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter. I notice that the rfkill package is not installed on my system and so not necessary for this adapter. You say you've tried uninstalling the rfkill package but neglect to tell us what the error message was after you did that. Surely it must have changed, no? So what was it complaining about?
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There was no difference at all in the error messages once uninstalling RFkill... as it wasn't even uninstalled.. but I know it was. I ended up reinstalling it to try and correct the situation.
I just found this in my boot log, not sure what it means but good chance its related Code:
Wed Apr 9 02:28:18 2014: [....] Configuring network interfaces...run-parts: /etc/network/if-up.d/gogoc exited with return code 1 |
How did you uninstall rfkill?
Like the case with rfkill, I have no gogoc on my system. Do you know why it's installed on yours? jdk |
I uninstalled it via command line because if I tried to uninstall it via synaptic it wanted to uninstall half my system with it. I am running the Kali version as I stated in my first post. It relies a lot more on internet connectivity. I reinstalled it because I dont really know what depends on it and it didnt solve the problem anyway.
I tried reinstalling the headers just a bit ago and that didnt help, still hopefull and working on it. The Kali forums are usless, still waiting to get my reply approved by a mod from 2 days ago. I really hate this new trend of having to have manual approval for everything. Peace Rich |
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root@dad:~# rfkill unblock wifi; rfkill unblock all If I can make this work here is a pic of what synaptic has to say about it. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...9&d=1397070996 |
Have you read this?
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/rfkill.txt Quote:
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Its a soft block on a desktop, older 17 960 (not overclocked), ATI 6950, 12 gigs ram on a Gigabyte board, dont remember the model number offhand. Wifi is RTL8187, works fine with other operating systems, but its an older one and I think the exact model is 8187L even though they tend to get grouped together. I have seen one post that says this wifi performs better with an 8180 model driver but to be honest being a newb and all changing drivers can be a challenge for me, the guy could have been wrong anyway.
I have no wireless button.. or at least I havent found once since building this rig about 4 years ago. :) |
Post output of lspci
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root@dad:~# lspci If anyone has the spare time they can take a look, I am a bit skeptical. Untill I get some confermation I am not gonna try it. https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...due-to-RF-kill The thread I found where the guy said the rtl8780 drivers are the way to go said so with confidence and said he has always ran like that, so its an option I would consider first. BTW I want to thank everyone for their help so far, gonna make this my new main forum. Cant work on any of this tonight, gotta get up early and run errands, but will be back on it tomorrow. Peace |
I only see ethernet listed is it a usb device? If so post output of lsusb
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RealTek RTL8187
I installed mint cinnamon rafaela and lost use of my wifi. After a days worth of research and shell commands I was about to give up. Glad I didn't. I rebooted into the BIOS, regained the use of my "fn" key and was able to enable the adapter. It's worth a shot! It worked for me.
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