Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:38167 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755869Ab0LPOpH (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:45:07 -0500 Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:42:35 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Evgeniy Polyakov Cc: Intel Linux Wireless , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com Subject: Re: iwl rfkill suddenly dropped to hard block Message-ID: <20101216144235.GA2413@tuxdriver.com> References: <20101215195651.GA18545@ioremap.net> <20101215201126.GG2377@tuxdriver.com> <20101216144000.GA16183@ioremap.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20101216144000.GA16183@ioremap.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 05:40:00PM +0300, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote: > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 03:11:27PM -0500, John W. Linville (linville@tuxdriver.com) wrote: > > To be honest, nearly every report of "suddenly my rfkill is stuck > > on" is because the laptop has multiple rfkill keys, usually with > > one of them a slider along the edge of the case. In particular, > > Thinkpads have such switches. The slider gets accidently engaged > > (possibly while the laptop is being transported or somesuch) and > > suddenly wireless stops working. > > I feel incredibly stupid, but... > I found the key :) Nice to start the day with a laugh! ;-) John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.