Description of problem: I am unable to switch on the wireless network on network manager. I have tested both Fedora 15 beta and Fedora 15 nightly build I am currently using a laptop with ath9k. I am uncertain whether there is a missing kernel module, or if there is some error in the NetworkManager application. The problem exists both in the normal desktop edition and the kde spin Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 15 beta, 15 nightly build. (didnt check the NetworkManager version) How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Click on NetworkManager 2. Trying to change wireless state from Off to On Actual results: The NetworkManager does not switch and remain turned off Expected results: Activating the wireless network and get a list of available networks Additional info:
It could be an issue with ath9k driver or with a platform driver blocking the WiFi. Please could you report the following pieces of information: 1. your laptop type 2. lspci -vv | grep -B 12 ath9k 3. rfkill list 4. rpm -q kernel 5. nm-tool
Sorry for the late reply. It seems to be related to the networkmanager or some configuration I havent used previous. Anyway; here is the the answer/output: 1. your laptop type Acer Aspire Timeline 58020TG 2. lspci -vv | grep -B 12 ath9k lspci -vv | grep -B 12 ath9k Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: atl1c Kernel modules: atl1c 03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device e01f Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17 Region 0: Memory at ca000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ath9k Kernel modules: ath9k 3. rfkill list 0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no 1: acer-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no 2: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 4. rpm -q kernel kernel-2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.x86_64 kernel-2.6.38.6-27.fc15.x86_64 5. nm-tool NetworkManager Tool State: connected (global) - Device: em1 [Wired connection 1] -------------------------------------------- Type: Wired Driver: atl1c State: connected Default: yes HW Address: C8:0A:A9:65:54:C3 Capabilities: Carrier Detect: yes Speed: 100 Mb/s Wired Properties Carrier: on IPv4 Settings: Address: 192.168.0.103 Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0) Gateway: 192.168.0.1 DNS: 192.168.0.1 - Device: wlan0 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Type: 802.11 WiFi Driver: ath9k State: unavailable Default: no HW Address: 78:E4:00:1A:50:AF Capabilities: Wireless Properties WEP Encryption: yes WPA Encryption: yes WPA2 Encryption: yes Wireless Access Points
The problem is platform driver 'acer-wireless' which blocks the wireless. Either it doesn't behave or you should activate the wireless pressing a key-combination. Removing the driver should help: # rmmod acer-wmi See also bug 658003.
The ath9k works fine with my gentoo and win7 partition. It also worked fine in Fedora 14. #rmmod acer-wmi worked! Thanks! as temp solution I blacklisted the acer-wmi (/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf) The problem seems to be fixed :)