On Sat, 08 Nov 2014 16:16:40 -0800 Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net> dijo:
>>>>>> "King" == King Beowulf <kingbeow...@gmail.com> writes: > >King> On 11/07/2014 11:29 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >>> Xubuntu 14.04.1, fresh install shortly after it was released. >>> >>> I know there are commands that can be used to scan for available >>> wifi networks and to connect to them, but I can't remember what >>> they are and my google fu is failing me. Can someone remind me? > >King> Why not use Network Manager or Wicd? Both are in the (X)Ubuntu >King> repos and include applets in GMOME/Xfce/KDE to make scanning and >King> connecting to wifi APs a one click affair. > >I can tell you that network-manager is slow to find new networks. I >assume because it only does scans periodically. You can force a scan >with "iw wlan0 scan" (assuming wlan0 is your wifi interface). Indeed, wlan0 is the interface. But things did not work out the way I expected: jjj@Devil-Bonobo:~$ iw wlan0 scan command failed: Operation not permitted (-1) jjj@Devil-Bonobo:~$ sudo iw wlan0 scan [sudo] password for jjj: command failed: Network is down (-100) jjj@Devil-Bonobo:~$ ifconfig wlan0 up SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not permitted jjj@Devil-Bonobo:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill This is a System76 Bonobo Extreme. I know on my old T61 there is a physical switch to turn off all radios for airplane mode. I looked all over the Bonobo Extreme but I can't find a physical switch. However, when I click on the nm-applet icon in the panel all the wifi options are grayed out with no apparent way to turn them back on. I wonder how I managed to kill the RF and how I can bring it back to life. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug