From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 16 21:42:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 787F116A421 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:42:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) Received: from ipmail04.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail04.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.57]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBDFC13C4EB for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:42:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aj0KABMIjkd5LRpy/2dsb2JhbACBWKwx X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.24,297,1196602200"; d="scan'208";a="34514578" Received: from ppp121-45-26-114.lns10.adl2.internode.on.net (HELO mail.clearchain.com) ([121.45.26.114]) by ipmail04.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 17 Jan 2008 08:12:15 +1030 Received: from [192.168.155.249] (draco.internal.clearchain.com [192.168.155.249]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.clearchain.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0GLgEHH008631 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:12:14 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) Message-ID: <478E7A2E.7050403@clearchain.com> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:12:06 +1030 From: Benjamin Close User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Arne Schwabe References: <20080116144801.cbc5640d.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <478E6EA3.9010504@uni-paderborn.de> In-Reply-To: <478E6EA3.9010504@uni-paderborn.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.92, clamav-milter version 0.92 on pegasus.clearchain.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (mail.clearchain.com [192.168.154.1]); Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:12:14 +1030 (CST) Cc: Bill Moran , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wpi: "Radio transmitter is turned off" X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:42:18 -0000 Arne Schwabe wrote: > Bill Moran schrieb: >> I'm running 7 on an IBM Lenovo T61. >> >> I'm having some weirdness with the 802.11 card. It's a Intel Pro >> 3945ABG, which appears to be supported by the wpi driver. Rebuilding >> the kernel with wpi support causes the NIC to be detected and a >> wpi0 interface is created, but when I do "ifconfig wpi0 up" I get >> a message that the radio transmitter is turned off. >> >> ? >> >> I've searched through the BIOS and the card is enabled everywhere I can >> find. Perusing both the ifconfig and the wpi man page hasn't clued me >> in to what I can do to turn the radio on. My google searches have >> turned up nothing but pointers to the wpi driver source code. >> >> Any advice/pointers will be welcome at this stage. :) >> >> > Only to rule out the obvious. Is the wlan switch on your notebook in > the right position? Perfect response. Wpi emits this message when the hardware switch is turned off. I'll update the message to be a little more informative and more importantly I'll update the man page. Cheers, Benjamin wpi maintainer