From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 17 00:33:08 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 D332216A4CC for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:33:08 +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 52D3F13C45B for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:33:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aj0KALUujkd5LRpy/2dsb2JhbACBWKxE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.24,298,1196602200"; d="scan'208";a="34611352" 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 11:03:07 +1030 Received: from benjamin-closes-powerbook-g4-12.local (wcl.ml.unisa.edu.au [130.220.166.5]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.clearchain.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0H0WtpA010210 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:03:04 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) Message-ID: <478EA323.9040708@clearchain.com> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:06:51 +1030 From: Benjamin Close User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frank Staals References: <20080116144801.cbc5640d.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <478E6EA3.9010504@uni-paderborn.de> <478E7A2E.7050403@clearchain.com> <478E9F88.50209@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <478E9F88.50209@gmx.net> 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 11:03:04 +1030 (CST) Cc: 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: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:33:08 -0000 Frank Staals wrote: > Benjamin Close wrote: >> Arne Schwabe wrote: >>> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > Hmm I was planning on starting a new thread on it but my problem is > somewhat related: My laptop (Dell Latitude D630 running a 7.0 build > from a week ago ) completely locks up when trying to configure my wlan > card (which is using wpi ) when the hardware switch is turned off. > I'll do some tests if I can find out at what specific point it goes > wrong. Any other people having trouble with this ? > > > Regards, > Can you please enable debug on wpi and send me your logs. sysctl debug.wpi=-2 then: ifconfig wpi0 up Cheers, Benjamin