[arch-general] iwl5000 issues

[Rafa Grimán]

Hi :)

On Tuesday 08 December 2009 14:46:43 Giovanni Scafora wrote:
> 2009/12/8, Rafa Grimán <rafagriman at gmail.com>:
> >  As I said before, my wireless was working until I updated. Don't know
> > for sure which package broke wireless connectivity.
> 
> See here: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=635942


This helped a lot. Installed rfkill:

# rfkill list
0: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: yes

So the wireless and bluetooth are both hard blocked. Getting into the BIOS 
and/or Fn+F5 key combinations don't bring them back to life :(

What I don't know is how the hardware got disabled/blocked.

If anyone has any ideas on how to get the bluetooth and wireless up and 
running, I'd appreciate it. Remember Fn+F5 doesn't work and BIOS settings has 
nothing :(

Reading the laptop's manual right now. If I get it to work, I'll let you know 
how :)

Thanks for your help :)

   Rafa

PS Yes I could install MS-Windows and the laptop's drivers'n'tools but:

	- I have no MS-Windows at home nor the drivers'n'tools

	- this is a company laptop and our company's MS-Windows is an
	  image CD that deletes everything it finds on the HDD

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