Enabling Wireless Problem in Linux
On linux; after disabling the wireless network connection from network manager, enabling wireless connection through user interface may not be executed. In order to solve the problem, rfkill should have been installed on your system to recover wireless connection.
"rfkill list" command will list status of each wireless connection devices; with unblock parameter, you can enable a wireless connection adapter which is blocked soft or hard.
user@dell:~$ rfkill list 0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no 1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 3: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no user@dell:~$ rfkill unblock 0
"rfkill event" command listen wireless switch button actions and print out current status as follows. I highlighted switch off event outputs with red, below.
user@dell:~$ rfkill event
1335774980.907617: idx 0 type 1 op 0 soft 0 hard 0
1335774980.907731: idx 1 type 2 op 0 soft 0 hard 0
1335774980.907780: idx 2 type 1 op 0 soft 0 hard 0
1335774980.907835: idx 3 type 2 op 0 soft 0 hard 0
1335774996.766248: idx 2 type 1 op 2 soft 0 hard 1
1335774997.090180: idx 3 type 2 op 1 soft 0 hard 0
1335774997.712021: idx 0 type 1 op 2 soft 1 hard 1
1335774997.712142: idx 1 type 2 op 2 soft 1 hard 1
1335775314.616798: idx 2 type 1 op 2 soft 0 hard 0
1335775315.701988: idx 0 type 1 op 2 soft 0 hard 0
1335775315.702586: idx 1 type 2 op 2 soft 0 hard 0
1335775316.648942: idx 4 type 2 op 0 soft 0 hard 0
1335775316.650262: idx 4 type 2 op 2 soft 0 hard 0
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