[SOLVED] [rfkill wlan] Enabling wlan device without rfkill tool

Michael Uplawski · 10-30-2023, 02:37 PM

Good evening

on a new Debian Trixie (testing) installation, the WLan Device stays blocked by rfkill.

Code:

lsmod | grep rfkill
rfkill     40960  7  acer_wmi,ath9k,bluetooth,cfg80211

Having no network access, I cannot install the rfkill tool. Blacklisting acer_wmi does not help.

How can I unblock my wifi-device?

Thank you.

Michael Uplawski · 11-01-2023, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael Uplawski

Code:

lsmod | grep rfkill
rfkill     40960  7  acer_wmi,ath9k,bluetooth,cfg80211

Having no network access, I cannot install the rfkill tool. Blacklisting acer_wmi does not help.

I branched the notebook via ethernet cable to the ADSL-modem and installed the rfkill tool. Now I execute “rfkill unblock all” upon startup.

It is probably not interesting to know, why this is necessary, now. So I do not ask.