Conversation started Apr 20, 2014 at 23:32.
hexafraction
hexafraction
Apr 20, 2014 23:32
I'm on a Tahr live CD and am stuck with a hard-blocked USB realtek 8187 card that has no hard-block capability, switch, or button. Am I doing something wrong?
Andrew
Andrew
@hexafraction hello
hexafraction
hexafraction
Hello
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
@hexafraction either you're confused about which device is which, or the driver is. that's how i read it...
hexafraction
hexafraction
@hbdgaf No, both devices are hard-blocked, and one should not be.
Braiam
Braiam
@hexafraction did that happen in 13.10?
hexafraction
hexafraction
Apr 20, 2014 23:40
@Braiam This machine is getting Ubuntu for the first time. No other machine I've used had such a setup
Braiam
Braiam
and in the live environment?
hexafraction
hexafraction
This is the live environment. I'd like to ensure everything works before I install.
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
yeah, i was seeing rfkill only thinking one was hard-blocked. if you're saying it doesn't look hardblocked, but it is, then the second half of the either or kicks in...
hexafraction
hexafraction
I'm sure of the driver. I've used rtl8187 with it on Backtrack.
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
i'ld just unblock the hardblock and use things as normal. forget the whole "it's too inconvenient to press a button" bit.
also, long time no see obssessivefoss
ever finish the arm wrestling thing?
hexafraction
hexafraction
Apr 20, 2014 23:44
This card has no hard-block. The other one does. That one is not usable at my school's grounds due to crap signal and hundreds of other users sharing the link
And unfortunately I abandoned it after I did more research into servo availability :P
I'll try wicd
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
Well. That sucks. And I was saying unblock both cards so you can use the one and only use the soft-blocking on the linux side.
Braiam
Braiam
@hexafraction rfkill unblock all FTW!
hexafraction
hexafraction
I'm just not sure why hard-blocking one would hard-block an unrelated one...
Braiam
Braiam
and wicd is dead
hexafraction
hexafraction
Actually wicd is the only non-dead thing, it seems to be working.
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
Apr 20, 2014 23:46
@hexafraction Because maybe the driver is confused... see my very first stab at it. It shouldn't fix it, but it might.
hexafraction
hexafraction
The drivers? Two different cards. I'll try it.
Hmm, I guess wicd has worked. I'll use that, then.
And the final test, pulling the ethernet I;ve been using as an interim
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
derp. it wasn't hardblocked if wicd used it...
hexafraction
hexafraction
network-manager decided it was, rfkill decided it was...
Braiam
Braiam 
 Latest version is 1.7.2.4
    wicd-1.7.2.4.tar.gz
released on 2012-04-30
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
no it didn't. can't say on nm, but rfkill said CLEARLY that one of two was hardblocked...
hexafraction
hexafraction
Apr 20, 2014 23:49
I guess that works. I'll leave the question up to see if it can be better addressed.
Hmm, let me look at the 15 times I've invoked rfkill...
Not even sure then. I remember it reporting it having both hardblocked at one time...
I guess too localized then.
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
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hexafraction
hexafraction
Yes, I know I pasted that in, I'm 100% sure they both were hard-blocked.
 
Conversation ended Apr 20, 2014 at 23:51.