Poking around the
LinuxWireless.org website, I found a newly developed app for checking rfkill.
rfkill - Linux Wireless
I installed it on my Ubuntu 9.04 system, with an Atheros AR242x wireless (ath5k). The short list of command options are these:
Code:
Usage: rfkill [options] command
Options:
--version show version (0.3-1-gc089737)
Commands:
help
event
list
block {<idx>,all,wifi,bluetooth,uwb,wimax,wwan,gps}
unblock {<idx>,all,wifi,bluetooth,uwb,wimax,wwan,gps}
When I run any of the commands, I always get the same error:
Code:
$ rfkill list
Can't open RFKILL control device: No such file or directory
Checking my list of loaded modules, I don't see an
rfkill module, so this may be the reason for the error.
If anyone else would like to try this out, you can give your results. It may be a handy little tool. Here's the installation method that I used (Ubuntu).
1) Install GIT
Code:
sudo apt-get install git
2) Pull from the GIT repository.
Code:
git clone http://git.sipsolutions.net/rfkill.git/
3) Move to the newly created rfkill folder, and build/install it.
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