WiFi permanently disappeared after booting test kernel

[Ed Greshko]

On 02/01/2013 06:19 AM, Mike Fleetwood wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On my netbook I booted a test kernel 3.8.0-rc4+ I compiled.  Now after
> booting back into my regular Fedora kernel 3.6.11-5.fc17.i686.PAE my
> wifi network device remains permanently disappeared.  No wifi networks
> displayed in Network Manager gui.  Also the Network Manager syslog
> messages make it look like the device has completely disappeared.
>
> Suggestions for restoring wifi welcome.
>
> Thanks
> Mike
>
>
> Fragment of Network Manager syslog messages when working before
> --8<--
>
> Jan 18 23:01:53 edge NetworkManager[479]: <info> WiFi enabled by radio
> killswitch; enabled by state file
>
>
> Fragment of Network Manager syslog messages when broken after
> --8<--
>
> Jan 28 18:43:26 edge NetworkManager[466]: <info> WiFi disabled by
> radio killswitch; enabled by state file

yum install rfkill

Then provide the output of "rfkill list"



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