[Debian-eeepc-devel] Wireless abrubtly stopped working on 1000

[Damyan Ivanov]

-=| Robert J. Macomber, Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 06:48:06AM -0800 |=-
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:14:28AM +0100, Christoph Dibak wrote:
> > 
> > I had such trouble yesterday.  I got alway a "Unknown Error 132" when i
> > tried to "ifconfig wlan0 up" on my 1005 HA.  The point was, that I've
> > accidental pressed the function key for enabling/disabling wireless
> > (Fn + F2).
> > Sometimes it's that easy ;)
> 
> Sometimes it's not, though.  The wireless is enabled, the wlan0
> interface is up, and "iwlist scan" reports back correctly.  It just
> doesn't want to actually make the association with the access point.
> Just to see if it'd change anything, I toggled the wireless off and
> then back on just now, but no change.

I wild guess: Have you disassembled the unit? Could be loose/fallen 
connector to the antenna.

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dam
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