Re: [Libreboot] x200 wlan0 stays "Hard blocked"

[The Gluglug]

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Hi Stephen,

Did you change the MAC address before flashing the new ROM image?

If not, flash it again, with the correct MAC address based on these
instructions:
http://libreboot.org/docs/hcl/x200_remove_me.html#ich9gen

On the X200, the MAC address for the built-in ethernet chipset is
stored in the flash chip. The default ROM images contain a generic MAC
address just so that it will work, but you should use your own (your
X200 will have come with a note containing the MAC address, and the
same MAC address will also be printed on a sticker on the base of the
machine near the VGA port, or underneath the 2nd RAM slot).

Regards,
Francis Rowe.

On 10/03/15 02:26, Stephen Soltesz wrote:> Hi, all!
> 
> I received my x200 last week from Francis and verified that
> everything worked, including wireless networking. Since I am
> accustomed to a US keyboard, I swapped my x200's UK keyboard for
> one with a US layout. I made a backup of the libreboot rom[1] and
> then flashed an updated libreboot rom[2] to default to the US
> keymap (and still boot the preinstalled OS).
> 
> But, after these steps, I noticed that the wireless card[3] was
> stuck in a "hard blocked" state.
> 
> $ rfkill list all 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard
> blocked: yes
> 
> The Fn+F5 keys on the x200 keyboard continues to toggle the Soft 
> blocked state, but I cannot reset the Hard blocked state after
> reboot or any key combinations (apparently).
> 
> So, I tried to restore the system to the its original state; I 
> swapping the keyboards again back to the UK layout, and then
> reflashed the backup libreboot rom. Unfortunately, the wireless
> card is still in a "Hard blocked" state and unusable.
> 
> From your experiences, does it sound possible that the steps I
> took have disabled the wireless card? Is there some initialization
> that libreboot performs after first boot that I may have
> accidentally wiped away? Is there a way to reenable the wireless
> card?
> 
> If more information would be helpful, I'm happy to provide it.
> 
> Thank you so much, Stephen
> 
> 
> 
> [1]: flashrom -p internal -r libreboot.rom [2]: the binary builds
> from
https://ginette.swordarmor.fr/libreboot/20150208/
> bin/x200_8mb/x200_8mb_usqwerty_vesafb.rom [3]: Qualcomm Atheros
> AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) $ lshw  -C network 
> *-network DISABLED description: Wireless interface product: AR9285
> Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) vendor: Qualcomm Atheros 
> physical id: 0 bus info: address@hidden:02:00.0 logical name: wlan0 
> version: 01 serial: 00:26:5e:4b:bd:3f width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz 
> capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet 
> physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k 
> driverversion=3.13.0-39-lowlatency firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no 
> multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn resources: irq:17
> memory:e1500000-e150ffff
> 
> [... eth0 snipped ...]
> 


On 10/03/15 02:26, Stephen Soltesz wrote:
> Hi, all!
> 
> I received my x200 last week from Francis and verified that
> everything worked, including wireless networking. Since I am
> accustomed to a US keyboard, I swapped my x200's UK keyboard for
> one with a US layout. I made a backup of the libreboot rom[1] and
> then flashed an updated libreboot rom[2] to default to the US
> keymap (and still boot the preinstalled OS).
> 
> But, after these steps, I noticed that the wireless card[3] was
> stuck in a "hard blocked" state.
> 
> $ rfkill list all 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard
> blocked: yes
> 
> The Fn+F5 keys on the x200 keyboard continues to toggle the Soft 
> blocked state, but I cannot reset the Hard blocked state after
> reboot or any key combinations (apparently).
> 
> So, I tried to restore the system to the its original state; I 
> swapping the keyboards again back to the UK layout, and then
> reflashed the backup libreboot rom. Unfortunately, the wireless
> card is still in a "Hard blocked" state and unusable.
> 
> From your experiences, does it sound possible that the steps I
> took have disabled the wireless card? Is there some initialization
> that libreboot performs after first boot that I may have
> accidentally wiped away? Is there a way to reenable the wireless
> card?
> 
> If more information would be helpful, I'm happy to provide it.
> 
> Thank you so much, Stephen
> 
> 
> 
> [1]: flashrom -p internal -r libreboot.rom [2]: the binary builds
> from https://ginette.swordarmor.fr/libreboot/20150208/ 
> bin/x200_8mb/x200_8mb_usqwerty_vesafb.rom [3]: Qualcomm Atheros
> AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) $ lshw  -C network 
> *-network DISABLED description: Wireless interface product: AR9285
> Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) vendor: Qualcomm Atheros 
> physical id: 0 bus info: address@hidden:02:00.0 logical name: wlan0 
> version: 01 serial: 00:26:5e:4b:bd:3f width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz 
> capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet 
> physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k 
> driverversion=3.13.0-39-lowlatency firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no 
> multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn resources: irq:17
> memory:e1500000-e150ffff
> 
> [... eth0 snipped ...]
> 
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