Re: [Solved] Command to Toggle wifi adapter enabled/disabl

[JeremyB]

I have found setting the interfaces file to wlan0 manual to have issues at times and I choose to use a unique name to blacklist a module to make the blacklist easier to remove. If the blacklist is in the blacklist.conf file, you would have to edit with sudo permissions but it if has another name, it is easy to do with terminal, with yours it would be just

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sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/rt2800pci.conf

reboot and the blacklist is gone

[johnywhy]

If the blacklist is in the blacklist.conf file, you would have to edit with sudo permissions but it if has another name, it is easy to do with terminal

OK, I think I understand all that, but we need Sudo in both cases, right?

Thx!

[JeremyB]

If the blacklist is in the blacklist.conf file, you would have to edit with sudo permissions but it if has another name, it is easy to do with terminal

OK, I think I understand all that, but we need Sudo in both cases, right?

Thx!

yes

[johnywhy]

ok, cool. the only thing i'm not understanding is why putting the blacklist into blacklist.conf did not work.

thx for all help!

[JeremyB]

You can only blacklist drivers, not devices and the driver for the internal card was rt2800pci

[johnywhy]

You can only blacklist drivers, not devices and the driver for the internal card was rt2800pci

so should this work?

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blacklist rt2800pci

[JeremyB]

You can only blacklist drivers, not devices and the driver for the internal card was rt2800pci

so should this work?

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blacklist rt2800pci

It will work in any .conf file in /etc/modprobe.d/

[johnywhy]

thx, i learned something new!

new issue:
- i closed my lid a couple times (not sure if related).
- then i noticed a leafpad window was stuck in the foreground-- i could activate other windows, but leafpad stayed in front.
- then, my connection started acting very flaky. Tried disconnecting and reconnecting several times.
- then, i pulled out the wifi dongle, and Mint crashed.
- i got a text screen which said "kernel panic" at the bottom.

Should this be a separate thread?

thx!

[JeremyB]

A new thread would be appropriate as we don't know if or how it would be related to wifi. If you remember what time it happened you could look through /var/log/syslog and possibly /var/log/syslog.1 to find the time to see if there is something related to the kernel panic