[10:40] <rohang02> Hello.
[10:40] <rohang02> Trying IRC for the first time.
[10:55] <Iolo> hello
[10:57] <Spass> hello Iolo
[11:56] <mildtaste> hello
[15:07] <KdeKris> Where or what is the command given when I turn on or off the hardware switch for wireless?
[15:09] <KdeKris> The laptop I'm working on has f12 as the wireless hardware switch, but "rfkill list" shows that wireless is hard blocked. No matter what key combo I try, it won't unblock. I'm pretty certain that I need to manually assign the key combo, because it isn't assigned in settings anywhere.
[15:09] <brainwash> so, you already know the command "rfkill"
[15:10] <KdeKris> yes
[15:12] <brainwash> and "rfkill unblock wlan" has no effect after using the hardware switch?
[15:12] <KdeKris> None
[15:13] <KdeKris> the hardware switch is the f12 key, and has an orange led on it that doesn't change, no matter what I try. It's supposed to turn blue when enabledd
[15:13] <KdeKris> enabled*
[15:14] <brainwash> no idea then
[15:14] <KdeKris> The volume keys are f9 f10 and f11, and they work perfectly.
[15:15] <brainwash> searching the web for your laptop model + f12 gives no helpful results?
[15:16] <KdeKris> None that I haven't tried. My browser history for the last five hours is nothing but searches related to this.
[15:17] <kumool> I'm having the same problem, no clue what to do
[15:17] <brainwash> the switch should work before you even boot any system, or? like, when you open the BIOS/UEFI config screen
[15:18] <KdeKris> "rfkill list" shows that phy1: wireless LAN is soft block toggled on and off when I hit f12, but hard block never changes.
[15:18] <brainwash> well, maybe ask in #ubuntu or ##hardware
[15:19] <brainwash> it's not something specific to xubuntu or xfce
[15:20] <KdeKris> I asked here, because I think I need to assign the key manually to toggle the hard block. However, I need to know what command is run in the background when the key is pressed.
[15:23] <KdeKris> Oh well, I'll try again tomorrow. It's the end of my shift, and I need to go to bed.