Cannot find wireless networks after update to 4.6.1

matthewwardrop / linux-surfacepro3

Arch Linux package to compile the Linux kernel with patches designed to improve user experience on the Surface Pro 3.

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Cannot find wireless networks after update to 4.6.1 #16

Closed ianks closed 8 years ago

ianks commented 8 years ago

After installing the latest version (4.6.1), it seems that wifi is no longer working. Scanning for networks in wifi-menu shows no networks are available. I noticed there was a wifi patch, do I need to change anything in order to make this work properly?

en4ble commented 8 years ago

I noticed it sometimes when I turned it back on from hibernation. I think the wifi patch is already enabled in the kernel.. Luckily reboot doesn't take so long.

ianks commented 8 years ago

I experienced an issue with rfkill blocking the wifi module when running powertop --calibrate. It was fixed by running rfkill unblock all