[yocto] rfkill cannot open control device

[Sherif Omran]

when i search for rfkill using an image that works
find / -name 'rfkill'

I get some files in /lib/ and other folders.
when i search with core-image-basic for rfkill, it does not exist.

how to add it ? is it a feature or sw package?

On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Marc Ferland <marc.ferland at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Sherif Omran
> <sherifomran2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > i used core-image-minimal for a raspberry pi 0w. But i get rfkill can not
> > open control device. when i give rfkill , i get the syntanx output, this
> > means it exists.
> > the wifi driver is installed.
> >
> > What is the rfkill device? is it /dev/rfkill ?
> >
> Use
>
> rfkill list
>
> to list all devices. Then (for example):
>
> rfkill unblock bluetooth
> or
> rfkill unblock all
>
> to unblock the bluetooth device or all devices (resp.).
>
> Marc
>
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