def GetRfKillStatus(self):
""" Determines if rfkill switch is active or not.
Returns:
True if rfkill (soft-)switch is enabled.
"""
cmd = 'rfkill list'
rfkill_out = misc.Run(cmd)
soft_blocks = filter(lambda x: x.startswith('Soft'), rfkill_out.split('\t'))
for line in map(lambda x: x.strip(), soft_blocks):
if line.endswith('yes'):
return True
return False
def SwitchRfKill(self):
""" Switches the rfkill on/off for wireless cards. """
types = ['wifi', 'wlan', 'wimax', 'wwan']
try:
if self.GetRfKillStatus():
action = 'unblock'
else:
action = 'block'
for t in types:
cmd = ['rfkill', action, t]
print "rfkill: %sing %s" % (action, t)
misc.Run(cmd)
return True
except Exception, e:
raise e
return False