On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 12:15:26PM +0100, Adrian von Bidder wrote:
> Package: hal
> Version: 0.5.10-4
> Severity: minor
>
> Hi!
>
> This is about the (not exactly new)
>
> +--
> | Dec 7 12:10:03 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Error getting killswitch
> | power: org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.KillSwitch.NotSupported -
> | dellWirelessCtl returned 4
> +--
>
> issue.
>
> For my Laptop (Inspiron 9300), dellWirelessCtl doesn't support setting
> stuff, afaict, although the keyboard hotkey works. A newer BIOS is not
> available.
>
> So I guess either hal shouldn't pretend that the wireless options exist, or
> network manager should just stop trying if this stuff is not supported
> instead of filling the syslog every few seconds.
Could you send in output of lshal for you machine? I'll have a look if we can
blacklist its killswitch support.
Sjoerd
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