Hi same as OP, if I use the radio kill-switch knetworkmanager disables wireless after using the kill switch, but does not re-enable it (it stays grayed out). Quick fix is to run 'killall knetworkmanager; sleep 1; knetworkmanager'
some logs: [...] Apr 26 19:33:39 miya NetworkManager[1617]: <info> (wlan0): writing resolv.conf to /sbin/resolvconf Apr 26 19:33:39 miya NetworkManager[1617]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 7 -> 8 (reason 0) Apr 26 19:33:39 miya NetworkManager[1617]: <info> Policy set 'Da schau her!' (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS. Apr 26 19:33:39 miya NetworkManager[1617]: <info> Activation (wlan0) successful, device activated. Apr 26 19:33:39 miya NetworkManager[1617]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete. [...kill switch -> on ...] Apr 26 19:38:40 miya NetworkManager[1617]: <info> WiFi now disabled by radio killswitch Apr 26 19:38:40 miya NetworkManager[1617]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 8 -> 2 (reason 0) Apr 26 19:38:40 miya NetworkManager[1617]: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason: 0). Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.036532] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to disable radio. Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.036647] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Not sending command - RF KILL Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.036655] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Error sending REPLY_QOS_PARAM: enqueue_hcmd failed: -5 Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.036663] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Failed to update QoS Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.036672] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Not sending command - RF KILL Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.036678] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Error sending REPLY_RXON: enqueue_hcmd failed: -5 Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.036684] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Error clearing ASSOC_MSK on BSS (-5) Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.036694] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Not sending command - RF KILL Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.036699] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Error sending REPLY_RXON: enqueue_hcmd failed: -5 Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.036705] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Error clearing ASSOC_MSK on BSS (-5) Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.036713] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:1c:4a:28:30:93 by local choice (reason=3) Apr 26 19:38:40 miya bluetoothd[1672]: HCI dev 0 down Apr 26 19:38:40 miya bluetoothd[1672]: Adapter /org/bluez/1672/hci0 has been disabled Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.064102] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Not sending command - RF KILL Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.064110] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Error sending REPLY_REMOVE_STA: enqueue_hcmd failed: -5 Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.064118] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Error removing station 00:1c:4a:28:30:93 Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.080059] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Not sending command - RF KILL Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.080066] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Error sending REPLY_RXON: enqueue_hcmd failed: -5 Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.080073] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Error clearing ASSOC_MSK on BSS (-5) Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.080082] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Not sending command - RF KILL Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.080088] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Error sending REPLY_RXON: enqueue_hcmd failed: -5 Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.080094] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Error clearing ASSOC_MSK on BSS (-5) Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.080127] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.096141] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Not sending command - RF KILL Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.096149] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Error sending REPLY_RXON: enqueue_hcmd failed: -5 Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.096156] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Error clearing ASSOC_MSK on BSS (-5) Apr 26 19:38:40 miya avahi-daemon[1610]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS. Apr 26 19:38:40 miya avahi-daemon[1610]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.9.101. Apr 26 19:38:40 miya racoon: INFO: 127.0.0.1[500] used as isakmp port (fd=6) Apr 26 19:38:40 miya racoon: INFO: 127.0.0.1[500] used for NAT-T Apr 26 19:38:40 miya racoon: INFO: 192.168.9.101[500] used as isakmp port (fd=8) Apr 26 19:38:40 miya racoon: INFO: 192.168.9.101[500] used for NAT-T Apr 26 19:38:40 miya racoon: INFO: ::1[500] used as isakmp port (fd=9) Apr 26 19:38:40 miya wpa_supplicant[1637]: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys Apr 26 19:38:40 miya avahi-daemon[1610]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.9.101 on wlan0. Apr 26 19:38:40 miya avahi-daemon[1610]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.9.101. Apr 26 19:38:40 miya avahi-daemon[1610]: New relevant interface wlan0.IPv4 for mDNS. Apr 26 19:38:40 miya avahi-daemon[1610]: Registering new address record for 192.168.9.101 on wlan0.IPv4. Apr 26 19:38:40 miya bluetoothd[1672]: HCI dev 0 unregistered Apr 26 19:38:40 miya bluetoothd[1672]: Stopping hci0 event socket Apr 26 19:38:40 miya bluetoothd[1672]: Unregister path: /org/bluez/1672/hci0 Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.144121] usb 4-2: USB disconnect, address 3 Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.144669] btusb_intr_complete: hci0 urb ffff8801356b2cc0 failed to resubmit (19) Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.144686] btusb_bulk_complete: hci0 urb ffff8801356b2d80 failed to resubmit (19) Apr 26 19:38:40 miya kernel: [ 435.145673] btusb_bulk_complete: hci0 urb ffff8801356b2e40 failed to resubmit (19) Apr 26 19:38:40 miya wpa_supplicant[1637]: Failed to initiate AP scan. Apr 26 19:38:40 miya NetworkManager[1617]: <info> (wlan0): canceled DHCP transaction, DHCP client pid 3155 Apr 26 19:38:40 miya NetworkManager[1617]: <info> (wlan0): removing resolv.conf from /sbin/resolvconf Apr 26 19:38:40 miya avahi-daemon[1610]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.9.101 on wlan0. Apr 26 19:38:40 miya avahi-daemon[1610]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.9.101. Apr 26 19:38:40 miya avahi-daemon[1610]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS. [... waiting... moving switch again ...] Apr 26 19:38:52 miya kernel: [ 447.665591] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio. Apr 26 19:38:52 miya NetworkManager[1617]: <info> WiFi now enabled by radio killswitch Apr 26 19:38:53 miya kernel: [ 448.280078] usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 Apr 26 19:38:53 miya kernel: [ 448.446730] usb 4-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=2145 Apr 26 19:38:53 miya kernel: [ 448.446738] usb 4-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Apr 26 19:38:53 miya kernel: [ 448.446744] usb 4-2: Product: ThinkPad Bluetooth with Enhanced Data Rate II Apr 26 19:38:53 miya kernel: [ 448.446749] usb 4-2: Manufacturer: Lenovo Computer Corp Apr 26 19:38:53 miya bluetoothd[1672]: HCI dev 0 registered Apr 26 19:38:53 miya bluetoothd[1672]: Listening for HCI events on hci0 Apr 26 19:38:53 miya bluetoothd[1672]: HCI dev 0 up Apr 26 19:38:53 miya bluetoothd[1672]: Adapter /org/bluez/1672/hci0 has been enabled Apr 26 19:39:34 miya NetworkManager[1617]: <warn> invalid connection: 'NMSettingIP4Config' / 'addresses' invalid: 1 Apr 26 19:39:34 miya NetworkManager[1617]: <warn> invalid connection: 'NMSettingIP4Config' / 'addresses' invalid: 1 ... That's all ... Ofter the killall... from above everything works once I re-enable wireless manually. Running knetworkmanager with --sync --no-fork does not really yield anything useful, unfortunately there is no --debug switch. Some system information: -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages network-manager-kde depends on: ii kdebase-runtim 4:4.4.5-1 runtime components from the offici ii knm-runtime 0.1+git20110318.941cde9-2 KDE NetworkManagement infrastructu ii libc6 2.11.2-11 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.6.0-2 GCC support library ii libkdecore5 4:4.4.5-4 the KDE Platform Core Library ii libkdeui5 4:4.4.5-4 the KDE Platform User Interface Li ii libqt4-dbus 4:4.7.2-3 Qt 4 D-Bus module ii libqt4-network 4:4.7.2-3 Qt 4 network module ii libqt4-svg 4:4.7.2-3 Qt 4 SVG module ii libqtcore4 4:4.7.2-3 Qt 4 core module ii libqtgui4 4:4.7.2-3 Qt 4 GUI module ii libsolid4 4:4.4.5-4 Solid Library for KDE Platform ii libsolidcontro 4:4.4.5-8 library for Solid based network ma ii libstdc++6 4.6.0-2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 network-manager-kde recommends no packages. network-manager-kde suggests no packages. -- no debconf information Does this help? Cheers Carsten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org