On 17.11.2011 04:22, Norbert Preining wrote: > Package: network-manager-gnome > Version: 0.9.2.0-1 > Severity: important > > Hi all, > > it seems that something is quite broken in n-m-gnome: First of all there > is the problem that I cannot *disconnect* from a WLAN network without > actually turning of the WLAN with the rfkill mechanism. Clicking on > the "ON - OFF" button in the n-m-g applet actually soft-disables (rfkill) > the device. THis will be a different bug, because this is *mis*behavour. > > What I am reporting here is much worse: After having disabled it with > the "ON - OFF" button in nm-applet, I cannot turn it on again. Clicking > on the button again does nothing, and the output of rfkill command > shows that the wlan device is still soft blocked: > $ rfkill list > 0: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN > Soft blocked: yes > Hard blocked: no > ... > > Now, that is a pain ... what I had to do is call > rfkill unblock wifi > on the command line to get it running again. > > I was considering to file this as serious bug, as it requires very uncommon > and for most users not known action to reactivate networking. >
Sounds like a kernel/driver bug. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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