I am having the exact same problem on my Dell600m. When I upgraded to
the new kernel 3.2.0-29, the signal strength applet shows zero
(completely dimmed out) when it usually shows 3 out of 4 lines bright on
my home network. Booting to the previous kernel 3.2.0-27 fixes the
problem.
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Public bug reported:
With the most recent updates I have discovered java has STOPPED WORKING
in the Chrome and Opera browsers but it is still working in the Firefox
browser.
I have confirmed this in ubuntu 12.04 on a dell600m and in xubuntu 12.04
on a dell dimension 4100.
I ran kernels 3.2.0-27
Public bug reported:
I am having a similar problem to bug #1035590 on my Dell600m (uses Intel
PRO/wireless 2915ABG card). When I upgraded to the new kernel 3.2.0-29,
the signal strength applet shows zero (completely dimmed out) when it
usually shows 3 out of 4 lines bright on my home network. Boot