on up to date intrepid wireless is permanently disabled /sys/class/rfkill$ uname -r 2.6.27-7-generic
/sys/class/rfkill$ sudo modprobe iwlagn /sys/class/rfkill$ cat */state 2 2 press Fn-F5 /sys/class/rfkill$ cat */state 2 2 /sys/class/rfkill$ sudo rmmod iwlagn /sys/class/rfkill$ cat */state 2 2 press Fn-F5 /sys/class/rfkill$ cat */state 2 2 /sys/class/rfkill$ sudo modprobe iwlagn /sys/class/rfkill$ cat */state 2 2 press Fn-F5 /sys/class/rfkill$ cat */state 2 2 output from dmesg after reboots [11047.651826] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.3.27ks [11047.651842] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation [11114.467765] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 [11114.468273] iwl3945: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch -- iwl3945 | iwl4965: Wireless can't be activated after disabling kill switch https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/193970 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
