I think I'm seeing this same problem on a Toshiba Satellite A205-S4577, running the just-released Feisty.
The Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG in this laptop is detected during boot, but I get the "Radio Frequence Kill Switch is On" message, and the wireless interface is NOT shown in "ifconfig -a". Wireless appears to be turned on/off via a hotkey (Function-F8), but this has no effect in Feisty. -- both iwlwifi and ipw3945 are unable to turn off rf_kill https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105420 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs