Out of curiosity, does your machine have 3G? I'm going to drop that patch (for now) since it didn't help. I've built a new kernel for you to test that should disable the polling that's causing the rfkill state to be reset, and it might even get your wifi hotkey working. You can get it here:
http://people.canonical.com/~sforshee/lp771758/linux-2.6.38-10.44~lp771758v201106072112/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771758 Title: acer-wmi prevents wifi (bcmwl/brcm80211) from working -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
