Sorry for the delay, yes I had tried to just press the physical wifi button but it did not work (it worked quite well to start this whole mess though).
I had actually managed to remove, I think the HP driver, from the kernel, and that was a decent workaround. Then I received my new laptop, and I've not been using the affected the laptop lately. If I get a chance I will try to retrace my steps and put the (driver?) back into the kernel and test rfkill list. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/816145 Title: Atheros AR5001 wireless card "wireless is disabled by hardware switch" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/816145/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
