For me, the problem began without touching the hardware switch, I merely turned off wifi in network manager. To me, this issue seems related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/997114 , since "airplane mode" was turned on when I turned wifi off.
Once on, I cannot turn "airplane mode" back off, and consequently I can't turn wifi on. Found a workaround here http://askubuntu.com/questions/119195/cannot-disable-airplane-mode sudo rfkill list all shows that wifi is blocked sudo rfkill unblock all will unblock it. After that, wireless works again. Until you turn it off via network manager, or turn on "airplane mode", then the problem reappears. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996389 Title: NetworkManager unable to detect wifi when turning on hardware switch To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/996389/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
