This should have been fixed in 12.04 with the addition of rfkill-store and rfkill-restore jobs in /etc/init. Can you confirm whether this actually solves the issue you were facing, with a 12.04 live CD ?
** Package changed: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) => network-manager (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998602 Title: Radio kill function key needs to remember and honor the state from last shutdown To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/998602/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs