wlan switch not working on Acer TravelMate 3010

[thet]

the wlan switch is not working on my Acer TravelMate 3010 laptop.

in device manager, the wlan hardware seems not to be detected:

Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1
Status: Status
Bus Type: PCI
Device Type: Unknown
Capabilities: Unknown
|
|
+-> Vendor: Intel Corporation
     Device: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
     Status: Status
     Bus Type: PCI
     Device Type: Unknown
     Capabilities: Unknown
     |
     |
     +-> info.product: Intel PRO/Wireless WLAN Switch
     | Vendor: Unknown
     | Device: Unknown
     | Status: Status
     | Bus Type: Unknown
     | Device Type: "killswitch"
     | Capabilities: killswitch
     |
     |
     +-> info.product: Networking Wireless Control Interface
           Vendor: Unknown
           Device: Unknown
           Status: Status
           Bus Type: Unknown
           Device Type: "net", "net.80211control"
           Capabilities: net, net.80211control

this is what /var/log/messages says when switching on:

Apr 7 19:03:45 nano kernel: [ 689.592447] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xd5 on isa0060/serio0).
Apr 7 19:03:45 nano kernel: [ 689.592457] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e055 <keycode>' to make it known.
Apr 7 19:03:46 nano kernel: [ 689.874469] udev: renamed network interface wmaster0 to eth1
Apr 7 19:03:46 nano kernel: [ 689.892821] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xd5 on isa0060/serio0).
Apr 7 19:03:46 nano kernel: [ 689.892828] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e055 <keycode>' to make it known.

this is what /var/log/messages says when switching off:

Apr 7 19:04:10 nano kernel: [ 693.543193] iwl3945: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
Apr 7 19:04:10 nano kernel: [ 693.543199] Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.
Apr 7 19:04:10 nano kernel: [ 693.546883] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xd6 on isa0060/serio0).
Apr 7 19:04:10 nano kernel: [ 693.546890] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e056 <keycode>' to make it known.
Apr 7 19:04:10 nano kernel: [ 693.574069] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xd6 on isa0060/serio0).
Apr 7 19:04:10 nano kernel: [ 693.574078] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e056 <keycode>' to make it known.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 7 19:18:13 2008
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: linux None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux.list]
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/opt/maven2/bin:/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: linux-meta
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-15-generic i686

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 or 9.04?

[thet (thet)]

i use 8.10 and the problem is different now.

when wlan switch was in OFF state and i want to turn it ON, i have to reboot after pressing the wlan switch to make it work.
when wlan switch is in ON state and i want to turn it OFF, i just have to press it and it works.

strange behaviour, but i can live with it : )

[thet (thet)]

besides, thank you for asking :)

[thet (thet)]

closed by closing https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24/+bug/193970