[iwlwifi] hw rfkill permanently enabled after suspend/hibernation

[Tim Starling]

Binary package hint: linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-generic

IWL bug 1539 ( http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1539 ) is really bugging me.

I switch my Lenovo R61's wireless off to save power, I switch to suspend mode to save even more power, then I switch it back on and the wireless becomes nonfunctional until a system restart.

Please update to iwlwifi 1.2.23 or later, or backport the fix for this bug to the linux-ubuntu-modules package, so that Ubuntu works on this system out of the box.

I am using gutsy (7.10) since hardy barely worked at all on this system when I tried it a couple of weeks ago. Totally broken sound and video. But that's a matter for another bug.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 or 9.04?

[Sergio Zanchetta (primes2h)]

The 18 month support period for Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 has reached its end of life -
http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-7.10-eol . As a result, we are closing the
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22 task. It would be helpful if you could test the
new Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 release and confirm if this issue remains -
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904overview. If the issue still exists with the Jaunty
release, please update this report by changing the Status of the "linux (Ubuntu)"
task from "Incomplete" to "New". Thanks in advance.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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