WLAN enabled led is not lit on ipw2200 cards

[Tero Karvinen]

WLAN enabled led on Travelmate 3000 is not lit.

The led is also a button to disable WLAN on hardware level. When WLAN is hardware disabled, it does not work. Because nothing indicates that user has accidentally disabled WLAN, reason for problem is not obvious. User often wastes time trying to fix problem by modifying configuration. Because user actually modifies a working configuration, the changes most can break the good configuration.

The led is on Travelmate 3000 front, between speakers, near bluetooth enabled led, left of mic and headphones jacks. I have seen the problem on Breezy and Dapper. According to other reports, it also exists in Fedora Core 6. My test device was Acer Travelmate 3000, 3004WTMi.

To bypass the bug (I have tested that it works on Dapper):
### /etc/modprobe.d/ipw2200
options ipw2200 led=1

Another bypass, not tested by me:
http://myy.helia.fi/~karte/acer_travelmate_3004wtmi_with_linux.html#untested_configuration

[Andrew Ash (ash211)]

I'm having a similar issue on my dell inspiron b130, which uses an intel pro/wireless 2200 card. /etc/modprobe.d/ipw2200 doesn't exist on my machine, but ipw3945 does.

Did you have to add the ipw2200 file or did it already exist on your system?

[Tero Karvinen (karvinen+launchpad)]

I created /etc/modprobe.d/ipw2200. More details in
http://www.iki.fi/karvinen/acer_travelmate_3004wtmi_with_linux.html#wlan_light

[Andrew Ash (ash211)]

I created that file with the option in it and restarted the wireless with Fn+F2, and now the light is on. Great!

I guess the file should be written and the option enabled once the kernel detects an ipw2200 card.

[Andrew Ash (ash211)]

If the kernel is the incorrect package, change it to what it should be. The final solution to this bug is in my previous post.

[Andrew Ash (ash211)]

The wireless led bug is a duplicate of bug 21367.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

The 18 month support period for Edgy Eft 6.10 has reached its end of life. As a result, we are closing the linux-source-2.6.17 Edgy Eft kernel task. However, development has already began for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. It would be helpful if you could test the upcoming release and verify if this is still an issue - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing . If the issue still exists, please update this report by changing the Status of the "linux" task from "Incomplete" to "New". We appreciate your patience and understanding as we make this transition. Thanks!