Activity log for bug #131835

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2007-08-11 16:22:06 Juan Pablo Salazar Bertín bug added bug
2007-08-11 16:22:06 Juan Pablo Salazar Bertín bug added attachment 'Dependencies.txt' (Dependencies.txt)
2007-08-27 02:07:38 Juan Pablo Salazar Bertín hal: status New Confirmed
2007-09-01 16:15:25 Juan Pablo Salazar Bertín description Binary package hint: hal Dell machines with a bluetooth/wlan killswitch using hal version 0.5.9.1 need /usr/bin/dellWirelessCtl, otherwise, when using network-manager, logs are filled with this line every 6 seconds: NetworkManager: <info> Error getting killswitch power: org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.KillSwitch.NotSupported - Access type not supported A workaround is to manually do the following: snifer@snifer-laptop:~$ aptitude install libsmbios-bin snifer@snifer-laptop:~$ sudo ln -s /usr/sbin/dellWirelessCtl /usr/bin/dellWirelessCtl snifer@snifer-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe dcdbas ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Aug 11 12:13:25 2007 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10 Package: hal 0.5.9.1-1ubuntu2 PackageArchitecture: i386 SourcePackage: hal Uname: Linux snifer-laptop 2.6.22-9-generic #1 SMP Fri Aug 3 00:50:37 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux Binary package hint: hal Dell machines with a bluetooth/wlan killswitch using hal version 0.5.9.1 need /usr/bin/dellWirelessCtl, otherwise, when using network-manager, logs are filled with this line every 6 seconds: NetworkManager: <info> Error getting killswitch power: org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.KillSwitch.NotSupported - Access type not supported A workaround is to manually do the following: snifer@snifer-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude install libsmbios-bin snifer@snifer-laptop:~$ sudo ln -s /usr/sbin/dellWirelessCtl /usr/bin/dellWirelessCtl snifer@snifer-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe dcdbas ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Aug 11 12:13:25 2007 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10 Package: hal 0.5.9.1-1ubuntu2 PackageArchitecture: i386 SourcePackage: hal Uname: Linux snifer-laptop 2.6.22-9-generic #1 SMP Fri Aug 3 00:50:37 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
2007-10-13 04:47:38 Juan Pablo Salazar Bertín hal: status Confirmed Fix Released
2007-11-07 17:37:20 Juan Pablo Salazar Bertín hal: status Fix Released Confirmed
2007-11-12 23:06:33 Mark Rijckenberg bug added attachment 'hal.log' (hal.log)
2008-03-05 03:39:51 Mary Gardiner bug assigned to debian
2008-03-05 08:49:07 Bug Watch Updater None: status Unknown Fix Released
2008-10-24 21:48:56 Mario Limonciello hal: status Confirmed Fix Released
2008-10-24 21:48:56 Mario Limonciello hal: statusexplanation Reopening, since it reappeared for me with network-manager version 0.6.5-0ubuntu16.7.10.0. My lshal is attached at <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/138794/comments/15>. The fix that was presented in Debian has been applied to the ubuntu package. If these problems persist for anyone on Intrepid and later, please open another bug.