no visual feedback when enabling/disabling wifi hardware on Dell Inspiron 1545
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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hotkeys (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: network-manager
I installed the proprietary drivers of the wireless wifi adapter shipped with my Dell Inspiron 1545 notebook.
The wireless network works. However, I'm not able to disable the wifi hardware with the wireless key on my keyboard.
Since frequent usage of wifi may impact health, it is very important to allow the user to disable the wifi hardware if he wants to lower its exposure.
Looking at the log file before and after hiting the wireless key button shows that it isn't understand by Ubuntu:
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s@s-portable:~$ grep -i networkmanager /var/log/syslog | tail -1
Nov 13 17:36:55 s-portable NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'Auto eth0' (eth0) as default for routing and DNS.
s@s-portable:~$ grep -i networkmanager /var/log/syslog | tail -1
Nov 13 17:36:55 s-portable NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'Auto eth0' (eth0) as default for routing and DNS.
s@s-portable:~$
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On this laptop, there is no alternative button.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
Date: Fri Nov 13 17:37:56 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
IpRoute:
192.168.0.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.3 metric 1
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
default via 192.168.0.254 dev eth0 proto static
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: network-
ProcEnviron:
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
RfKill:
SourcePackage: network-
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
(gnome-
(gnome-
(polkit-
(nautilus:1837): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences
Changed in hotkeys (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
Moving this to the hotkeys package. Maybe there is some sort of mistake with the key-combo to turn off wireless on your Inspiron.