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linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 package

  1. Bug #203705
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 203705

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jlparise (jlparise) wrote :

I was thinking about this bug today and I remembered a problem I had with Gutsy at first. Basically, my laptop a Dell E1505 has a kill switch for the wireless and bluetooth. It can be setup in the BIOS.

Anyways, when I first installed Gutsy I could not get my wireless light to come on. After much tinkering I went into the BIOS and disabled the kill switch so my Wireless was always on. Then Gutsy wireless worked and I could connect to the web.

Interestingly I later turned the kill switch back on and now everything magically works. This was all using the 3945 driver when upgrading from Feisty to Gutsy.

I don't have a hardy system to test this on as I only have this one laptop and I can't afford to have any crashes at the moment.

Perhaps you could try something similar to get your wireless light to come on?