bcm43xx driver: activation button light always on

[mlaverdiere]

Using Kubuntu Dapper on a Compaq laptop V2610 CA with a Broadcom 4318 internal card and wheter using Knetworkmanager, Wireless assistant or othe wireless network manager with the bcm43xx module, the blue activation button light is always on when the module is loaded, even If I press the button and then cut the connection. With ndiswrapper, if I press the button, the connection the connection is cut and the light turns off.

[Gert Kulyk (gkulyk)]

Can confirm this behaviour on my hp nx6110 with ubuntu-dapper. For me it looks like network-manager is managing the whole communication with the wireless driver (therefore you will probably use n-m), but ignoring the special key and the bios-defaults (obviously ndiswrapper does not care about n-m).

Using bcm43xx, the light can be turned off if in gnome-network-manager (I think knetwork-manager will have a similar option) wireles networks are disabled. The problem for me is, that neither g-n-m remembers last state nor I can figure out a keycode-event for the wireless key, that could be used to turn it off via n-m.

I don't think this is a bug, rather a wishlist issue, but decide for yourself.

[Scott Robinson (scott-ubuntu)]

Same issue with the other two bugs. This is a driver bug and has nothing to do with NetworkManager.

Reassigning to linux-meta.

[Christopher Denter (dennda)]

Hi,
same issue here.
This is gutsy with latest updates and bcm43xx driver installed per restricted-manager. (This went fairly well, to my surprise. I was happy since I didn't have to use ndiswrapper.)
Unfortunately the lights are always on.
This is a HP Compaq nx6125 (Sempron).
(Having used ndiswrapper with Feisty I can tell you what the normal behavior should be:
WLAN switched off: Lights off.
WLAN switched on but not connected: Lights flashing.
WLAN switched on and connected: Lights constantly on.

If you need any further information, just let me know.

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

This is not a bug in the linux-meta package, moving to the linux package.