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linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 package

  1. Bug #193970
  2. Comment #18

Comment 18 for bug 193970

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Sasquatch (sasquatch) wrote : Re: iwl3945: Wireless can't be activated if kill switch was on at boot

I've done some testing. I rebooted every time with the switch turned on (wifi off, kill switch on). Every time the network was shown disabled. When I did a sudo ifup wlan, the interface came back on. As long as the switch was on, the network was on DISABLED state shown on lshw -C network. When I turned the switch off (wifi on), the status didn't change. As I brought the interface up, the status changed in lshw. This was the case in both the Gutsy kernel, as well in the Hardy kernel. If there haven't been any changes to hal from 2.6.24-5 to 2.6.24-12, then the problem lies with the driver. Module 1.1.17 doesn't have any problem and it also shows my wavelan panel with the proper info. Kill switch on, no such device, switch off, device is seen and starts functioning.

I hope this info helps with solving this bug.