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  1. Bug #247489
  2. Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 247489

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Telorn (telorn) wrote : Re: 8.10: Intrepid, Hardy: On an Acer Travelmate 6292, WLAN is dysfunctional

This bug was described in known issues for 8.10 release.

"Cannot reactivate Intel 3945/4965 wireless if booting with killswitch enabled
On laptops with Intel 3945 or Intel 4965 wireless chipsets and a killswitch for the wireless antenna, starting the system with the killswitch enabled (i.e., with wireless disabled) will prevent re-enabling the wireless by toggling the killswitch. As a workaround, users should boot the system with the killswitch disabled. A future kernel update is expected to address this issue."
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/810

may be it is time to do something?