Comment 8 for bug 247489

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

When system starts:
WLAN is enabled.

dmesg
[ 15.277876] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.26ks
[ 15.277880] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation
[ 15.406530] iwl3945 0000:05:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 15.406542] iwl3945 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 15.406564] iwl3945 0000:05:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 15.406586] iwl3945: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG
[ 15.472293] iwl3945: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 23 802.11a channels
[ 15.876417] iwl3945 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 34.642651] iwl3945 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 34.642835] iwl3945 0000:05:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x100002, writing 0x100006)
[ 34.646509] firmware: requesting iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode
[ 34.886411] Registered led device: iwl-phy0:radio
[ 34.887502] Registered led device: iwl-phy0:assoc
[ 34.888505] Registered led device: iwl-phy0:RX
[ 34.889431] Registered led device: iwl-phy0:TX
[ 34.909271] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

Then, when i press WLAN key:
[ 480.665011] iwl3945: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
[ 480.665016] Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.
[ 480.969936] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1b:11:e7:d2:36
[ 481.030240] iwl3945: WARNING: Requesting MAC access during RFKILL wakes up NIC
[ 481.032023] iwl3945: MAC is in deep sleep!
[ 481.080235] iwl3945: WARNING: Requesting MAC access during RFKILL wakes up NIC
[ 481.084090] iwl3945: MAC is in deep sleep!
[ 481.140120] iwl3945: WARNING: Requesting MAC access during RFKILL wakes up NIC
[ 481.144078] iwl3945: MAC is in deep sleep!
[ 481.304067] iwl3945: WARNING: Requesting MAC access during RFKILL wakes up NIC
[ 481.321251] iwl3945 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A disabled

So, when i am pressing WLAN key next time - nothing happenes, and WLAN does NOT work.