Intel WiFi rfkill switch now defaults to on (wireless off)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
For my laptop (Acer Timeline 3810t), after upgrading to 2.6.31, the RFKILL switch now defaults to on (wireless disabled) on every boot. It works if I manually turn off the switch.
The switch is a toggle switch, and it used to default to off under 2.6.30/alpha 2.
I am using the iwlagn driver. The card is an Intel 5100.
01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
Kernel driver in use: iwlagn
Kernel modules: iwlagn
I have tried using the RFKILL utility found here - http://
This is annoying because I need to use wifi everytime I use my laptop, and there is no programmatic way to enable it.
Thanks!
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jul 27 14:08:16 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=
MachineType: Acer Acer Project
Package: linux-image-
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
RelatedPackageV
SourcePackage: linux
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-4-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 05/27/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V1.04
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: Acer Project
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: PSMBOU-1234567
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:
dmi.product.name: Acer Project
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Triaged |
Blacklisting acer_wmi reverts this behaviour, so it is probably something related to acer_wmi.