When I switch my wlan on ( killswitch=off) before I boot, wlan will not work. checked rfkill list:
>rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Next I switch the wlan off - >
>rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
So this seems to be wrong.
But when I switch wlan off ( killswitch=on) before I boot with I can enable the wifi adapter after login and wlan works perfect.
And it also works if I boot with older kernel 2.6.28-16-generic.
So for my understanding the default setting of the rfkillswitch in kernel 2.6.31-14 seems to be wrong
I am not sure if this information is useful. I have the same problem (2.6.31- 14-generic) . wlan did not work on my Dell Vostro 1520 with a hardware wlan switch. /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ karmic/ +source/ linux/+ bug/395358
In my case It seems to be similar to
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When I switch my wlan on ( killswitch=off) before I boot, wlan will not work. checked rfkill list:
>rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Next I switch the wlan off - >
>rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
So this seems to be wrong.
But when I switch wlan off ( killswitch=on) before I boot with I can enable the wifi adapter after login and wlan works perfect.
And it also works if I boot with older kernel 2.6.28-16-generic.
So for my understanding the default setting of the rfkillswitch in kernel 2.6.31-14 seems to be wrong