Hardware switch fails to re-enable wifi chip

[Chris Gregan]

Build Version/Date: Karmic Updated 8/25/09
Environment used for testing: Dell XPS m1330 ( Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection )

Summary:
After updating my system, the wifi card is not re-enabled when the hardware switch is used. This seems to be an issue that was resolved in Intrepid and then again in Jaunty, but it appears to have re-surfaced.

Steps to Reproduce:
1) Boot with switch set to disable wifi and BT
2) Move switch to enable wifi and BT
3) Reboot

Expected result:
2) Both come back up

Actual result:
2) BT comes back up but wifi stays down

[arky (arky)]

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[SebastienBarthelemy (barthelemy)]

Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: acpi-support 0.126
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-9.29-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-9-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[SebastienBarthelemy (barthelemy)]

Same problem here, on a Dell Latitude D620 with the following network card
0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)