I have a Dell Vostro 1320 laptop.
After installed new kernel 2.6.31.3 from kernel-ppa
(http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.31.3/), rfkill
switch seems to work.

Federico

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 5:03 AM, Daniel Cardin <email address hidden> wrote:
> I am fully updated and this is not the kernel I have ( 2.6.31-13-generic
> #44-Ubuntu SMP  )
>
> How should I go about acquiring it so I can validate if it fixes the
> problem?
>
> Thanks
>
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Mario Limonciello
> <email address hidden>wrote:
>
>> Daniel:
>>
>> Can you please test with Leann's latest kernel?
>>
>> uname -a should have "#44+lp430809v3" in it.
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 18:54, Daniel Cardin
>> <email address hidden>wrote:
>>
>> > I have a Dell Vostro 1720 with a BCM4322 running wl on kernel 2.6.31-13
>> > and it still exhibits the problem.
>> >
>> > 0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
>> >        Soft blocked: yes
>> >        Hard blocked: yes
>> > 1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
>> >        Soft blocked: no
>> >        Hard blocked: yes
>> > 2: hci0: Bluetooth
>> >        Soft blocked: no
>> >        Hard blocked: no
>> >
>> > --
>> > [karmic][iwlagn][dell-wifi] MASTER "wireless disabled" for IWL 3945 4965
>> > 5100 and 5300 devices if booted with killswitch/rfkill enabled
>> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441161
>> > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>> > of the bug.
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mario Limonciello
>> <email address hidden>
>>
>> --
>> [karmic][iwlagn][dell-wifi] MASTER "wireless disabled" for IWL 3945 4965
>> 5100 and 5300 devices if booted with killswitch/rfkill enabled
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441161
>> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>> of the bug.
>>
>
> --
> [karmic][iwlagn][dell-wifi] MASTER "wireless disabled" for IWL 3945 4965 5100 and 5300 devices if booted with killswitch/rfkill enabled
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441161
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: network-manager
>
> After a fresh Karmic Koala install, Network Manager is showing Wireless as disabled, and it is not possible to enable it.  However the device does work with the kernel.
>
> My workaround: install an /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file and running wpa_supplicant manually from /etc/network/interfaces
>
>  samv@maia:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
>  auto lo
>  iface lo inet loopback
>
>  #auto eth0
>  iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
>  #auto wlan0
>  iface wlan0 inet dhcp
>   pre-up wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B -s
>   down killall wpa_supplicant
>
>  samv@maia:~$ cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
>           ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>           ctrl_interface_group=users
>
>  #ap_scan=2
>
>           #
>           # home network; allow all valid ciphers
>           network={
>                ssid="MyNetwork"
>                scan_ssid=1
>               proto=WPA
>               pairwise=TKIP
>                key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>                psk="SecretPassword"
>           }
>
>  samv@maia:~$ sudo ifup wlan0
>
> related kernel messages:
>
> [   11.573058] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.3.27k
> [   11.573061] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation
> [   11.573421] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
> [   11.573453] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [   11.573506] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN REV=0x4
> [   11.581549] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0xfa0b1, caps: 0xa04713/0x200000
> [   11.617029] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input8
> [   11.626880] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13 802.11a channels
> [   11.626955]   alloc irq_desc for 28 on node 0
> [   11.626957]   alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
> [   11.626981] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: irq 28 for MSI/MSI-X
> [   11.724623] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
> [   11.848705] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
> [   11.848708]  (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
> [   11.848711]  (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
> [   11.848714]  (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
> [   11.848717]  (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
> [   11.848719]  (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
> [   11.848722]  (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
>
> I think this was logged when I manually tried to 'iwlist wlan0 scanning';
>
> [  839.672238] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode
> [  839.743563] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: loaded firmware version 228.61.2.24
> [  839.962427] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::radio
> [  839.962465] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::assoc
> [  839.962500] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::RX
> [  839.962533] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::TX
> [  840.006024] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
>
> With wpa_supplicant, logged:
>
> [ 1756.714143] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1c:10:22:0f:e6
> [ 1756.715971] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 1756.715976] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1c:10:22:0f:e6
> [ 1756.718684] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1c:10:22:0f:e6 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
> [ 1756.718690] wlan0: associated
> [ 1756.742052] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
> [ 1766.964090] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
> [ 1775.084236] wlan0: deauthenticating by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 1775.116132] wlan0: deauthenticating by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 1850.198667] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::radio
> [ 1850.198705] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::assoc
> [ 1850.198742] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::RX
> [ 1850.198775] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::TX
> [ 1850.235886] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
> [ 1851.891766] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1c:10:22:0f:e6
> [ 1851.893977] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 1851.893984] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1c:10:22:0f:e6
> [ 1851.896781] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1c:10:22:0f:e6 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
> [ 1851.896789] wlan0: associated
> [ 1851.922217] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
> [ 1862.244046] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
> [ 2409.221414] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 22500 nsec
> [ 2738.508056] wlan0: deauthenticating by local choice (reason=3)
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> Date: Sat Oct  3 21:08:11 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> Gconf:
>
> InterestingModules: b44
> IpRoute:
>  192.168.69.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.69.233
>  169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0  scope link  metric 1000
>  default via 192.168.69.1 dev wlan0  metric 100
> Package: network-manager 0.8~a~git.20090923t064445.b20cef2-0ubuntu2
> ProcEnviron:
>  LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
> SourcePackage: network-manager
> Tags:  driver-b44
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64
>