Comment 51 for bug 53310

This bug is related to the Intel ipw2200 kernel module which manages the 2200BG adapter.

Tomas Hynk's PC has:

 Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)

Alex Fraser's PC has the 3945 which uses the iwl3945 module:

 Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection [8086:4222]

nestoklon, Siddhu Warrier and yclian have Atheros wireless adapters. E.g.

 Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)

Tomas' original report shows the kill-switch is detected as being on:

Jul 17 23:59:49 localhost kernel: [17180125.980000] ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
Jul 17 23:59:49 localhost kernel: [17180125.980000] Kill switch must be turned off for wireless

If you are using the Intel 2200BG or Intel 3945ABG and are affected by this issue in Hardy, Intrepid, or Jaunty please provide the following information with kernel debug enabled.

To enable kernel debug enter the GRUB menu at start-up by pressing ESCape. Highlight the kernel to boot, press "E" to edit it. Highlight the "kernel" line and press "E" to edit it. At the end of the line remove "quiet splash" and replace with " debug". Press Enter, then press "B" to boot with the changed parameters.

Do a clean start-up, suspend, resume cycle and then attach an archive containing these reports:

uname -a >/tmp/version.log
lsb_release -a >>/tmp/version.log
sudo dmidecode -t system >/tmp/dmidecode.log
lshal | sed -n '/^udi = .*rfkill/,/^udi =/ p' >/tmp/hal-rfkill.log
sudo lspci -vvnn >/tmp/lspci.log
tar -czf /tmp/lp53310.logs.tar.gz /tmp/version.log /tmp/dmidecode.log /var/log/kern.log /tmp/hal-rfkill.log /tmp/lspci.log

Attach /tmp/lp53310.logs.tar.gz to a comment.