Ubuntu 11.04 - "wireless disabled by hardware switch"

[xjoshdenx]

Hello all,

firstly i'm kinda new to reporting bugs, so please forgive me if I forget to give all the information etc.

Secondly, I have a Compaq Presario CQ50-110EM with Atheros 5001 wireless card and when I try to connect to a wireless box, it says "wireless disabled by hardware switch". Now I know that Acer and Dell laptops are having the same problem, but they don't seem to have the same wireless chipset as I, so I though it would be best to file a new bug report.

I used to use Ubuntu from 9.04 - 10.10 for time to time and the wireless never worked, but looking deeply on the ubuntu website at device support, it said that my chipset worked with 10.10 and 11.04, but in fact it did not.

If anyone needs more information, I will give it out :)

Thanks

[xteejx (xteejx)]

Hi,
Please run "apport-collect 786729" and if asked, allow it to change anything. This will pull in the system information we need.
Just to clarify, pressing the wireless button on the laptop has no effect? What about enabling/disabling Wireless networking? Does the system see it if you run lspci or lsusb from a terminal?
Thank you.

[Denva Joshua Ingram (denva-ingram)]

This bug affects me, pressing the wireless button doesn't make a difference at all

[xteejx (xteejx)]

Hi Denva,
If you can answer the above questions and run the apport-collect that would be very helpful. Thank you.