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  2. Comment #88

Comment 88 for bug 857297

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Graham Parker (guaham) wrote :

Hi Herton

I Installed linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic_2.6.38-13.52_i386.deb with following results:

First boot:
root@LENOVO:~# rfkill list
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

Turn off soft key switch:
root@LENOVO:~# rfkill list
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes

Turn on soft key:
root@LENOVO:~# rfkill list
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

Turn off hard switch:
root@LENOVO:~# rfkill list
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes

Turn on hard switch:
root@LENOVO:~# rfkill list
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

Wireless is working as expected and the output from 'rfkill list' shows that the fix is doing what it's supposed to. However, there is still a problem with the interaction between the kernel and network manager.

1.) When turning off soft key and then turning soft key back on again, the wireless doesn't enable automatically and the wireless connections in network manager disappear so I cannot click on a wireless connection to establish the network. Turning off soft key and turning on soft key 2 or 3 times in a row enables the wireless connections in network manager and network is again established.

2.) When turning off hard switch and then turning hard switch back on again, wireless doesn't enable automatically. However the wireless connections remain in the network manager and I am able to click on the wireless connection to establish network again.

As above, wireless is working as expected with linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic_2.6.38-13.52_i386.deb installed as shown by "rfkill".

Is there any indication when we might see a fix for network manager?

Thank you for your patience in my testing Natty update -proposed (2.6.38-13.5), much appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Graham.