Comment 3 for bug 753464

OK, only just thought of this (duh!) but I think this shows the bug probably isn't in the plasma widget - ifconfig shows no wireless at all

sudo ifconfig
[sudo] password for bob:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:8b:55:58:77
          inet addr:192.168.2.5 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::223:8bff:fe55:5877/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:51064 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:34738 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:70645472 (70.6 MB) TX bytes:2529822 (2.5 MB)
          Interrupt:44 Base address:0x6000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:980 (980.0 B) TX bytes:980 (980.0 B)