Comment 67 for bug 193970

on up to date intrepid wireless is permanently disabled

/sys/class/rfkill$ uname -r
2.6.27-7-generic

/sys/class/rfkill$ sudo modprobe iwlagn
/sys/class/rfkill$ cat */state
2
2

press Fn-F5

/sys/class/rfkill$ cat */state
2
2

/sys/class/rfkill$ sudo rmmod iwlagn
/sys/class/rfkill$ cat */state
2
2

press Fn-F5

/sys/class/rfkill$ cat */state
2
2

/sys/class/rfkill$ sudo modprobe iwlagn
/sys/class/rfkill$ cat */state
2
2

press Fn-F5

/sys/class/rfkill$ cat */state
2
2

output from dmesg after reboots

[11047.651826] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.3.27ks
[11047.651842] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation
[11114.467765] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[11114.468273] iwl3945: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch