I get the problem as described on Ubuntu 12.04, with a Sony Vaio SVS15116
laptop, and wifi (from lspci):
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6235 (rev 24)
Every time I manually uncheck "enable wireless" from the networking menu
(default unity setup), it stays greyed out. Sending "sudo rfkill unblock
all" then disable/reenable networking, it is fixed.
While broken, "rfkill list all" gives:
0: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: sony-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
The laptop has NO hardware wireless switch, and NO function key
combination for wifi (they rely on a proprietary program in windows to
manage wireless... yuck).
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/977639
Title:
NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware
switch"
Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
I noticed last night that one of my wireless access points was not
listed in nm-applet, which seemed odd given that it was only 2 metres
away. I thought that disabling and re-enabling the wifi might cause a
rescan, so I clicked Disable wireless networking in nm-applet. Now,
nm-applet will not allow me to re-enable wireless - the section in the
drop-down is greyed out, and says "wireless is disabled by hardware
switch", even though the wireless card is enabled.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: dd3689fa6394f60ec14dbe98d0bab891
CheckboxSystem: b633b4f40868d491c2ae5b50030ce6f3
Date: Tue Apr 10 01:18:24 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64
(20100816.1)
NetworkManager.state:
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=false
WWANEnabled=true
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-12 (119 days ago)
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