I have a Lenovo S10-3 netbook and can confirm the bug. I dual boot
Kubuntu and Meego, and the wireless issue occurred in both OS at the
same time, so I suspected a hardware/BIOS bug right away. Seems that the
experience of fellow users here and elsewhere have confirmed this.
I first tried to make sure the wireless switch on the left side of the
case was enabled, tried to reset the BIOS to defaults in the BIOS setups
screens ... BUT, I could not get wifi enabled. rfkill list always
showed hardware blocking. I tried resetting the BIOS settings many
times, with the hardware switch in both positions (just in case there
was an incorrect toggle orientation or something). No luck.
Lenovo release a BIOS update, but that route was un-appetizing because
(1) it required windows, and (2) I was too risk averse to run it under
WINE (yikes) and was not willing to install windows 7 just to attempt a
risky-anyway BIOS flash.
I ended up just biting the bullet and removing the bunches of screws
necessary to get at the CMOS battery. This worked. I wish there was
another way, but for me, this was the only alternative to installing
windows to fix the problem. As involved as it is, it saves a lot of time
installing win, then re-installing linux.
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Title:
Wireless and Bluetooth switch does not work correctly on lenovo
ideapad s10-3
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