Public bug reported: I have a laptop (Asus N50Vn) with Intel WiMAX/WiFi 5150 chipset intergraded, running Ubuntu 10.04. The problem is: I have to disable WiFi in order to enable WiMAX connection, but WiFi indicator on the front panel of my laptop keeps glowing, despite any taken measures, even if operating system reports wireless as switched off. WiFi (and Bluetooth) starts every time I boot Ubuntu.
A list of ways I tried to get rid of this problem: 1. Pressing the key combination that was supposed to disable wlan/bluetooth (Fn+F2) disables bluetooth only. 2. Unchecking "Enable Wireless" in network manager disconnects you from any existing wireless connection and reports WiFi as disabled, but WiFi indicator on the front panel of the laptop keeps glowing. 3. Disabling device driving module (sudo modprobe -r iwlagn) gives the same result (Also, "Enable Wireless" checkbox disappears from menu). 4. Using the switch on the front panel of my laptop is also useless. 5. Disabling WLAN in BIOS setting is useless too. ** Affects: gnome-nettool (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-nettool in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729841 Title: Cannot disable wireless on Intel WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs