[Desktop-packages] [Bug 977639] Re: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch"
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). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/977639/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 977639] Re: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch"
I am testing Raring Ringtail and this issue seems to have been fixed. If anyone is interested in testing it, that could put an end to this bug report. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/977639/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 977639] Re: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch"
I marked it confirmed because Yiyo confirmed the bug and I also can confirm the bug. the workaround: rfkill unblock wlano sudo service network-manager restart does indeed fix the issue. In my case, I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FW275J This was not an upgrade, but a fresh install (I preferr fresh installs) 05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 3.2.0-37-generic-pae Ubuntu 12.04.1 i386 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/977639/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 977639] Re: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch"
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/977639/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 977639] Re: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch"
I'm adding a debug log for Network Manager as requested ** Attachment added: "syslog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/977639/+attachment/3113958/+files/syslog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/977639 Title: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch" Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Invalid 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/977639/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 977639] Re: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch"
I can confirm this bug affects my laptop Sony Vaio F Series model VPCF120FL, that uses Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200, wireless card. To reproduce, one just have to follow the steps mentioned in comment #3: * Click nm-applet to activate the drop-down. * Uncheck "Enable Wireless" from the nm-applet drop-down. * Click nm-applet a second time to activate the drop-down. * Note under "Wireless Networks" in the nm-applet drop-down, the message "wireless is disabled by hardware switch". * Note that "Enable Wireless" in the nm-applet drop-down is greyed out. To re-enable wireless: * Open a terminal. $ sudo rfkill unblock all $ sudo service network-manager restart * Click nm-applet to activate the drop-down. * Check "Enable Wireless" from the nm-applet drop-down. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/977639 Title: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch" Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Invalid 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/977639/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 977639] Re: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch"
Hm, me neither now. Marking invalid - clearly either I or my computer was having a brain fart. ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/977639 Title: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch" Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Invalid 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/977639/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 977639] Re: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch"
I can't reproduce this on my own device (also using iwlwifi). Could you please include debug logs from NetworkManager when reproducing the issue? See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingNetworkManager for how to retrieve the debug logs. ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/977639 Title: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch" Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/977639/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 977639] Re: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch"
Turns out this is easy to reproduce, at least for me: * Associate with a wireless network. (This step may not be necessary, but is the normal state for me.) * Click nm-applet to activate the drop-down. * Uncheck "Enable Wireless" from the nm-applet drop-down. * Click nm-applet a second time to activate the drop-down. * Note under "Wireless Networks" in the nm-applet drop-down, the message "wireless is disabled by hardware switch". * Note that "Enable Wireless" in the nm-applet drop-down is greyed out. To re-enable wireless, I have to: * Open a terminal. * Issue: "sudo rfkill list". * Note the indexes of the Wireless LAN entries that show "Soft blocked: yes". * Issue: "sudo rfkill unblock " for each value of returned by the command above. * Issue: "sudo service network-manager restart". * Click nm-applet to activate the drop-down. * Check "Enable Wireless" from the nm-applet drop-down. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/977639 Title: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch" Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: New 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/977639/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 977639] Re: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch"
I managed to restore my wifi using the rfkill command as described here: http://sunilkumarn.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/solution-to-wireless- disabled-by-hardware-switch/ I had to reboot for the device to become available, however, and I'd like to understand how NetworkManager got itself in such a state in the first place. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/977639 Title: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch" Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: New 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/977639/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 977639] Re: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch"
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/977639 Title: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch" Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: New 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/977639/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
