I am having the same problem on my laptop: WLAN works randomly on boot. When it does work, this is what the system log says:
Nov 16 22:44:51 david-laptop kernel: [ 27.903622] iwl3945 0000:06:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 Nov 16 22:44:51 david-laptop kernel: [ 27.904090] firmware: requesting iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode Nov 16 22:44:51 david-laptop kernel: [ 28.242508] Registered led device: iwl-phy0:radio Nov 16 22:44:51 david-laptop kernel: [ 28.242575] Registered led device: iwl-phy0:assoc Nov 16 22:44:51 david-laptop kernel: [ 28.242594] Registered led device: iwl-phy0:RX Nov 16 22:44:51 david-laptop kernel: [ 28.242614] Registered led device: iwl-phy0:TX But it says the following when I boot up and WLAN doesn't work: Nov 16 22:37:53 david-laptop kernel: [ 27.762501] iwl3945 0000:06:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 Nov 16 22:37:53 david-laptop kernel: [ 27.763244] firmware: requesting iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode Nov 16 22:37:53 david-laptop kernel: [ 28.352280] iwl3945: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch Nov 16 22:37:53 david-laptop kernel: [ 28.354182] iwl3945 0000:06:00.0: PCI INT A disabled Nov 16 22:37:54 david-laptop kernel: [ 28.371300] iwl3945 0000:06:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 Nov 16 22:37:54 david-laptop kernel: [ 28.371847] iwl3945: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch Nov 16 22:37:54 david-laptop kernel: [ 28.371934] iwl3945 0000:06:00.0: PCI INT A disabled -- 8.10: Intrepid, Hardy: On an Acer Travelmate 6292, WLAN is dysfunctional https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247489 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
