Adding hal to affected packages since it seems wrong for the killswitch detection scripts to rely on /usr/lib/hal/hal-system-smbios --st_wwan for dell laptops when that command always returns 0:
mo...@motin-xps:~$ sudo /usr/lib/hal/hal-system-smbios --st_wwan ; echo 0 mo...@motin-xps:~$ # turning off switch - wireless on mo...@motin-xps:~$ sudo /usr/lib/hal/hal-system-smbios --st_wwan ; echo 0 mo...@motin-xps:~$ # turning on switch - wireless off mo...@motin-xps:~$ sudo /usr/lib/hal/hal-system-smbios --st_wwan ; echo 0 ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: hal 0.5.12~rc1+git20090403-0ubuntu1 [modified: usr/lib/hal/scripts/linux/hal-system-killswitch-get-power-linux] ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, user) LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8 SourcePackage: hal Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686 A typo is fixed in the script: Bug #368553 -- [dell-xps-specific?] ipw3945: Wireless is not activated after waking up from resume with kill switch enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368556 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