Confirmed on Dell Vostro 1520 with Ubuntu 9.04 amd64.
Temporary solution: Downgrade hal!

Steps:
1. Search version: sudo apt-cache showpkg hal
Output:
...
Provides: 
0.5.12~rc1+git20090403-0ubuntu3 - (latest version [problem])
0.5.12~rc1+git20090403-0ubuntu1 - (past version [OK])

2. Downgrade: sudo aptitude install hal=0.5.12~rc1+git20090403-0ubuntu1

3. If necessary: sudo lrm-manager and sudo modprobe wl

-- 
"hal-system-smbios --st_wlan" reports rfkill switch always on, nm-applet always 
disabled (wireless, dell laptops)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/394663
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