I can also confirm this issue and solution with an Atheros AR9285 did by doing the following:
When right-clicking Network-Manager in toolbar, "Enable Wireless" is disabled. This option worked flawlessly prior to updating to Maverick RC on 10-6-10. Tried the following in a terminal: norla...@wooglin:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill norla...@wooglin:~$ rfkill list 0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes norla...@wooglin:~$ sudo rfkill unblock all norla...@wooglin:~$ sudo rfkill list 0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no At this point, right-clicking on the Network-Manager tool showed my wireless was now enabled, and in the process had actually had auto- connected to one of my saved networks! -- Atheros AR928X not connecting on wireless HP G60-468CA https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/644452 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs