I have a Lenovo S10-3 netbook and can confirm the bug. I dual boot Kubuntu and Meego, and the wireless issue occurred in both OS at the same time, so I suspected a hardware/BIOS bug right away. Seems that the experience of fellow users here and elsewhere have confirmed this.
I first tried to make sure the wireless switch on the left side of the case was enabled, tried to reset the BIOS to defaults in the BIOS setups screens ... BUT, I could not get wifi enabled. "rfkill list" always showed hardware blocking. I tried resetting the BIOS settings many times, with the hardware switch in both positions (just in case there was an incorrect toggle orientation or something). No luck. Lenovo release a BIOS update, but that route was un-appetizing because (1) it required windows, and (2) I was too risk averse to run it under WINE (yikes) and was not willing to install windows 7 just to attempt a risky-anyway BIOS flash. I ended up just biting the bullet and removing the bunches of screws necessary to get at the CMOS battery. This worked. I wish there was another way, but for me, this was the only alternative to installing windows to fix the problem. As involved as it is, it saves a lot of time installing win, then re-installing linux. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/577114 Title: Wireless and Bluetooth switch does not work correctly on lenovo ideapad s10-3 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
