I had what appeared to be exactly this problem. When I toggle the fn-f2 key the wirless connection would appear to be enabled but as soon as I click the 'Enable Wirless' option it would disappear and the 'wireless connection disabled by hardware switch' message would come up.
Whilst reading this post and in frustration I rapidly toggled the fn-f2 key (three times I think) and suddenly my wireless connection password dialog popped open and all was fixed. My wireless connection is now working fine (but I'm not prepared to touch the fn-f2 key again). I'm running 11.10. The problem only occured about two weeks after installing 11.10 and possible after I accidently toggled the fn-f2 key. Maybe this isn't exactly the same problem but the symptoms do appear to be identical. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/701259 Title: dell-laptop module hard blocks wifi on Dell Vostro 1520 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/701259/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
