Workaround for this bug in my case is to blacklist the specific wireless kernel module and fall back on phys0 that was being used in version priro to 11.10. I filed a duplicate bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/874229
I just added the following to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and after reboot or unload/reload modules all is well. # hp wireless issues under 3.x kernel? blacklist hp_wmi I did this for two laptops with almost the same specs. Check and see if you have more than one module for wifi trying to load and figure out the proper name to blacklist, not the same as indicated by rfkill necessarily. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/882779 Title: WLAN card cannot be activated, it is hard-rfkill-ed and fn-f2 does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hwe-next/+bug/882779/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
