** Description changed: The wifi state indicator light on my Dell Ispiron 1300 won't change when I use the hotkeys. - The actual state changes because when I interigate IWLIST the "txpower" is either in an "on" or "off" state as it should be, but the light is unresponsive. The indicator light works perfectly well on a XP (dual boot XP/Kubuntu) system. Expected output is for the wifi state indicator light to change with the "txpower" state. + The actual state changes because when I interigate IWCONFIG the "txpower" is either in an "on" or "off" state as it should be, but the light is unresponsive. The indicator light works perfectly well on a XP (dual boot XP/Kubuntu) system. Expected output is for the wifi state indicator light to change with the "txpower" state. This result is repeatable on Dapper LTS and Feisty Fawn with Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG(rev 05). I haven't tried the latest Ubuntu release to see if it also fails there also. A fix would be hirely desirable as we have no easy way to see if wifi is active or not, and it is not obvious for a new user how to remedy this. I have googled the net and others have the same problem with the same wifi chipset which is quite common. Here is a lspci dump. 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Proces sor to DRAM Controller (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Exp ress Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Gr aphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Ex press Port 1 (rev 03) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Ex press Port 4 (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US B UHCI #1 (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US B UHCI #2 (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US B UHCI #3 (rev 03) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US B UHCI #4 (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US B2 EHCI Controller (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03) 02:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connec tion (rev 05) To reproduce the problem: alternate between "txpower=on" and "txpower=off" with the hotkeys. Light remains in an "off" state (totally unresponsive) regardless of the actual wifi state.
** Description changed: The wifi state indicator light on my Dell Ispiron 1300 won't change when I use the hotkeys. The actual state changes because when I interigate IWCONFIG the "txpower" is either in an "on" or "off" state as it should be, but the light is unresponsive. The indicator light works perfectly well on a XP (dual boot XP/Kubuntu) system. Expected output is for the wifi state indicator light to change with the "txpower" state. - This result is repeatable on Dapper LTS and Feisty Fawn with Intel - Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG(rev 05). I haven't tried the latest - Ubuntu release to see if it also fails there also. A fix would be hirely - desirable as we have no easy way to see if wifi is active or not, and it - is not obvious for a new user how to remedy this. I have googled the net - and others have the same problem with the same wifi chipset which is - quite common. + This result is repeatable on Dapper LTS and Feisty Fawn 2.6.20-16-generic i686 GNU/Linux + with Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG(rev 05). I haven't tried the latest Ubuntu release to see if it also fails there also. A fix would be hirely desirable as we have no easy way to see if wifi is active or not, and it is not obvious for a new user how to remedy this. I have googled the net and others have the same problem with the same wifi chipset which is quite common. Here is a lspci dump. 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Proces sor to DRAM Controller (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Exp ress Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Gr aphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Ex press Port 1 (rev 03) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Ex press Port 4 (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US B UHCI #1 (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US B UHCI #2 (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US B UHCI #3 (rev 03) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US B UHCI #4 (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US B2 EHCI Controller (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03) 02:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connec tion (rev 05) To reproduce the problem: alternate between "txpower=on" and "txpower=off" with the hotkeys. Light remains in an "off" state (totally unresponsive) regardless of the actual wifi state. -- wifi power indicator doesn't display states https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155219 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
