[Bug 523143] Re: Wireless RFKILL defaults to on (wireless off) and can't be turned off.

[Ciprian Enache]

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** Description changed:

  I have a Dell Latitude E6400 with a rfkill switch on the right side of
  the laptop. Wireless RFKILL defaults to on (wireless off) and can't be
  turned off.
  
  I'm running:
  Linux ubuntu 2.6.31-19-generic #56-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 28 02:39:34 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  
  You can see here that dell-wifi / dell-bluetooth default to Hard
  blocked:yes. I actually have just the physical switch listed as phy0
  correctly shown with Hard blocked: no.
  
  cenache at ubuntu:~$ rfkill list
  0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
  	Soft blocked: no
  	Hard blocked: yes
  1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
  	Soft blocked: no
  	Hard blocked: yes
  2: hci0: Bluetooth
  	Soft blocked: no
  	Hard blocked: no
  3: phy0: Wireless LAN
  	Soft blocked: no
  	Hard blocked: no
  
  
  When I change the state of the physical switch both the dell-wifi and phy0 change state - but my wireless is still disabled.
  
  0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
  	Soft blocked: no
  	Hard blocked: no
  1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
  	Soft blocked: no
  	Hard blocked: no
  3: phy0: Wireless LAN
  	Soft blocked: no
  	Hard blocked: yes
  
  Seems to be fixed in 2.6.32 - rfkill is still listing 2 switches, but
  they are in sync and my WiFi works.
  
  Best regards,
  Cip
+ --- 
+ AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
+ Architecture: amd64
+ ArecordDevices:
+  **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
+  card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
+    Subdevices: 2/2
+    Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
+    Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
+ AudioDevicesInUse:
+  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
+  /dev/snd/controlC0:  cenache    1495 F.... pulseaudio
+ CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
+ Card0.Amixer.info:
+  Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6adc000 irq 21'
+    Mixer name	: 'Intel G45 DEVCTG'
+    Components	: 'HDA:111d76b2,10280233,00100302 HDA:80862802,80860101,00100000'
+    Controls      : 24
+    Simple ctrls  : 15
+ DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
+ InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100405)
+ MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6400
+ Package: linux (not installed)
+ PccardctlIdent:
+  Socket 0:
+    no product info available
+ PccardctlStatus:
+  Socket 0:
+    no card
+ ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=/dev/sda3 loop=/hostname/disks/root.disk ro quiet splash
+ ProcEnviron:
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  LANG=en_US.utf8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
+ ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
+ Regression: Yes
+ RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
+ Reproducible: Yes
+ Tags: lucid networking regression-release needs-upstream-testing
+ Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
+ UserGroups:
+  
+ dmi.bios.date: 05/11/2009
+ dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
+ dmi.bios.version: A14
+ dmi.board.name: 0W620R
+ dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
+ dmi.chassis.type: 8
+ dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
+ dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA14:bd05/11/2009:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6400:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0W620R:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
+ dmi.product.name: Latitude E6400
+ dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

** Attachment added: "AlsaDevices.txt"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46183940/AlsaDevices.txt

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Wireless RFKILL defaults to on (wireless off) and can't be turned off.
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