[Bug 550454] [NEW] Hardware rf kill switch not recognized (Sony Vaio Y11S1E)

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Binary package hint: wireless-tools

I'm using Kubuntu 9.10 with the stock Linux kernel and the wireless
backports modules.

My Sony Vaio VPC-Y11S1E notebook uses an Atheros AR9285 chip that is
supported by the ath9k driver.  The notebook also has a physical slider
switch that can be used to enable/disable wireless functionality.  But
no matter what the position of the switch is, wireless is always
disabled:

root at lynx:~# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: yes
root at lynx:~# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=off
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

Consequently, there is no way to get wireless networking up and running
on this model.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Mar 28 21:27:41 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
Package: wireless-tools 29-2ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/usr/bin/tcsh
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: wireless-tools
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
 (firefox:2106): GLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname() called multiple times
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2120): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

** Affects: linux-backports-modules-2.6.31 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Fix Released


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug
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Hardware rf kill switch not recognized (Sony Vaio Y11S1E)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550454
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