Re: NetworkManager and rf_kill

["Khashayar Naderehvandi" <khashayar lists gmail com>]

>
> Thank you very much for the thorough reply. I'd like to add one more
> comment. I have since posting in this thread updated the iwl4965 driver
> and switched over to NM from SVN on both my machines. The updated
> iwl4965 driver can now control the little led I have on my laptop
> indicating whether wifi is active or not (I have confirmed that
> indication to be accurate by using powertop). This led turns on and off
> when I use the HW switch. Surprisingly, I noticed that it's also turned
> off when I deactivate the network altogther using the nm-applet.
> However, only deactivating wireless keeps the led on. I'm not sure what
> exactly this means in relation to the above. It's just an observation
> that surprised me. Surely, even though there are the obstacles you've
> stated, nm-applet could tell NM to put the wifi in low power mode when
> wireless is deactivated?
>
> I might have completely misunderstood something though, in which case
> I'm sorry for babbling on :-)

On 3945, the HW switch disables the LED, as does "disable wireless." I'm
not sure what deactivating the network does (possibly the same thing).
I'm using KNetworkManager 0.2.2 with NM 0.6.6. My kernel is 2.6.24-17
(Ubuntu).
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Hm... I'm starting to think that this in fact is a bug, but I'm not sure if the bug is NM's or the driver's. The thing is, I'm dual booting a 32-bit and a 64-bit version of ubuntu. When sending the previous email, I was in the 32-bit environment. However, I have now noticed that "disable wireless" disables the LED in the 64-bit environment, contrary to what happens in the 32-bit environment.