Re: does/can networkmanager ever set rfkill?

[Tony Espy <espy canonical com>]

On 02/25/2010 03:42 PM, Paul Fox wrote:
> i'm revisiting our ability to kill power to the wireless device
> for the XO-1.5 laptop.  this time around, we're using rfkill to
> do so.  (the XO-1 used a private mechanism.) since there's no
> dedicated rfkill button, we need to invoke rfkill from a UI.
>
> i was sort of expecting/hoping that NetworkManager could be used
> to invoke rfkill, since that would be portable, and provide
> persistence for the setting all at once.  but all i can find are
> lots of ways in which NM reacts to rfkill events, and nothing
> regarding it actually doing an rfkill block/unblock itself.
>
> is this correct?  or have i overlooked something?  can NM, and the
> applet, be used as a soft rfkill switch?

this has been discussed in the past, but currently NM has no capability 
to toggle an rfkill switch directly.

regards,
/t