Re: net manager wireless disabled

[Tony Espy <espy canonical com>]

sheltraw berkeley edu wrote:
> Hi Tony
>
> Thanks for the info. Similar bugs have been reported to Ubuntu and
> there oddly appears to be no fix yet.

That's because it's not a single bug.  First, there are many brands of 
Wi-Fi cards each requiring different drivers.  This is then compounded 
by the fact the various OEMs wire their platforms differently...  thus 
operation of kill switches is dependent on Wi-Fi driver + platform ( and 
possibly platform driver ).

When you report a bug using "ubuntu-bug", information is gathered from 
your particular machine which can help developers determine your 
particular problem.

> "rfkill list" tells me that wireless LAN is hard blocked. Do you
> know how to unblock?

Hard-blocked means that a hardware kill switch has been enabled.  You 
should check to see if there's an obvious kill switch that you can 
disable on your machine.  If not, then it's probably an issue with the 
Wi-Fi driver and/or platform driver.

With respect to the HW kill switch, you might want to check the OEM's 
manual for your specific model.

Hope this helps!

Regards,
/tony