[clug-talk] Wifi Kill Switches

[Craig McLean]

Hello.

I decided to go with the nuclear troubleshooting option and reinstalled
Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10.  When I did that the Wifi kill switch started
working properly again.  This confirmed that it wasn't a hardware problem,
which wasn't outside the realm of possibility on this device.

I will reinstall Xubuntu 10.04 and start doing real troubleshooting to
figure out what is going on.  Once I have a fix I will post and let people
know what I did.

-----Original Message-----
From: clug-talk-bounces at clug.ca [mailto:clug-talk-bounces at clug.ca] On Behalf
Of Mark Carlson
Sent: May-27-10 9:59 AM
To: CLUG General
Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Wifi Kill Switches

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Craig McLean <craigmclean at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hello
>
>
>
> The Wifi kill switch is accurately named.  After installing Ubuntu 10.04 I
> tried it and it killed my wireless.
>
>
>
> Here is the situation.  I was originally running Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook
remix,
> on that OS I recall that the Wifi kill switch worked properly.  I could
turn
> the WLAN on and off with a flick of the switch.  Now on Xubuntu 10.04 I
> flipped the switch once and the WLAN turned off, never to turn on again.
> Does anybody have any theories on what might be going on here?  Am I
missing
> kernel modules and key mappings?
>
>
>
> The Acer Aspire 1 is a Model ZG5.  The stock WLAN card has been replaced
> with an Intel 4965AGN MM1.
>
>
>
> Does anybody have any thoughts?
>
>
>
> Craig.

Try with an older kernel (assuming one is still hanging around after
the upgrade.)

-Mark C.

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