[Bug 213468] [NEW] wlan switch not working on Acer TravelMate 3010

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Public bug reported:

the wlan switch is not working on my Acer TravelMate 3010 laptop.

in device manager, the wlan hardware seems not to be detected:

Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1
Status: Status
Bus Type: PCI
Device Type: Unknown
Capabilities: Unknown
|
|
+->  Vendor: Intel Corporation
     Device: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
     Status: Status
     Bus Type: PCI
     Device Type: Unknown
     Capabilities: Unknown
     |
     |
     +->   info.product: Intel PRO/Wireless WLAN Switch
     |     Vendor: Unknown
     |     Device: Unknown
     |     Status: Status
     |     Bus Type: Unknown
     |     Device Type: "killswitch"
     |     Capabilities: killswitch
     |
     |
     +->   info.product: Networking Wireless Control Interface
           Vendor: Unknown
           Device: Unknown
           Status: Status
           Bus Type: Unknown
           Device Type: "net", "net.80211control"
           Capabilities: net, net.80211control

this is what /var/log/messages says when switching on:

Apr  7 19:03:45 nano kernel: [  689.592447] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xd5 on isa0060/serio0).
Apr  7 19:03:45 nano kernel: [  689.592457] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e055 <keycode>' to make it known.
Apr  7 19:03:46 nano kernel: [  689.874469] udev: renamed network interface wmaster0 to eth1
Apr  7 19:03:46 nano kernel: [  689.892821] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xd5 on isa0060/serio0).
Apr  7 19:03:46 nano kernel: [  689.892828] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e055 <keycode>' to make it known.

this is what /var/log/messages says when switching off:

Apr  7 19:04:10 nano kernel: [  693.543193] iwl3945: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
Apr  7 19:04:10 nano kernel: [  693.543199] Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.
Apr  7 19:04:10 nano kernel: [  693.546883] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xd6 on isa0060/serio0).
Apr  7 19:04:10 nano kernel: [  693.546890] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e056 <keycode>' to make it known.
Apr  7 19:04:10 nano kernel: [  693.574069] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xd6 on isa0060/serio0).
Apr  7 19:04:10 nano kernel: [  693.574078] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e056 <keycode>' to make it known.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr  7 19:18:13 2008
Dependencies:
 
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: linux None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux.list]
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/opt/maven2/bin:/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: linux-meta
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-15-generic i686

** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug

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wlan switch not working on Acer TravelMate 3010
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