[Bug 193970] Re: iwl3945 | iwl4965: Wireless can't be activated after disabling kill switch

[Stefan Bader]

Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> This comment on 193970 seems to imply that Acer models other than the Aspire
> One may be affected by 319825.  It might be worth checking whether similar
> problems with various wireless drivers might be caused by this Acer-specific
> issue.  This may be one of the reasons why 193970 is so confused, because
> there are multiple root causes present.
> 
Though the options given in the previous comments sound to me as if the would 
act differently. The "iwl3945 disable=0" (should in theory be the default) 
should do nothing and "acer-wmi wireless=1" (which is only present in Intrepid) 
would force the radio to be on but should not change whether software rfkill is 
used.

> Leann: maybe the new hardware data search API would help?
> 
> On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:36:01AM +0100, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 05:12:06AM -0000, TiloBunt wrote:
>>> Code:
>>>
>>> options iwl3945 disable=0
>>> options acer-wmi wireless=1
>> This sounds like bug 319825, which should be fixed (at least for some Acer
>> models) in current Jaunty.
>>
>> -- 
>>  - mdz
> 


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