KNetworkManager often ignores wireless

[Wolfgang Jeltsch]

Am Samstag, 27. Februar 2010 10:07:27 schrieb Reinhold Rumberger:
> I have no clue what "reason 2" might be. But the OP isn't alone with
> his killswitch problem:
> http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=69987

I’ve just found the /sbin/rfkill binary. Executing “rfkill list” when the 
switch is set to “on” results in the following output:

0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no

After having switched to “off”, I get this:

0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: yes

So rfkill detects two devices and one of them is always blocked. Strange. Any 
ideas what could be the cause for this?

Best wishes,
Wolfgang