centrino - Radio Frequency Kill Switch

[imightbegiant]

I had the same problem, but I found a solution albeit ugly.

I found that in Windows, a program called Easy Button was responsible
for the functionality of the 2 multifunction buttons and the kill
switch for my laptop. Why it was this program and not the intel
connectivity software, I have no idea. As soon as I installed the Easy
Button program, the wifi led turned on and the intel software said the
switch is no longer off. I believe that this sets the firmware on the
chipset.  Then when I rebooted the chipset was ready to be used for
linux. This was done on a NoteMagix B50 from Velocity Micro.


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imightbegiant