Same behavior as originally reported, even with a USB startup disk I created using 12.04 ISO image.
Steps followed this time: 1) boot with startup disk -> Try Ubuntu. 2) configure WiFi. /var/lib/rfkill/saved-state was not yet created. Disable all radio using RF kill function key on physical keyboard. 3) reboot, once again select Try Ubuntu. Unity shell shows WiFi icon as disabled in the notification area. /var/lib/rfkill/saved-state was found with following contents $ cat /var/lib/rfkill/saved-state dell-wifi 1 dell-bluetooth 1 phy0 1 hci0 0 4) now press radio kill function key once again that was used in step 2 above. Expect that WiFi is now enabled; it is NOT. Press the key once again. This time, WiFi is enabled that was configured in step 2 above. Contents of /var/lib/rfkill/saved-state are still the same, assuming they will be written to during shut-down to reflect transition from 1 to 0. This is how it has ALWAYS worked for me: both before and with 12.04. So, looks like while the /etc/init based mechanism seems to write the state, the mechanism that is supposed to honor that is not working. Is it working on your PC? I will be surprised. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998602 Title: Radio kill function key needs to remember and honor the state from last shutdown Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: If all radio (WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.) were disabled using Fn+<key> combination at the time of last shutdown, a subsequent restart correctly renders all the radios in switched off state: WiFi is disabled, Bluetooth and WiFi UI shows them as disabled. 'ifconfig' does not show WLAN entry. However, pressing the same key combination in expectation of enabling the radios does not enable. Only after pressing the key combination for the second time enables radios. It appears as if at the time of the first press after a reboot, the state is assumed to be enabled. Also, upon reboot with radios disabled and before they are enabled again, external Bluetooth devices are found to be working fine with the PC! Pointer for a Bluetooth mouse moves and clicks happen. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/998602/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
