I just had the same problem, but I found out that it was because I disactivated the wireless by the option in the indicator menu without remembering to turn it on again. Still the text read "wireless is disabled by hardware switch", which was not true. I think the text could be more detailed and describing and help users find the cause of the problem more easily on their own.
-- 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/997900 Title: Wireless is disabled by hardware switch Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 (Amd64) in my computer. I updated my system today to ensure that i have the latest software. The problem is that I get an error in nm-applet that says "Wireless is disabled by hardware switch", this happened after I used the hardware switch to turn my wi-fi off because i was going to share my smartphone's 3g connection using the usb cable. After this, i turned my computer off, and now that i want to use my wireless i can't, it doesn't matter how many times i restart my computer, it doesn't work. In the terminal, when I try to do an "sudo ifconfig wlan0 up", it shows me an error that says: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill This must be some bug of my wireless card driver, but i don't know which package contains it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/997900/+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
