I've got a patch that i'd like to propose that should hopefully help the other Dell laptops that are failing. It will need some testing on both the failing and functional machines though. I've tested it on a machine of mine that still failed (Studio 1537) and it appears to fix the functionality.
** Attachment added: "0001-UBUNTU-SAUCE-dell-laptop-Store-the-HW-switch-status-.patch" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33426847/0001-UBUNTU-SAUCE-dell-laptop-Store-the-HW-switch-status-.patch ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Karmic) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- [Dell Latitude D430, iwl3945] Wireless can't be activated after disabling kill switch https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs