Is it because nm-applet uses rfkill's underlying mechanism ? rfkill reports
with switch on : 0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no with switch off: 0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes 1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no So rfkill definitely can read the status bit... -- [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