**SOLVED** comment #46 (by Soec) is eactly correct. symptoms: "wireless is disabled by hardware switch" rfkill list shows "hardblocked yes" Hardware Compaq CQ series OS Ubuntu 11.10
Fix: sudo rmmod -f ath5k sudo rfkill unblock all sudo odprobe ath5k -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478036 Title: ath5k gets hard blocked status in rfkill after turning off and then on To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/478036/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
