Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools
Background:
I have an IBM T40 with Cisco Aironet 11b wireless (airo driver). On the
machine there is a little antenna LED and a bluetooth LED. When I boot,
antenna is on and bluetooth is off. These reflect whether those two
radios in the laptop are powered on and under windows you can do Fn-F5
to get a nice GUI to turn them on and off. In /proc/acpi/ibm/ there is
a bluetooth file that lets you turn the bluetooth on and off, but not a
corresponding file for the wireless network.
Bug:
1. network-admin
2. click on the box next to one of the wireless interfaces to uncheck
it. The wireless radio LED goes out.
3. It will never turn on again, and wireless will not work again,
regardless of settings, until you reboot.
Things I've tried:
re-clicking the box
changing locations back and forth and clicking ok
plugging in and unplugging wired network
manually using ifconfig and iwconfig
nm-applet stuff
In all cases, the right things get written to files, but the radio does
not turn on.
Further, the system can no longer shutdown cleanly, nor suspend. It
gets most of the way down, but gets stuck attempting to "free" the
wireless interface. A hard power-off is required.
This may be an airo driver issue, or an IBM ACPI issue (since there is
no "wifi" file to parallel the "bluetooth" file).
--jh--
** Affects: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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network-admin irrevocably turns off IBM T40 radio
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137866
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