This is rather strange - but it seems to have fixed itself somehow. Now I am able to turn the WLAN on or off using the front-button again, although the key-press is still not recognised properly - but it works nevertheless.
The only thing I did was boot into Windows a few days ago, properly connect to an AP and access the Internet - that's all. Apart from that I installed the following (seemingly unrelated) upgrades: libparted1.7-1_1.7.1-5.1ubuntu8; parted_1.7.1-5.1ubuntu8; flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.48.0.0ubuntu11 (I am quite sure that the problem still occurred after I upgraded linux-ubuntu-modules and a few other more main packages a few days ago...) Also, the error seems to be slightly different now when I press the button. (dmesg output:) [ 426.032000] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xd6 on isa0060/serio0). [ 426.032000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e056 <keycode>' to make it known. [ 426.040000] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xd6 on isa0060/serio0). [ 426.040000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e056 <keycode>' to make it known. [ 430.432000] ipw2200: Failed to send RSN_CAPABILITIES: Command timed out. [ 431.440000] ipw2200: Failed to send SSID: Command timed out. The WLAN-card is disabled without a problem, but these errors still appear in the logs. This is the dmesg output when I press the WLAN-button again to enable the wireless card: [ 606.356000] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xd5 on isa0060/serio0). [ 606.356000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e055 <keycode>' to make it known. [ 606.368000] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xd5 on isa0060/serio0). [ 606.368000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e055 <keycode>' to make it known. [ 608.448000] ipw2200: Failed to send CARD_DISABLE: Command timed out. Again, enabling the card works without a problem. This is really strange and I have no idea what caused the change... motoplux, can you use iwconfig to enable the card somehow? (something like iwconfig eth1 txpower on) I'm just wondering if you get the same timeouts as I got before when I tried doing that. iwconfig reports to me that I am connected to an AP, although the card is turned off (either using the hardware-button or the iwconfig txpower off-command...) - this seems to be its normal behaviour? -- Acer laptop & ipw2200: Recent upgrade breaks radio kill-switch https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/145290 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
