CC'ing submitter, dropping "forwarded" [email protected] wrote: > Does dellWirelessCtl work properly from earlier versions, such as 0.13.13? > -- > Michael > > -----Original Message----- > From: José Luis Tallón [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sun 8/30/2009 11:33 AM > To: Brown, Michael E; [email protected] > Subject: [Fwd: Bug#544321: libsmbios-bin: dellWirelessCtl reports incorrect > rfkill information] > > Hi, Michael > > We have this bug in at least 2.0.3 a 2.2.x. Could you please take a > look at it ? > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Bug#544321: libsmbios-bin: dellWirelessCtl reports incorrect > rfkill information > Resent-Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:24:11 +0000, Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:24:17 > +0000 > Resent-From: Sam Morris <[email protected]> > Resent-To: [email protected] > Resent-CC: [email protected], Jose Luis Tallon > <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:14:14 +0100 > From: Sam Morris <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Sam Morris <[email protected]>, [email protected] > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]> > > > > Package: libsmbios-bin > Version: 2.0.3.dfsg-1 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > On a Dell Vostro 1320, the dellWirelessCtl utility incorrectly claims that > the wlan switch is disabled: > > # dellWirelessCtl --st_wlan; echo $? > Radio Status for WLAN: > WLAN supported > WLAN installed > WLAN disabled > Status Code: 1 > 1 > > This breaks NetworkManager, which relies on the information about rfkill > switches to be correct: it disables the bits of its user interface that > allow the user to scan for and connect to networks when libsmbios-bin is > installed on the system. > > I have also tested out version 2.2 from Ubuntu and it has the same problem. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 5.0.2 > APT prefers stable > APT policy: (540, 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-bpo.1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages libsmbios-bin depends on: > ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1.1 GCC support library > ii libsmbios2 2.0.3.dfsg-1 Provide access to (SM)BIOS > informa > ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1.1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 > > libsmbios-bin recommends no packages. > > Versions of packages libsmbios-bin suggests: > pn libsmbios-doc <none> (no description available) > > > > >
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