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has caused the report #544321,
regarding libsmbios-bin: dellWirelessCtl reports incorrect rfkill information
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Does dellWirelessCtl work properly from earlier versions, such as 0.13.13?
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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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