I can confirm this bug affects my laptop Sony Vaio F Series model
VPCF120FL, that uses Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200,
wireless card.
To reproduce, one just have to follow the steps mentioned in comment #3:
* Click nm-applet to activate the drop-down.
* Uncheck "Enable Wireless" from the nm-applet drop-down.
* Click nm-applet a second time to activate the drop-down.
* Note under "Wireless Networks" in the nm-applet drop-down, the message
"wireless is disabled by hardware switch".
* Note that "Enable Wireless" in the nm-applet drop-down is greyed out.
To re-enable wireless:
* Open a terminal.
$ sudo rfkill unblock all
$ sudo service network-manager restart
* Click nm-applet to activate the drop-down.
* Check "Enable Wireless" from the nm-applet drop-down.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/977639
Title:
NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware
switch"
Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
I noticed last night that one of my wireless access points was not
listed in nm-applet, which seemed odd given that it was only 2 metres
away. I thought that disabling and re-enabling the wifi might cause a
rescan, so I clicked Disable wireless networking in nm-applet. Now,
nm-applet will not allow me to re-enable wireless - the section in the
drop-down is greyed out, and says "wireless is disabled by hardware
switch", even though the wireless card is enabled.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: dd3689fa6394f60ec14dbe98d0bab891
CheckboxSystem: b633b4f40868d491c2ae5b50030ce6f3
Date: Tue Apr 10 01:18:24 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64
(20100816.1)
NetworkManager.state:
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=false
WWANEnabled=true
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-12 (119 days ago)
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