*Issue remains* when using LiveCD Intrepid Alpha 5, kernel 2.6.27-2-generic
I did not test with kernel 2.6.26, because I lack the resources to do so (all I have are LiveCDs, as this is normally a production machine). David On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Leann Ogasawara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the > upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would > appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. > There are one of two ways you should be able to test: > > 1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux- > image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and > test. > > --or-- > > 2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer > 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. > Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. > You should then be able to test via a LiveCD. > > Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the > bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please > open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the > 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please > specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 > kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback. > > ** Tags added: cft-2.6.27 > > -- > radio killswitch light does not reflect killswitch state > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251933 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: Triaged > > Bug description: > My laptop (compaq nx9030) has a small button on the edge that allows the > user to enable/disable the wireless. There is a little LED light above it > that is supposed to reflect the state of this button. It doesn't, it's off > all the time. > > Wishlist: make the light reflect the state of the button > > > > Long story: > Normally, I wouldn't mind, however, I found that after I accidentally > bumped this little button (and forgot about it), my wifi dropped out. After > spending an hour trying to figure out why knetworkmanager "randomly" decided > not to see my wifi card after months of proper behavior, I found a bugreport > asking someone to check /var/log/daemon.log > > Being curious as to what my daemon.log said, I ran > $ cat /var/log/daemon.log > > And lo and behold I find the last two lines say: > Jul 25 12:57:11 dnorton-laptop NetworkManager: <info> User request to > enable wireless overridden by radio killswitch. > Jul 25 12:57:17 dnorton-laptop NetworkManager: <info> User request to > enable wireless overridden by radio killswitch. > > Thought: > "Oh, yeah, I must have bumped that a minute before my wifi died!" > > *presses button again* > > And presto, my wifi works fine again. > > $ cat /var/log/daemon.log > Jul 25 12:57:46 dnorton-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Wireless now enabled > by radio killswitch > > > If that light worked normally, I probably would have noticed that it was > off when I was having trouble. > -- Alpha Epsilon Pi Exchequer -- radio killswitch light does not reflect killswitch state https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251933 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
