new versions of network manager (at least since intrepid) disable the wireless interface when a kill switch is pressed and show the wireless interface as disabled in the interface list.
there still seem to be problems with that (cf http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562936), but in principle requested feature now exists. ** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Committed -- "radio off" not shown https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159579 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
