Indeed booting with rf switch on makes NM correctly handle the wireless connection. If the switch is off at boot time then NM will refuse to wakeup the wifi card. Note that bluetooth works always correctly and can be switched on and off with the very same switch.
-- [karmic][iwlagn] MASTER "wireless disabled" for some IWL 4965 5100 and 5300 devices https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441161 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