The latest patches (evening of 10/09/09) do not fix the wireless
connection on Dell Vostro 1720 w/ Intel 5100 card.
rfkill with switch on:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: dell: wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
rfkill with switch off:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: dell: wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
rfkill unblock all and rfkill unblock wifi have no affect.
On a positive note, the latest update fixed the wireless issue on a Dell
M1530 laptop w/ Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN card.
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[karmic][iwlagn][dell-wifi] MASTER "wireless disabled" for IWL 3945 4965 5100
and 5300 devices if booted with killswitch/rfkill enabled
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441161
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