i just tried again - problem is indeed NM - i assume the phy0 device is just a logical wrapper for the sony device
Wireless swith after on off + nm disabled wirelss before - but - important the softblock of device 0 0: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no 1: sony-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes manually unblocking device 0 (wireless light indicator is on but NM stil disconnected) 0: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: sony-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no rightclick disable NM and enable again - offers possibility to enable wirelss again / refreshing NM possibilites and result is 0: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: sony-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 5: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no i assume the problem is that NM can't handle the interaction with the sony-wifi module or any other 3party level devices -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1001998 Title: Wireless Switch doesn't recover wireless To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/network-manager/+bug/1001998/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs