Dell Latitude E7440 (CID 201304-13408) on 12.04.4, I found more information to reproduce this bug:
Steps to reproduce the bug: 1. make sure the slider is "ON" 2. power on the machine 3. rfkill list shows the hard block is "no" 4. connect to a wifi, make sure the wireless work by ping command 5. switch the slider to be "Off" 6. ping again to make sure the wifi work 7. reboot 8. rfkill list shows the hard block is "yes", network-manager says "wireless is disabled by hardware switch" 9. ping, now it fails (connect: Network is unreachable. 10. switch the slider to be "On" 11. now wireless of network-manager is back and ping is ok. rfkill list show the hard block is "no" That is, the slider could only turn on the wifi but not turn off the wireless. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1297714 Title: [Dell Latitude E6540] wifi slider is not enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-saucy/+bug/1297714/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
