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linux-source-2.6.20 package

  1. Bug #109887
  2. Comment #36

Comment 36 for bug 109887

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amine Say (aminesay) wrote :

HAving the same problem on Sony vaio vgn-FE21h
Dmesg output:

ipw3945: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
[117933.680000] Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.
[117933.736000] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, address 90
[117934.408000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
[117934.732000] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 91
[117934.764000] ipw3945: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
[117934.764000] Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.
[117935.264000] ipw3945: Error sending ADD_STA: time out after 500ms.
[117935.764000] ipw3945: Error sending RATE_SCALE: time out after 500ms.
[117936.000000] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 92
[117936.204000] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

Turning the hard switch dosn't change anything. I have to reboot to make it work again. This never happened in feisty, and i'm getting it now almost every 2 days!!