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[Tek Ang <822917@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, I can confirm that it happens to my HP DV9616CA.

If I switch off the Wireless using the hardware switch, and switch it
back on, the Wireless Network status says "device not ready". My current
work around is to ensure that the switch is On when I reboot the laptop.

lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 11.10
Release:	11.10

apt-cache policy network-manager
network-manager:
  Installed: 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.9.1.90-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages

ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1b:24:d2:65:7b  
          inet addr:10.0.73.67  Bcast:10.0.73.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21b:24ff:fed2:657b/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:29139 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:20150 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:16584155 (16.5 MB)  TX bytes:2681825 (2.6 MB)
          Interrupt:43 Base address:0x2000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:448 (448.0 B)  TX bytes:448 (448.0 B)


sudo rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

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Title:
  Wireless network in network-manager applet always shows device not
  ready

Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  hardware switch for wireless connections (wifi+bluetooth+mobile
  broadband) at my acer travelmate 8372 should enable/disable all three
  devices. it seems to work, partially, since the wireless network in
  network-manager applet shows "wireless is disabled" or "device not
  ready"

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: network-manager 0.8.9997+git.20110721t045648.36db194-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.9-generic 3.0.0
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Architecture: amd64
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Date: Mon Aug  8 22:17:35 2011
  Gconf:
   
  IfupdownConfig:
   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110803.1)
  IpRoute:
   default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth0  proto static 
   169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1000 
   192.168.0.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.0.104  metric 1
  Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  NetworkManager.state:
   [main]
   NetworkingEnabled=true
   WirelessEnabled=true
   WWANEnabled=true
   WimaxEnabled=true
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: network-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-08 (0 days ago)

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