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[Kim Lindberg <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I will try tonight!

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Kim Lindberg <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> To start from the beginning - I bought my Sony Vaio VGN-Z11 VN/B about 1,5
> years ago. Aside Windows Vista I've been dual-booting Ubuntu almost ever
> since. In Ubuntu, and Ubuntu only, I've experienced problems with my
> wifi sporadically stopping working. 'Stopping working' as in the front-led
> turning off and behaviors as if having rfkilled the wifi. The only way to
> get it working again was to reboot OR to suspend/resume. So far, the problem
> was very infrequent and mostly related to suspends/resumes not
> reinitializing correctly. I didn't think too much about it.
>
> Now just recently, I've been getting the problem in Windows too. Led going
> black and the only way to get wifi up again is to reboot or suspend/resume.
> I've reinstalled drivers and even reinstalled OS without any improvement.
>
> A third observation is I think the wifi is now sensitive to movement. I.e.
> if I carry the laptop or just move it, I suspect it stop working more
> easily.
>
> The third observation to me indicates some kind of hardware glitch, but
> since I've experienced problems from the beginning only in Linux I'm a bit
> confused. However, this is turning in to a nightmare because for the last
> few days I can only use wifi for a couple of minutes before it goes off.
>
> Currently I'm running Windows 7 and the latest BIOS. At the moment Ubuntu
> is not even installed as I'm trying the sort this out, but I was recently
> using Ubuntu Karmic.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas or similar experiences?
>
> Regards,
> Kim
>