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[Andrey Sheyko <andrey.sheyko@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't have windows. After several reboots wireless works again. But
it is crazy annoying.

On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Miguel Veliz <miguelv06@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Boot into windows and enable it
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 1, 2013, at 8:14 AM, Andrey Sheyko <andrey.sheyko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> After a reboot wireless doesn't work in Ubuntu 12.10. NetworkManager
>> applet shows "Device is not ready". '$rfkill ublock all' doesn't help.
>> To turn on wireless again I need to remove battery and make several
>> reboots. I didn't manage to compile the latest version of the
>> NetworkManager (9.6.4) or find binary package. Wireless was working
>> perfectly in Ubuntu 11.10, but 12.04 and 12.10 have the same problem.
>>
>> I've also tried to update kernel to the version 3.7.0 (have no idea if
>> it could help). But the Janitor couldn't install sony modules there
>> (stamina switch doesn't work, brightness buttons don't work). And
>> wireless device is anyway inaccessible after reboots.
>>
>> Could somebody give any advice?
>>
>> My device is VGNZ790DHB.
>>
>> all the best,
>> Andrey Sheyko
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Calin Crisan <ccrisan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> This is a NetworkManager issue, fixed with the following commit
>>> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=ef4f6a2e55784fec4498d364b6181c3ca36ab7b0.
>>> If you're not able to update to this latest version, a workaround is to run
>>> rfkill unblock all whenever you disable the wifi from the applet.
>>>
>>> Calin.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Kondratenko Boris <kondor71@xxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have the same problem. As I understand it can be switch on only by
>>>> VAIO Smart Network in Windows.
>>>> --
>>>> Kondratenko Boris <kondor71@xxxxx>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> В Вс., 04/11/2012 в 18:40 -0500, Miguel Veliz пишет:
>>>>> So now my wireless doesn't work in linux, i disable it and cant enable
>>>>> :( keeps saying that hardware switch is off... There is switch on it
>>>>> as far as I can see
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
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