ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On - how do i turn it on in edgy?

[yeehawjared]

Dapper worked great with my intel pro wireless IPW2200. I just did a clean install of edgy and my iwp2200 is detected, but doesn't enable.

here's my dmesg | grep ipw2200 output:

root@jaredtop:~# dmesg | grep 2200
[17179573.220000] usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
[17179573.220000] usbcore: registered new driver hub
[17179582.516000] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.2kmprq
[17179582.516000] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[17179582.516000] Driver 'ipw2200' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[17179582.516000] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
[17179583.248000] ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
[17179583.248000] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)

Funciton + F2 does not turn it on... When I boot into XP my ipw2200 works great. How can I enable this?

I have a dell inspiron 9300 and have talked to other users with the same problem... any solutions would be greatly appreciated.




EDIT: I GOT MY CARD WORKING!
Here's how i did it:

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthre...hlight=ipw2200

download the ieee and ipw2200 tar's

follow the directions - remove the old drivers, make the new ones

reboot and you're good to go. money.

[yeehawjared]

I guess I really mean how do I turn OFF the kill switch. Sorry about that confusion.

[yeehawjared]

bump

[Buffalo Soldier]

Have you tried checking the options in BIOS for your Wifi card? For my laptop (DELL Inspiron 510m) these are the options:

• Off
• Controlled by OS
• Controlled by OS or FN Key <<-- I choose this

[yeehawjared]

hooray! i got my wireless working. Here's how i did it:

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthre...hlight=ipw2200

download the ieee and ipw2200 tar's

follow the directions - remove the old drivers, make the new ones

reboot and you're good to go. money.

[nereocystis]

I have a Dell 1420N.

the radio frequency kill switch is a switch on the front of the laptop, underneath the status lights. I accidentally switched it to the left, which cut off my wireless. Eventually, I switched it to the right, which enabled the wireless. The wireless status light did turn on and off, but I didn't notice.