Bug 876429 - Wireless indicator light Bug
Summary: Wireless indicator light Bug
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kmod
Version: 17
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kmod development team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-11-14 05:21 UTC by Alice K
Modified: 2012-11-14 12:50 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-11-14 12:50:26 UTC
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Description Alice K 2012-11-14 05:21:44 UTC
Description of problem:

<fn> <f9>  function keys disable and enable wireless feature.  Indicator light is blue when wireless enabled and amber when disable.  Light is amber all the time.  However, the NetworkManager is working fine.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
This bug exist since the first kernel of Fedora 17.



How reproducible:
All the time.



Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Power on wireless notebook.  The ligh should be blue or amber according to the last wireless state of the notebook at power down
2.  Toggle the wireless using <fn> <f9> function keys.  It should turn blue when wireless is enabled and the NetworkManager list all the SSID.  It should turn amber when wireless is disabled and the NetworkManager display 'Wireless hardware disabled'.


  
Actual results:
Wireless indicator light is amber all the time whether the actual wireless is on or off.



Expected results:
Light should turn blue when wireless is on and amber when wireless is off.



Additional info:
In Fedora 16 that still use kmod-wl, the light is blue when wireless is enable using the <fn> <f9>  function keys, and turn amber when wireless is disabled.


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