Bug#601976: firmware-ralink: Wireless network unusable when kernel loads with the wireless function button powered off

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi,

David Sánchez Herrero wrote:

> when the system starts
> with the wireless function button powered off in my laptop, the network
> interface appears disabled, and it's impossible to enable it.

Sounds like a missing rfkill driver.  Please provide full output from
"dmesg" immediately after booting, "lspci -vvnn", "lsmod",
"grep . /sys/class/dmi/id/*_{vendor,name,version}", and "acpidump" as
attachments.

Sorry for the slow response,
Jonathan