Re: Bug#710686: base: Wireless card stops working out of nothing.
Hi
On Sunday 16 June 2013, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Sun, 2013-06-16 at 09:44 +0200, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > reassign 710686 firmware-atheros
> > thanks
>
> How wid you decide that?
Besides this clearly not being a firmware issue, ath5k doesn't use any
to begin with, I'd be quite confident to call this a hardware issue.
Based on my own experience with the very similar Acer Aspire One 110L
(which uses an identical chassis), the rfkill slide switch is
mechanically extremely fragile and misfires easily when looking at it
(or slightly bumping the netbook anywhere).
It may help to physically lock the rfkill switch in its ON-position,
to prevent vibrations from triggering it accidentally.
Regards
Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
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