Thread: Disabled wireless won't re-enable

I just installed Ubuntu version 9.10 (64bit) on an HP Pavilion dv7 1130us, thus turning it into a dual boot system with Vista (64bit). There are not some vast issues, but there is one that is mainly frustrating. The laptop has a key to disable/enable the wireless card built onto the keyboard. It is extremely simple to push this by chance. And if I do, the only way I have found to turn it back on is to re-boot the system. Pressing the key once more does nothing, as well as actually it disable the switch in the application on gnome too? Why does it do this? I know the linux drivers don't totally match the hardware but that wouldn't cause that would it? Is this normal plus can it be fixed are major questions. Though some details regarding this would be useful.

Thanks

Even i own a HP laptop as well. When this turn out, I usually boot into windows, turn off the WiFi in addition to after that re-enable it. It frequently gets switched on in Ubuntu when I log back in. You could undertake that.