Take the 2-minute tour ×  My Acer notebook has a button that can
disable the wireless network device when pressed. Since it is
near the ESC key, sometimes I press it on accident, especially
when editing something with Vim. When I press the wireless
switch to enable the device again, nothing happens. Using the
command ifconfig wlan0 up results in the following error:
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132  Rebooting and logging on linux
again didn't solve anything. I had to log into windows. The
device started out disabled, then pressing the button reenabled
the device. I'd like to be able either to reenable wireless at
will, or outright disable the wireless switch button. How do I
solve this?  share|improve this question add comment  2 Answers
You probably need to modify the hal configuration in order for
the button to be recognized properly.  share|improve this answer
add comment  This doesn't directly answer your question but its
a good tip for Vim users. If you don't use your caps lock key,
you can change your