Arch won't let me Power off Wireless

There's a button on my laptop ( hp nc6000)that turns off the wireless and bluetooth hardware--but Arch won't let me. When I press the button, the indicator light just starts flickering for a few seconds and then goes back to shining with a steady blue light as if the wireless was still on. But I lose connection with my wireless AP. It's not a hardware malfunction; I've tried with a live CD and there things work as they should. Also, it worked with Arch the first couple of days after installation. I thought maybe the ifplugd daemon I installed had something to do with it, but no.
So the problem is that I Arch won't let me power off my wireless hardware. Does anyone have any idea where I should start looking?
[Edit: The indicator light won't flicker, but shine steadily for a few seconds, then blink, shine steadily, blink, shine....]
Last edited by Abakaba (2007-04-07 09:30:21)

sudo gpasswd -a $USER storage (if you have sudo installed and configured)
or: su -p
then: gpasswd -a $USER storage (if you don't have sudo installed)
you might want to add yourself to theese groups too: audio, optical, network, wheel (and hal if you have installed it and loaded it in modules)
Last edited by olle (2008-04-21 10:44:49)

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