[WAS SOLVED FOR FEW HOURS] ipw3945: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On

Hi,
Just got a new machine (Lenovo Y410). I was trying to set up wireless but the wifi card never showed up. Looking at dmesg showed:
ipw3945: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.
Ok fine.
But, the problem is that the switch is on the correct position...
Any help/suggestions highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by bangkok_manouel (2007-11-02 04:04:38)

Thanks again for your help.
Should anyone have this problem, you can also try:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=303897
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=427222
None of these worked for me unfortunately. The only thing that finally solved this problem was to install windows temporary. Needless to say that this really sucks. But works.

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