Comment 15 for bug 482721

I have a Dell laptop using 9.10 stable with this problem. I was initially using 9.04 stable. After an update to 9.04 this problem appeared. I then upgraded to 9.10. This problem persists. Once NetworkManger suddenly decided it could manage the wireless interface. So for awhile it worked again. Since then I have rebooted a few times and it has stopped working again. I don't know what I did to get it to work, nor what I did subsequent to make it stop working. The module dell_laptop is not installed so I am not able to try "rmmod dell_laptop". The only module with 'dell' in its name is dell_wmi. Since I can get the interface to work using iwconfig/ifconfig (sometimes ifup works), this is an annoying defect. Hopefully this problem with nm-applet/NetworkManager is soon corrected in an update. If anyone has ideas on how to correct this problem before an update is available I will try them.