Bug#677186: gnome-shell: It's possible to turn off wifi networking using keyboard fn when session locked

[Florian Weimer]

* Arturo Borrero Gonzalez:

> 2012/6/12 Florian Weimer <fw at deneb.enyo.de>:
>> * Arturo Borrero Gonzalez:
>>
>>> If the session is locked (for example, using CTRL+ALT+L), it's
>>> possible to turn on/off wireless networking on my netbook, using the
>>> FN key + the wireless key.
>>>
>>> This happen in an ASUS EEEPC 101 netbook.
>>
>> How is this key implemented?  Is it a hardware/SMM switch?
>> What happens in single-user mode?
>
>
> This is what I see in syslog, when start:
> Jun 12 20:47:19 xwing NetworkManager[1458]: <info> WiFi now enabled by
> radio killswitch
> Jun 12 20:47:19 xwing NetworkManager[1458]: <info> (wlan0): bringing up device.
> Jun 12 20:47:19 xwing kernel: [  908.277966] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP):
> wlan0: link is not ready
> Jun 12 20:47:19 xwing NetworkManager[1458]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant
> interface state: starting -> ready

Okay, NetworkManager should get a PolicyKit check for this.