> Dell D600.
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132
132 means ERFKILL.
Install the rfkill package and run the rfkill command.
If this reports some ‘blocked: yes’ for a phyX device despite the wireless card is active then you should be able do unlock RF kill switch of your adpater by doing
rfkill X unblock
See
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530264
for details (starting at comment #14 fot not getting confused)
Stefan