If you encounter this error with hardware wlan switch not working in Suse (and possibly other distros as well). Do a simple thing before trying googled rfkills etc.
Go to hardware/system settings and disable bluetooth there. Seems that problem with this Unknown error 132 has something to do with the fact that bluetooth/wlan are both switched on/off by the same button on most laptops.
That is simple solution for non-working HW switch of wlan I used in OpenSuse 11.4.