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Status: New
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Title:
ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch
Status in GUI Program to install ath9k_htc (Atheros Linux Driver):
New
Status in The Linux Kernel:
New
Status in Additional Linux Wireless Drivers:
New
Status in Wireless Tools - Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions:
New
Status in Linux WPA/WPA2/IEEE 802.1X Supplicant:
New
Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Please help me report this bug to the correct project.
Today, my Uncle purchased a new Laptop. It is an ASUS F75A, having the
following network card:
lspci | grep -i wireless
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9485 Wireless
Network Adapter (rev 01)
I've installed Ubuntu 13.04 onto this machine, and each time I log in and
click on the network-manager indicator, it is in the following state:
1) "Enable Wi-Fi" is NOT check and it is GRAYED OUT.
2) "wi-fi is disabled by hardware switch"
The work around I've discovered is not acceptable, because it only resolves
the issue for one session:
1) sudo rmmod -f asus_nb_wmi
2) Toggle wi-fi, by holding down the function key and pressing f2 (fn-f2).
Note: if don't do step one, the wi-fi only stays enabled for about 4
seconds and then resorts back to the previous state mentioned above.
The user (my Uncle), must do this each and everytime he logs into his
laptop, in order to consume wi-fi. Also, due to his condition, he's
practically incapable of these seemingly simple steps.
Note: Before removing Windows 7, Window 7 was able to (appearantly)
automatically turn on the hardware switch and connect to the wireless
network (recurringly) on each login. However, in Ubuntu, the hardware
switch is always OFF after login, and I must rmmod before toggling the
hardware switch with fn-f2.
Ideally, I'd like this laptop to function like any other laptop I've
installed Ubuntu onto. So, how can I acheive that?
Also, how can I put this issue in front of the eyes that can prevent
this issue for others who purchase an ASUS F75A?
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: network-manager 0.9.8.0-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CRDA:
country TW:
(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (3, 27)
(5270 - 5330 @ 40), (3, 17), DFS
(5735 - 5815 @ 40), (3, 30)
Date: Wed Apr 24 01:48:48 2013
IfupdownConfig:
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-24 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130423.1)
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.7.1 dev wlan0 proto static
169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000
192.168.7.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.7.36 metric
9
MarkForUpload: True
NetworkManager.state:
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
nmcli-con:
NAME UUID TYPE
TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY
DBUS-PATH
Wired connection 1 65281c64-6702-4ff0-bc4e-1b1c2c7b3b4a
802-3-ethernet 1366784897 Wed 24 Apr 2013 01:28:17 AM CDT yes
no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1
Video Surveillance 7f736f06-a4e9-4340-a9cf-b293812ca247
802-11-wireless 1366786097 Wed 24 Apr 2013 01:48:17 AM CDT yes
no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0
nmcli-dev:
DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
wlan0 802-11-wireless connected
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE
WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running 0.9.8.0 connected enabled enabled
enabled enabled disabled
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