I read this is caused by the ideapad_laptop driver. I blacklisted that and now it works kind of good (still loose connection sometime) but might be because of wcid also still being installed. So another work around is to add this to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf blacklist ideapad_laptop
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1287827 Title: wifi not configurable in network-manager showing disabled by hardware switch Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Network manager shows Wifi is disabled by hardware switch. It worked jut after install but not anymore after. I read somewhere I can use wicd and that does work. iwlist wlan0 scan worked also before installing that. Seems like a bug in network-manager to me. It would be nice if NM does whatever wicd does to enable the wifi card. I have nog physical button for wif and wifi is enabled in the UEFI firmware. output of rfkill list: ubuntu@ubuntu-Lenovo-Yoga-2-11:~$ sudo rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes 1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes 3: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 4: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 15: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no ubuntu@ubuntu-Lenovo-Yoga-2-11:~$ ubuntu@ubuntu-Lenovo-Yoga-2-11:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch) Release: 14.04 ubuntu@ubuntu-Lenovo-Yoga-2-11:~$ apt-cache policy network-manager network-manager: Installed: 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4 Version table: *** 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ubuntu@ubuntu-Lenovo-Yoga-2-11:~$ apt-cache policy network-manager-gnome network-manager-gnome: Installed: 0.9.8.4-1ubuntu3 Candidate: 0.9.8.4-1ubuntu3 Version table: *** 0.9.8.4-1ubuntu3 0 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-14.34-generic 3.13.5 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Mar 4 18:39:18 2014 IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-04 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140303) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.115 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.NetworkManager.NetworkManager.conf: 2014-03-04T14:08:55.818581 nmcli-con: NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH thuis- 17338c5c-1ba4-4ed4-ac63-bf2ab23734e2 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH wlan0 802-11-wireless unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.8.8 disconnected enabled disabled disabled enabled enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1287827/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
