and here is with wapf=4 and rfkill unblock all
======== Wireless-Info START ======== System-Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ xubuntu 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, trusty CPU : AMD E-450 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics Memory : 3554 MB Uptime : 18:11:36 up 9 min, 8 users, load average: 0,13, 0,33, 0,28 lspci ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 04:00.2 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 0a) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1437] Kernel driver in use: r8169 -- 06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01) Subsystem: AzureWave AW-NB037H 802.11bgn Wireless Half-size Mini PCIe Card [AR9002WB-1NGCD] [1a3b:2c37] Kernel driver in use: ath9k lsusb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bus 006 Device 003: ID 13fe:5200 Kingston Technology Company Inc. Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 13d3:5710 IMC Networks UVC VGA Webcam Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0cf3:3005 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3011 Bluetooth Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13fe:5500 Kingston Technology Company Inc. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub PCMCIA Card Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ iwconfig ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off rfkill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interface Soft blocked Hard blocked 0: phy0: Wireless LAN no yes 1: hci0: Bluetooth no no 8: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN no no 9: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth no no lsmod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ asus_nb_wmi 16990 0 asus_wmi 24191 1 asus_nb_wmi sparse_keymap 13948 1 asus_wmi ath9k 164164 0 ath9k_common 13551 1 ath9k ath9k_hw 453856 2 ath9k_common,ath9k ath 28698 3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw mac80211 626489 1 ath9k cfg80211 484040 3 ath,ath9k,mac80211 wmi 19177 1 asus_wmi video 19476 1 asus_wmi module parameters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ asus_nb_wmi (1): wapf=4 ath9k (5): blink=0 | bt_ant_diversity=0 | btcoex_enable=0 | nohwcrypt=0 | ps_enable=0 cfg80211 (2): cfg80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz=N | ieee80211_regdom=00 mac80211 (5): beacon_loss_count=7 | ieee80211_default_rc_algo=minstrel_ht | max_nullfunc_tries=2 | max_probe_tries=5 | probe_wait_ms=500 video (3): allow_duplicates=N | brightness_switch_enabled=Y | use_native_backlight=-1 wmi (2): debug_dump_wdg=N | debug_event=N nm-tool ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ State: disconnected ================o=============o========o=============o=========o===========o==============o=========== Interface & ID | Type | Driver | State | Default | Speed | Support | HW Addr ================o=============o========o=============o=========o===========o==============o=========== wlan0 | 802.11 WiFi | ath9k | unavailable | no | | WEP/WPA/WPA2 | <MAC wlan0> ----------------+-------------+--------+-------------+---------+-----------+--------------+----------- eth0 | Wired | r8169 | unavailable | no | | | <MAC eth0> ----------------+-------------+--------+-------------+---------+-----------+--------------+----------- NetworkManager.state ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true NetworkManager.conf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [main] plugins=ifupdown,keyfile,ofono dns=dnsmasq [ifupdown] managed=false NM WiFi Profiles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ interfaces ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback resolv.conf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Routes & Ping ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface iw reg get ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Region : "pl_PL.UTF-8") country 00: (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (3, 20) (2457 - 2482 @ 40), (3, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS (2474 - 2494 @ 20), (3, 20), NO-OFDM, PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (3, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS (5735 - 5835 @ 40), (3, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS iwlist chan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ wlan0 14 channels in total; available frequencies : Channel 01 (2.412 GHz) - 14 (2.484 GHz) iwlist scan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ blacklist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf] blacklist ath_pci modinfo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [asus_nb_wmi] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/asus-nb-wmi.ko srcversion: 67514DF02FC4A206C47D0F5 depends: asus-wmi parm: wapf:WAPF value (uint) [asus_wmi] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.ko srcversion: 222BD5E26B3EE82CC433FF2 depends: sparse-keymap,wmi,video [ath9k] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko srcversion: BAF225EEB618908380B28DA depends: ath9k_hw,mac80211,ath9k_common,cfg80211,ath parm: debug:Debugging mask (uint) parm: nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption (int) parm: blink:Enable LED blink on activity (int) parm: btcoex_enable:Enable wifi-BT coexistence (int) parm: bt_ant_diversity:Enable WLAN/BT RX antenna diversity (int) parm: ps_enable:Enable WLAN PowerSave (int) [ath9k_common] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_common.ko srcversion: 696B00A6C59713EC0966997 depends: ath,ath9k_hw [ath9k_hw] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_hw.ko srcversion: 4809F3842A0542CD6B556D3 depends: ath [ath] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.ko srcversion: 88A67C5359B02C5A710AFCF depends: cfg80211 [mac80211] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko srcversion: C0F95BBF832E05DEFD722F4 depends: cfg80211 parm: max_nullfunc_tries:Maximum nullfunc tx tries before disconnecting (reason 4). (int) parm: max_probe_tries:Maximum probe tries before disconnecting (reason 4). (int) parm: beacon_loss_count:Number of beacon intervals before we decide beacon was lost. (int) parm: probe_wait_ms:Maximum time(ms) to wait for probe response before disconnecting (reason 4). (int) parm: ieee80211_default_rc_algo:Default rate control algorithm for mac80211 to use (charp) [cfg80211] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko srcversion: 8B3D642D1F2E6406EF33F74 depends: parm: ieee80211_regdom:IEEE 802.11 regulatory domain code (charp) parm: cfg80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz:Disable 40MHz support in the 2.4GHz band (bool) [wmi] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.ko srcversion: CED5410F008DC70DF5F064B depends: parm: debug_event:Log WMI Events [0/1] (bool) parm: debug_dump_wdg:Dump available WMI interfaces [0/1] (bool) [video] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/acpi/video.ko srcversion: 274A2250DEAB415D412A67C depends: parm: brightness_switch_enabled:bool parm: allow_duplicates:bool parm: use_native_backlight:int udev rules ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # PCI device 0x10ec:0x8168 (r8169) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC eth0>", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0" # PCI device 0x168c:0x002b (ath9k) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC wlan0>", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0" Custom files/entries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /etc/modules : Default /etc/rc.local : Default /etc/modprobe.d : Not Default /etc/pm/(cnf|pw|sl) : Default [/etc/modprobe.d] iwlwifi.conf : remove iwlwifi \ (/sbin/lsmod | grep -o -e ^iwlmvm -e ^iwldvm -e ^iwlwifi | xargs /sbin/rmmod) \ && /sbin/modprobe -r mac80211 mlx4.conf : softdep mlx4_core post: mlx4_en Kernel boot line ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi root=UUID=BD06-0E27 maybe-ubiquity debian-installer/language=pl keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=pl iso- scan/filename=/xubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso boot=casper file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed noprompt quiet splash -- dmesg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ 8.559199] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <tig...@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>, Peter Oruba [ 8.559926] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled) [ 8.965782] wmi: Mapper loaded [ 9.035888] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded [ 30.910902] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3 [ 32.270053] ath: phy0: Set BT/WLAN RX diversity capability [ 32.332513] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x60 [ 32.332524] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map [ 32.332531] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00 [ 32.332533] ath: Regpair used: 0x60 [ 33.286404] asus_wmi: ASUS WMI generic driver loaded [ 33.310168] asus_wmi: Initialization: 0x1 [ 33.310235] asus_wmi: BIOS WMI version: 7.6 [ 33.310319] asus_wmi: SFUN value: 0xa0877 [ 33.315885] input: Asus WMI hotkeys as /devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/input/input18 [ 33.484074] asus_wmi: Backlight controlled by ACPI video driver [ 34.428876] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [ 34.440140] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [ 222.651064] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [ 249.785237] asus_wmi: Initialization: 0x1 [ 249.785303] asus_wmi: BIOS WMI version: 7.6 [ 249.785387] asus_wmi: SFUN value: 0xa0877 [ 249.787332] input: Asus WMI hotkeys as /devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/input/input19 [ 249.904712] asus_wmi: Backlight controlled by ACPI video driver [ 287.257733] asus_wmi: Initialization: 0x1 [ 287.257800] asus_wmi: BIOS WMI version: 7.6 [ 287.257885] asus_wmi: SFUN value: 0xa0877 [ 287.259154] input: Asus WMI hotkeys as /devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/input/input20 [ 287.398189] asus_wmi: Backlight controlled by ACPI video driver [ 460.297074] asus_wmi: Initialization: 0x1 [ 460.297141] asus_wmi: BIOS WMI version: 7.6 [ 460.297226] asus_wmi: SFUN value: 0xa0877 [ 460.298482] input: Asus WMI hotkeys as /devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/input/input21 [ 460.437041] asus_wmi: Backlight controlled by ACPI video driver ======== Done ======== -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1173681 Title: 168c:002b [asus_nb_wmi] [Asus U32U] AR9285 ath9k not working after updating to ubuntu 13.04 Raring (linux 3.8.0-19-generic) Status in The Linux Kernel: New Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: update: updated the BIOS to the latest version but the problem persists. Booting with the older kernel (latest linux kernel from 12.10) every thing works fine. After upgrading to Raring Ringtail Ubuntu 13.04, with the new kernel, hardware get blocked/disabled and wireless doesn't work: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes 1: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no WORKAROUND - is only applicable to Asus Notebooks/netbooks that use the "asus_nb_wmi" driver: Create and edit asus_nb_wmi.conf file with this command: sudo echo "options asus_nb_wmi wapf=4" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/asus_nb_wmi.conf For more detailed info of the workaround please see: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2181558 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: linux-image-3.8.0-19-generic 3.8.0-19.29 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 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: xxxxx 1822 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDmesg: [ 370.100280] r8169 0000:04:00.2 eth1: link up [ 370.100322] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready [ 891.718748] systemd-hostnamed[2649]: Warning: nss-myhostname is not installed. Changing the local hostname might make it unresolveable. Please install nss-myhostname! [14119.241628] rtsx_pci 0000:04:00.0: vpd r/w failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update. Date: Sat Apr 27 17:31:51 2013 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=e417e9f2-b63e-4b79-9be4-c21f55547205 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-07-13 (287 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. U32U MarkForUpload: True ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=UUID=3ad9d88b-a7a5-460f-ba15-a78dd7f2fc94 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-19-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-19-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.106 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-27 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 12/16/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: U32U.204 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: U32U dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrU32U.204:bd12/16/2011:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnU32U:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnU32U:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: U32U dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. 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