** Summary changed: - 14e4:4727 [Asus 1015PE] WiFi disabled in BIOS upon installation of Ubuntu 13.10 + 14e4:4727 [Asus 1015PE] BIOS WiFi was changed to disabled upon installation of Ubuntu 13.10
** Description changed: - I successively upgraded from 12.04 LTS to 12.10 to 13.04 to 13.10 on my - Asus EEE PC 1015PED, and upon booting, I saw "wifi disabled via hardware - switch" in the network-manager toolbar menu. rfkill list returned - + Initially, in my BIOS the WiFi was enabled. I successively upgraded from 12.04 LTS to 12.10 to 13.04 to 13.10 on my Asus EEE PC 1015PED, and upon booting, I saw "wifi disabled via hardware switch" in the network-manager toolbar menu. rfkill list returned 4: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN - Soft blocked: no - Hard blocked: yes + Soft blocked: no + Hard blocked: yes and I wasn't able to use the hardware switch (Fn-F2 or the custom - button) or sudo rfkill unblock all to enable it. I struggled for a long - time with drivers, but eventually found that it was simply disabled in - BIOS, and by enabling it there at boot time, it worked again! + button) or sudo rfkill unblock all to enable it. - I'm not sure if this is a bug in an installer, or if there should just - be an advisory in network-manager or in the Network system prefs - indicating ways to enable wifi, but I didn't want anyone else to have to - struggle as much as I did. + WORKAROUND: Enable it in the BIOS. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: linux-image-3.11.0-14-generic 3.11.0-14.21 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: - USER PID ACCESS COMMAND - /dev/snd/controlC0: warren 2306 F.... pulseaudio + USER PID ACCESS COMMAND + /dev/snd/controlC0: warren 2306 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDmesg: - [ 24.161461] init: anacron main process (1036) killed by TERM signal - [ 51.494938] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X - [ 51.509895] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready - [ 51.515677] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready - [ 64.223104] perf samples too long (2525 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000 + [ 24.161461] init: anacron main process (1036) killed by TERM signal + [ 51.494938] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X + [ 51.509895] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready + [ 51.515677] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready + [ 64.223104] perf samples too long (2525 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000 Date: Sun Dec 29 11:40:56 2013 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=f83d49e0-b9d7-4bb9-8a7c-eca9b7eb48c5 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-01-18 (711 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1015PE MarkForUpload: True ProcFB: - 0 inteldrmfb - 1 VESA VGA + 0 inteldrmfb + 1 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-14-generic root=UUID=224d803b-2f44-4541-8acb-508041eb63f7 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: - linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-14-generic N/A - linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-14-generic N/A - linux-firmware 1.116 + linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-14-generic N/A + linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-14-generic N/A + linux-firmware 1.116 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-12-28 (1 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 06/12/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0502 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: 1015PE dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: x.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.chassis.version: x.x dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0502:bd06/12/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1015PE:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1015PE:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x: dmi.product.name: 1015PE dmi.product.version: x.x dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1264863 Title: 14e4:4727 [Asus 1015PE] BIOS WiFi was changed to disabled upon installation of Ubuntu 13.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1264863/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
