Public bug reported:
With a completely updated installation of 16.04.0 LTS, using b43 wifi,
the wifi indicator light remains solid, and does not flash to indicate
activity. This mirrors the Microsoft Windows behavior for wifi
indicator lights.
On the same hardware, with an updated installation of 16.04.3 LTS or
16.04.0 with the HWE kernel, the wifi indicator light remains off and
flashes to indicate activity. This can lead the user to believe that
wifi is not functioning at all.
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release: 16.04
linux-generic-hwe-16.04:
Installed: 4.10.0.33.35
Candidate: 4.10.0.33.35
Version table:
*** 4.10.0.33.35 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64
Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Expected behavior: With the wifi hardware switch in the 'On' position, the wifi
indicator light should remain lit and not flash. The indicator should only be
off with the hardware switch in the 'Off' position, or in the event there is a
malfunction. This is the behavior with 16.04.0 LTS.
What happened: With the wifi hardware switch in the 'On' position, the
wifi indicator light remains off, and flashes only during wifi activity.
This regression is seen both with an installation of the HWE stack as
described at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack or with a
fresh installation of the current 16.04.3 LTS.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-image-4.10.0-33-generic 4.10.0-33.37~16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-33.37~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-33-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Sep 4 17:20:26 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-04 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
SourcePackage: linux-hwe
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: linux-hwe (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug kernel-wifi xenial
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Title:
[b43][regression] Hardwire wifi indicator light now flashes with
activity; was solid on 16.04.0
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