10ec:8723 [Dell Vostro 5460] Fn+Wireless key doesn't work

[Po-Hsu Lin]

CID: 201211-12071 Dell Vostro 5460 (12.04.2 kernel version 3.5.0-32

Fn+Wireless key does not turn off WiFi or Bluetooth. Tested with showkey -k, the wireless key is responsive. As per Bug 1187688, the WiFi will only work in Raring+.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.5.0-32-generic 3.5.0-32.53~precise1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-32.53~precise1-generic 3.5.7.11
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-32-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC290 Analog [ALC290 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 1481 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf2610000 irq 51'
   Mixer name : 'Intel PantherPoint HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0290,102805d9,00100003 HDA:80862806,80860101,00100000'
   Controls : 28
   Simple ctrls : 12
Date: Thu Jun 6 09:52:49 2013
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2f6827c1-f848-4680-9d37-cbc3ee145c47
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
IwConfig:
 eth0 no wireless extensions.

 eth1 no wireless extensions.

 lo no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 5460
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-32-generic root=UUID=1a0c90af-8766-4d2f-ab7e-30b795dd3a6a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-32-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-32-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.4
RfKill:
 0: hci0: Bluetooth
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/19/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: X11
dmi.board.name: TIE3C2
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: X00
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 0.1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrX11:bd11/19/2012:svnDellInc.:pnVostro5460:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rnTIE3C2:rvrX00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1:
dmi.product.name: Vostro 5460
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

Tried with 3.10rc4 kernel, problem persists.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Po-Hsu Lin as per your https://launchpadlibrarian.net/141770608/BootDmesg.txt :
[ 0.304483] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored

Hence, as per http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/vostro-5460 an update is available for your BIOS (A07). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate , does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and just provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

Thank you for your understanding.

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

It's now on A07, 09/04/2013
Verified with 3.5.0-46, the wireless key still not working.
This probably caused by the non-working wireless driver (bug 1282037), since it works in later point release

Also note that this system should be 201211-12071 not 201211-12070, description updated