[Lenovo b475e]: Wireless device hard-locked rfkill

Bug #1250593 reported by Jeff Marcom
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Medium
Adam Lee
Nominated for Precise by Jeff Marcom
Nominated for Raring by Jeff Marcom

Bug Description

Wireless device is hardlocked, yet no wireless disable switch is present on the hardware.

No broadcom driver available via jockey:

0: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes

ubuntu@201204-10856:~$ sudo dmesg | grep -i wireless
[ 0.644659] calling wireless_nlevent_init+0x0/0x12 @ 1
[ 0.644666] initcall wireless_nlevent_init+0x0/0x12 returned 0 after 0 usecs
[ 8.858215] rtlwifi: wireless switch is on

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.8.0-29-generic 3.8.0-29.42~precise1 [modified: boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-29-generic]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-29.42~precise1-generic 3.8.13.5
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 12 12:41:42 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-lts-raring
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k3.8.0-29-generic.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC269VC Analog [ALC269VC Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: ubuntu 1769 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 1769 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0x90244000 irq 48'
   Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
   Controls : 7
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card0.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Generic_1'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0x90240000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269VC'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,17aa5107,00100202'
   Controls : 24
   Simple ctrls : 11
Card29.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw unknown'
   Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC (unknown)'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 1
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card29.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Console',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 45.837391] audit_printk_skb: 24 callbacks suppressed
 [ 45.837403] type=1400 audit(1384278062.230:31): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" parent=1 profile="/usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5" name="/usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors/" pid=1940 comm="mission-control" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0
 [ 882.078084] type=1400 audit(1384278898.602:32): apparmor="DENIED" operation="capable" parent=1 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" pid=902 comm="cupsd" pid=902 comm="cupsd" capability=36 capname="block_suspend"
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=15625d82-fe95-4afe-b8d7-ca1598246977
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
MachineType: LENOVO 814VU01
MarkForUpload: True
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-29-generic root=UUID=269a99ab-4dd3-48ff-8ff5-b68d29836386 ro quiet splash initcall_debug
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-29.42~precise1-generic 3.8.13.5
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-29-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-29-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.6
StagingDrivers: rts5139
Tags: precise running-unity staging
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 05/29/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: HPET18WW(1.03)
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 814VU01
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrHPET18WW(1.03):bd05/29/2012:svnLENOVO:pn814VU01:pvrLenovoB475e:rvnLENOVO:rn814VU01:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 814VU01
dmi.product.version: Lenovo B475e
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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Jeff Marcom (jeffmarcom) wrote :
tags: added: 201204-10856 block-hwenablement blocks-hwcert lexington-lab raring
tags: added: blocks-hwenablement
removed: block-hwenablement
tags: added: blocks-hw-enablement
removed: blocks-hwenablement
tags: added: apport-collected staging
description: updated
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Jeff Marcom (jeffmarcom) wrote : AcpiTables.txt

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Jeff Marcom (jeffmarcom) wrote : AlsaDevices.txt

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Jeff Marcom (jeffmarcom) wrote : AplayDevices.txt

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Jeff Marcom (jeffmarcom) wrote : BootDmesg.txt

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Jeff Marcom (jeffmarcom) wrote : Card0.Codecs.codec.0.txt

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Jeff Marcom (jeffmarcom) wrote : Card1.Amixer.values.txt

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Jeff Marcom (jeffmarcom) wrote : Card1.Codecs.codec.0.txt

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Jeff Marcom (jeffmarcom) wrote : IwConfig.txt

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Jeff Marcom (jeffmarcom) wrote : PulseList.txt

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Jeff Marcom (jeffmarcom) wrote : RfKill.txt

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Jeff Marcom (jeffmarcom) wrote : UdevDb.txt

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Changed in linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Canonical Hardware Enablement Team (canonical-hwe-team)
tags: added: blocks-hwcert-enablement
removed: blocks-hw-enablement
Daniel Manrique (roadmr)
Changed in linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
penalvch (penalvch)
tags: added: bios-outdated-1.07
Changed in linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu):
assignee: Canonical Hardware Enablement Team (canonical-hwe-team) → Keng-Yu Lin (lexical)
Keng-Yu Lin (lexical)
Changed in linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Keng-Yu Lin (lexical)
Changed in linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu):
assignee: Keng-Yu Lin (lexical) → Adam Lee (adam8157)
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Adam Lee (adam8157) wrote :

close as won't fix, lenovo provided another interface to control wireless switch, which could only exists in windows driver, that's why you locked yourself.

Changed in linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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