[Asus G75VW] F2 Wifi Key Not Working

[LaunchPadGirl]

On my Asus G75VW from 12.04 through 13.10 x64 F2 does not toggle the WiFi.

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 x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: sar 1490 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: sar 1490 F.... pulseaudio
Date: Sat Dec 28 12:14:12 2013
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c41137fa-5674-4ac7-b9ae-6cfd6fa16f29
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-28 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. G75VW
MarkForUpload: True
ProcFB:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-14-generic root=UUID=b1a1b217-2d65-4a7c-a76e-701b097bf7ee ro quiet splash
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
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 01/07/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: G75VW.223
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: G75VW
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrG75VW.223:bd01/07/2013:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnG75VW:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnG75VW:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: G75VW
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

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[penalvch (penalvch)]

LaunchPadGirl, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Could you please confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ . If the issue remains, please just make a comment to this.

If reproducible, could you also please test the latest upstream kernel available (not the daily folder) following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue.Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
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[LaunchPadGirl (9efb3d92)]

Oh boy making me work hard here, needing to install a new version... :(

By the way acpi_listen and xev don't show any output in Saucy...

[LaunchPadGirl (9efb3d92)]

The WiFi doesn't work in Ubuntu 14.04...

Also 14.04 has a newer kernel, so not sure why I'd now need to test just an upstream kernel with 13.10, that makes no sense...

[LPNow (lpnow)]

Has there been any progress on this?

[LPNow (lpnow)]

As I mentioned in the other report, everything on my box is the same down to the last wire...

I'm simply checking to see if any progress as also been made on this is all?

Thanks...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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[penalvch (penalvch)]

LaunchPadGirl:
>"Also 14.04 has a newer kernel,..."

14.04 does have a newer kernel than 13.10, but not as new as the latest mainline kernel (which is now http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.14-rc8-trusty/ ) .

>" so not sure why I'd now need to test just an upstream kernel with 13.10, that makes no sense..."

This was outlined in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1264751/comments/3 :
" It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue."