Intel WiFi N7260 doesn't work on HP G6

Bug #1363486 reported by Michael McLeod
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I was using Ubuntu 12.04 with a kernek prior to 3.11 to get my new Intel N7260 to work I had to backload the driver for it, I used this backports-3.11-rc3-1.tar.bz2, It worked fine until a new kernel was released I think it was 3.11 but for sure 3.13 then the card was hard locked and no matter what I tried I couldn't get it to work. I went on the Ubuntu forum and several people there tried to help. I tried a lot of commands and up dates but nothing has worked. Except for backloading an older kernel. The laptop I am using is an HP G6. The strange thing about this is I have another HP laptop an Envy 15T with the same Intel N7260 WiFi card and Ubuntu 14.04 and kernel 3.13 and it works fine. So I suppose there is something about the 3.11 and newer that doesn't allow the on/off push button on the G6 to work.

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Michael McLeod (holdfastmclemi) wrote :

iwlwifi-firmware

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Michael McLeod (holdfastmclemi) wrote :

I'm really not sure how to answer your question but the file which I tried to install to fix the situation was iwlwifi-7260-7.ucode.
It seems the firmware does not allow the on/off pushbutton to turn the card on therefore it is always in a hard off state.

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Michael McLeod, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
apport-collect 1363486

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importance: Undecided → Low
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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