[Lucid] [EeePC 1005PE] Wi-Fi disable hotkey kills both Wi-Fi and ethernet

[Swâmi Petaramesh]

Not sure whether this relates to the kernel or another (which ?) networking or hotkeys management package...?

In Kubuntu Lucid Beta 1 plus all available updates on 10/04/07, in KDE, on Asus EeePC 1005PE.

Use of the Wi-Fi enable/disable HotKey [Fn]-[F2] not only works with Wi-Fi, but also enables/disables wired Ethernet at the same time, which I assume is not desired (and that I, at least, do not desire ;-)

Side note: on my system, none of the "eeepc-acpi-scripts" or "rfkill" packages are installed, however all EeePC hotkeys I tried DO work properly in KDE - sound volume or LCD brigthness adjustments, suspend to RAM, enable/disable touchpad, etc. So the present problem report is not to related to these non-installed packages.

# uname -a
Linux fnix 2.6.32-19-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 31 17:46:20 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

From lshw:
           *-network
                description: Wireless interface
                product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
                vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                logical name: wlan0
                version: 01
                serial: 00:25:d3:f5:74:2b
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k ip=192.168.2.95 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
                resources: irq:17 memory:f8000000-f800ffff

           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
                vendor: Atheros Communications
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: c0
                serial: e0:cb:4e:67:99:f6
                capacity: 100MB/s
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.0.1-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
                resources: irq:29 memory:f7f00000-f7f3ffff ioport:e000(size=128)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-19-generic 2.6.32-19.28
Regression: No
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: michel 2982 F.... pulseaudio
                      michel 4994 F.... knotify4
                      michel 5032 f.... kmix
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf7cf8000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,104383ce,00100004'
   Controls : 12
   Simple ctrls : 7
CheckboxSubmission: 83870c161f7ed661138404b52f41497d
CheckboxSystem: b62ae224500b03a9fc2c9b6caf3feb14
Date: Wed Apr 7 07:26:48 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=d0b5f1b5-cc23-4fa2-b5ce-f908250d92ad
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1005PE
ProcCmdLine: root=/dev/mapper/VG1-UBUNTU ro clocksource=hpet acpi_osi=Linux quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.33
SourcePackage: linux
WpaSupplicantLog:

dmi.bios.date: 03/04/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0901
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: 1005P
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: x.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.chassis.version: x.x
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0901:bd03/04/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1005PE:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1005P:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
dmi.product.name: 1005PE
dmi.product.version: x.x
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.

[LostInBrittany (lostinbrittany)]

I have the same problem on an Asus Eee PC 1005 HA with Ubuntu 10.4 Lucid Lynx beta 1

[lukefeil (lukefeil88)]

Same problem on a ASUS 1005PE with Kubuntu Netbook Remix 10.04 beta2:

Linux lukefeil-laptop 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

[littlebat (dashing-meng)]

I found the similar bug appeared on my eeepc 900ha.

 uname -a
Linux lucid-desktop 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

When the system start, "lspci" will apear:

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller (rev b0)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

When toggle Fn + F2 off, it will disable ethernet card. I haven't test if wi-fi connection(I will report later). "lspci" will only apear:

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev ff)

It seems toggle Fn + F2 off is close ethernet and not wireless!

When added "eeepc_laptop" into /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf, the ethernet card works well while the wireless lamp is off. But all the Fn functions also were disabled.

It seems a bug concerning "eeepc_laptop" module in linux kernel.

Here is my network related "lshw" command result:

  *-network DISABLED
                description: Wireless interface
                product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
                vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                logical name: wlan0
                version: 01
                serial: 00:22:43:80:ce:67
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=2.6.32-21-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
                resources: irq:17 memory:fbff0000-fbffffff

           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller
                vendor: Atheros Communications
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: b0
                serial: 00:24:8c:87:f2:30
                size: 100MB/s
                capacity: 100MB/s
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=ATL1E driverversion=1.0.0.7-NAPI duplex=full firmware=L1e ip=192.168.1.102 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
                resources: irq:27 memory:f3fc0000-f3ffffff ioport:dc00(size=128)

[littlebat (dashing-meng)]

I tested wireless connection.

At first, the Wi-Fi light is on, both ethernet and Wi-Fi can work, see dmesg information: demsg.both.txt ;

When toggle off wireless(Fn+F2), disable both ethernet and Wi-Fi, see dmesg information: dmesg.wireless.off.txt;

When I toggle on wireless again, ethernet works, but Wi-Fi can't re-works again, it reports like "device is not ready", see dmesg information: dmesg.wireless.on.txt;

I cut the ethernet connection by pull out the RJ-45 connector, Wi-Fi still can't work, it reports like "device is not ready", see dmesg information: dmesg.wireless.on2.txt;

[Vreixo Formoso (metalpain2002)]

Following instructions onhere: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1466802#2 solves issue with volume and wifi hotkeys, but breaks at least screen bright hotkeys.

[littlebat (dashing-meng)]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1466802#2
This link is no help for the issue of toggling "Fn+f2" disble both Wifi and ethernet on my eeepc 900HA.

[leparain (farga)]

I have the same problem on an Asus Eee PC 1005 HA with Ubuntu 10.4 Lucid Lynx

[Romano Giannetti (romano-giannetti)]

'couple of things: I catched an oops when reenabling the WiFi con fn-F2. Will attach the oops to this entry.

As an additional hint, if you do "sudo rmmod ath9k ; sudo modprobe ath9k" normally (almost everytime) the wifi connection starts again.

I did not test ethernet (cable) connection.

I

[gajm (gajm-deactivatedaccount)]

Well, there are 3 different issues with the 1005PE model, which are related.

First, Win7 compatible bios, check if the eeepc-laptop module is loaded:
lsmod | grep eee
If not, you'll need this kernel parameter:
acpi_osi=Linux

Second, to fix the brightness, another parameter:
acpi_backlight=vendor

Finally, the actual bug, as described in acpi4asus git:
http://git.iksaif.net/?p=acpi4asus.git;a=commit;h=ced69c59811f05b2f8378467cbb82ac6ed3c6a5a
To work around the problem, disable hotplugging with this parameter:
eeepc_laptop.hotplug_disabled=1

Summarizing, add the needed parameters to your Grub, see below, and update:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor eeepc_laptop.hotplug_disabled=1"

Happy hacking.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Swâmi Petaramesh, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text.

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the tag: 'kernel-bug-exists-upstream'.

If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, for example it will not boot, please add the tag: 'kernel-unable-to-test-upstream'.

Please let us know your results. Thanks in advance.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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[Swâmi Petaramesh (swami-petaramesh)]

Problem fixed in Quantal Beta 2, kernel 3.5.0-16-generic.