Here's the deal: The f12 key is the wireless key on the CQ57. Regardless whether the wireless is on or off the blue key stays on which contributed to the below thread. I feel this is an issue as until I ran rfkill list I didn't have a clue and then I had to continue to troubleshoot until I realized that the blue light was giving a false reading.
president@OffGridOps:~$ rfkill list
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
president@OffGridOps:~$ sudo iwlist sca
[sudo] password for president:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
ra0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
I found the solution to get it running, but the documentation should be noted somewhere and the blue light issue fixed:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1886539
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
AplayDevices:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC270 Analog [ALC270 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC270 Analog [ALC270 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: president 1698 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0x90440000 irq 16'
Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC270'
Components : 'HDA:10ec0270,103c3577,00100100'
Controls : 14
Simple ctrls : 9
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=93f21bfc-4410-4d00-843d-9b30133828a5
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Presario CQ57 Notebook PC
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic root=UUID=d462f7b3-0b35-4174-852b-a93a1c3cf4d1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-13-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-13-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.60
RfKill:
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
StagingDrivers: rts_pstor
Tags: oneiric running-unity staging
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 07/27/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.34
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 3577
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 24.36
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.34:bd07/27/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnPresarioCQ57NotebookPC:pvr068C110003204910000620100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn3577:rvr24.36:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: Presario CQ57 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 068C110003204910000620100
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
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