[Dell Vostro 1014] Wi-Fi hotkey does not trigger bluetooth soft lock release

[Jeff Lane ]

While testing 12.04 LTS on the Vostro 1014 (201010-6648), I noticed that when pressing the wireless hotkey (Fn+F11) did not turn bluetooth back on, though it does turn it off.

After doing some investigation, it appears that the key turns on both the hard and soft block for bluetooth, but on the next press, only turns off the hard block, leaving the soft block in place. Bluetooth can be resumed by selecting Turn Bluetooth On from the applet menu.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic 3.2.0-23.36
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 1504 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6afc000 irq 48'
   Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20585'
   Components : 'HDA:14f15069,10280401,00100302'
   Controls : 9
   Simple ctrls : 6
Date: Thu May 3 16:34:14 2012
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c205fca2-5faa-43ce-8649-39b6e6617077
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 1014
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=82037d7e-0488-426a-8007-279ae19c4fc5 ro quiet splash initcall_debug
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-23-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-23-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/19/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: X20
dmi.board.name: C2E3C1
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrX20:bd10/19/2010:svnDellInc.:pnVostro1014:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rnC2E3C1:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Vostro 1014
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

Here's the output from rfkill after hitting the wi-fi key 3 times, which should have turned both Bluetooth and WiFi off and then back on. This has worked fine on other Dell systems tested with 12.04.

ubuntu@201010-6648:~$ rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
ubuntu@201010-6648:~$ rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes
ubuntu@201010-6648:~$ rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Jeff Lane, as per http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/vostro-1014 an update is available for your BIOS (A07). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate , does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and just provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

Thank you for your understanding.

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