[Dell Inspiron 3147] wireless hotkey does not work on 14.04.2

Bug #1442466 reported by Taihsiang Ho
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
HWE Next
Fix Released
High
Alex Hung
linux-lts-utopic (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Alex Hung

Bug Description

201403-14889

Steps to reproduce this bug:
fn+printscr button (this is the way to trigger wireless switch)

Expected to reproduce this bug:
wireless on/off

Actual result:
1. wireless applet has no response
2. "rfkill list" has no reponse. always shows

0: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

More info:
1. APs could be scanned.
2. could enable/disable wifi via desktop applet.

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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: linux-image-3.16.0-34-generic 3.16.0-34.45~14.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-34.45~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt8
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Apr 10 11:53:57 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-09 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
SourcePackage: linux-lts-utopic
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 1654 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA:
 country TW:
  (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (3, 27)
  (5270 - 5330 @ 40), (3, 17), DFS
  (5735 - 5815 @ 40), (3, 30)
CurrentDesktop: Unity
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=442dffc7-a562-4b0d-a6d6-cb69d6891c61
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-09 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 11 - 3147
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-34-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=da9b59f7-7780-41c5-9e5f-03acb414b69e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-34.45~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt8
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.16.0-34-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.16.0-34-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.127.11
Tags: trusty
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-34-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 08/22/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: X30
dmi.board.name: 00K010
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: D02
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: X30
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrX30:bd08/22/2014:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron11-3147:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn00K010:rvrD02:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrX30:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 11 - 3147
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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Taihsiang Ho (tai271828) wrote :
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Taihsiang Ho (tai271828) wrote :

fresh installation or updated 14.04.2 ( 3.16.0-34-generic #45~14.04.1) could reproduce this issue both.

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Taihsiang Ho (tai271828) wrote :

"sudo showkey" dumped key code when pressing fn+printScr:

keycode 240 press
keycode 240 release

Taihsiang Ho (tai271828)
affects: linux-lts-utopic (Ubuntu) → linux (Ubuntu)
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Taihsiang Ho (tai271828) wrote : AlsaInfo.txt

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tags: added: apport-collected
description: updated
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Taihsiang Ho (tai271828) wrote : BootDmesg.txt

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Taihsiang Ho (tai271828) wrote : Lsusb.txt

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Taihsiang Ho (tai271828) wrote : WifiSyslog.txt

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affects: linux (Ubuntu) → linux-lts-utopic (Ubuntu)
Taihsiang Ho (tai271828)
description: updated
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Taihsiang Ho (tai271828) wrote :

This bug may be a duplicate of LP: #1341986

Keng-Yu Lin (lexical)
Changed in hwe-next:
assignee: nobody → Phidias (phidias-chiang)
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Confirmed
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Alex Hung (alexhung) wrote :

Please try the kernel @ http://people.canonical.com/~alexhung/LP1442560/

This includes patches from http://people.canonical.com/~alexhung/dell-rbtn/ & http://people.canonical.com/~alexhung/dell-rbtn2/ that implements dell radio switch (ACPI Device = DELLABCE)

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Alex Hung (alexhung) wrote :
Keng-Yu Lin (lexical)
Changed in linux-lts-utopic (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in hwe-next:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Phidias (phidias-chiang) wrote :
Phidias (phidias-chiang)
Changed in hwe-next:
assignee: Phidias (phidias-chiang) → Keng-Yu Lin (lexical)
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Keng-Yu Lin (lexical) wrote :
Changed in hwe-next:
assignee: Keng-Yu Lin (lexical) → Alex Hung (alexhung)
status: Incomplete → Triaged
Changed in linux-lts-utopic (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Triaged
assignee: nobody → Alex Hung (alexhung)
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Alex Hung (alexhung) wrote :

Fixed in Ubuntu-3.19.0-27.29

Changed in hwe-next:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Changed in linux-lts-utopic (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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