rfkill unable to control HP 2510p wireless devices
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Linux |
Fix Released
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High
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
With recent kernels (3.13 in trusty beta and 3.11 on precise) I can't turn on/off some hp-specific wireless devices (bluetooth, wwan) with rfkill and GUI tools.
This seems to be a regression in hp_wmi.
Correct behavior:
On 3.11.0-15-generic #25~precise1-Ubuntu
> rfkil llist
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
3: hp-wwan: Wireless WAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
4: hp-gps: GPS
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
Incorrect behavior:
On 3.11.0-18-generic #32~precise1-Ubuntu and 3.13.0-16-generic #36-Ubuntu
> rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Relevant upstream bug: https:/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: linux-image-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
CurrentDmesg: Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13 --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: comm: /var/log/dmesg: Permission denied
Date: Mon Mar 10 17:23:18 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-18 (20 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140216)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq 2510p Notebook PC
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
no card
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
WifiSyslog:
dmi.bios.date: 04/22/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68MSP Ver. F.10
dmi.board.name: 30C9
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 75.28
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq 2510p Notebook PC
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
---
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
CurrentDmesg:
Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13 --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: comm: /var/log/dmesg: Permission denied
dmesg: write failed: Broken pipe
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-18 (20 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140216)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq 2510p Notebook PC
Package: linux (not installed)
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
no card
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcVersionSign
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Tags: trusty
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-16-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: audio ff sudo
WifiSyslog:
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 04/22/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68MSP Ver. F.10
dmi.board.name: 30C9
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 75.28
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq 2510p Notebook PC
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Changed in linux: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Hi!
As of 3.13, the wifi card on my HP nx6325 remains hard-blocked no matter how much I press the hardware button or run rfkill:
Oddly enough, it reports hard-blocked after trying to set the interface up.
Transcript:
chopin:~# rfkill list
2: phy2: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
chopin:~# rmmod b43
chopin:~# modprobe b43
chopin:~# rfkill list
3: phy3: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
chopin:~# ifconfig wlan0 up
chopin:~# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
chopin:~# rfkill list
3: phy3: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
--- end of transcript ---
The LED remains off all the time, it only flashes once when running "ifconfig wlan0 up", but the device isn't really up.
Needless to say it's impossible to connect via wifi, hence the raised priority.
For the sake of completeness, let me add that 3.12.8 isn't affected, so it's clearly a regression.