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Comment 25 for bug 1774443

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Nicholas Wright (naww) wrote : Re: [Bug 1774443] Re: wireless hardblocked and wireless enable button not functional

Yes, the issue still persists in 4.19.20 and 5.0-rc5

On Fri, Feb 8, 2019, 9:55 AM Kai-Heng Feng <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Does this still happen on latest mainline kernel?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1774443
>
> Title:
> wireless hardblocked and wireless enable button not functional
>
> Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Laptop is an HP Pavilion dm4-3170se. Dual booting Windows 7 and
> ubuntu. In Windows, system boots with wireless disabled and then
> pressing the wireless enable button twice enables WiFi.
>
> In ubuntu, system boots with wireless disabled and wireless enable
> button has no functionality either directly or in combination with the
> fn-key.
>
> Module hp_wmi may be the culprit? But disabling this has no effect on
> hardblock.
>
> reference forum post for more detailed info:
>
> https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2392934&p=13772159#post13772159
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
> Package: network-manager 1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-43.48~16.04.1-generic 4.13.16
> Uname: Linux 4.13.0-43-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.17
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: Unity
> Date: Thu May 31 10:32:38 2018
> IfupdownConfig:
> # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-19 (11 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
> (20180228)
> IpRoute:
> default via 172.16.96.1 dev eno1 proto static metric 100
> 169.254.0.0/16 dev eno1 scope link metric 1000
> 172.16.96.0/19 dev eno1 proto kernel scope link src 172.16.119.109
> metric 100
> 192.17.90.180 via 172.16.96.1 dev eno1 proto dhcp metric 100
> NetworkManager.state:
> [main]
> NetworkingEnabled=true
> WirelessEnabled=true
> WWANEnabled=true
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> RfKill:
> 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: yes
> SourcePackage: network-manager
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> nmcli-con:
> NAME UUID TYPE
> TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT
> AUTOCONNECT-PRIORITY READONLY DBUS-PATH
> ACTIVE DEVICE STATE ACTIVE-PATH
>
> Wired connection 1 0357c159-f43c-38f9-8b6f-91bb641d1712
> 802-3-ethernet 1527780471 Thu 31 May 2018 10:27:51 AM CDT yes
> 4294966297 no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0
> yes eno1 activated
> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/1
> nmcli-dev:
> DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
> CONNECTION CON-UUID CON-PATH
>
> eno1 ethernet connected
> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2 Wired connection 1
> 0357c159-f43c-38f9-8b6f-91bb641d1712
> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/1
> wlp8s0 wifi unavailable
> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 -- --
> --
>
> lo loopback unmanaged
> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 -- --
> --
> nmcli-nm:
> RUNNING VERSION STATE STARTUP CONNECTIVITY NETWORKING
> WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
> running 1.2.6 connected started full enabled
> enabled disabled enabled enabled
> ---
> ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
> Architecture: amd64
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC0: naww 1928 F.... pulseaudio
> CurrentDesktop: Unity
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=96f5e2e6-1a22-453e-84c5-21cb7094a381
> IfupdownConfig:
> # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-19 (32 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
> (20180228)
> IpRoute:
> default via 192.168.42.129 dev enp0s20u3 proto static metric 100
> 169.254.0.0/16 dev enp0s20u3 scope link metric 1000
> 192.168.42.0/24 dev enp0s20u3 proto kernel scope link src
> 192.168.42.168 metric 100
> MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook PC
> NetworkManager.state:
> [main]
> NetworkingEnabled=true
> WirelessEnabled=true
> WWANEnabled=true
> Package: network-manager 1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
> PackageArchitecture: amd64
> ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-43-generic
> root=UUID=753230c7-6c88-415a-93f2-c133b9a161b1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-43.48~16.04.1-generic 4.13.16
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> linux-restricted-modules-4.13.0-43-generic N/A
> linux-backports-modules-4.13.0-43-generic N/A
> linux-firmware 1.157.19
> RfKill:
> 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: yes
> Tags: xenial xenial
> Uname: Linux 4.13.0-43-generic x86_64
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
> _MarkForUpload: True
> dmi.bios.date: 01/21/2013
> dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde
> dmi.bios.version: F.0A
> dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
> dmi.board.name: 1812
> dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> dmi.board.version: 49.24
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.0A:bd01/21/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondm4NotebookPC:pvr0793100011204010000623100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1812:rvr49.24:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
> dmi.product.family: 103C_5335KV G=N L=CON B=HP S=PAV X=Null
> dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook PC
> dmi.product.version: 0793100011204010000623100
> dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> nmcli-con:
> NAME UUID TYPE
> TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT
> AUTOCONNECT-PRIORITY READONLY DBUS-PATH
> ACTIVE DEVICE STATE ACTIVE-PATH
>
> Wired connection 2 563ebb58-1c54-3955-8f4a-076fae4e504c
> 802-3-ethernet 1529599845 Thu 21 Jun 2018 11:50:45 AM CDT yes
> 4294966297 no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1
> yes enp0s20u3 activated
> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/0
> Wired connection 1 0357c159-f43c-38f9-8b6f-91bb641d1712
> 802-3-ethernet 1528221623 Tue 05 Jun 2018 01:00:23 PM CDT yes
> 4294966297 no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0
> no -- -- --
> nmcli-dev:
> DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
> CONNECTION CON-UUID CON-PATH
>
> enp0s20u3 ethernet connected
> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3 Wired connection 2
> 563ebb58-1c54-3955-8f4a-076fae4e504c
> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/0
> eno1 ethernet unavailable
> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 -- --
> --
>
> wlp8s0 wifi unavailable
> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 -- --
> --
>
> lo loopback unmanaged
> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2 -- --
> --
> nmcli-nm:
> RUNNING VERSION STATE STARTUP CONNECTIVITY NETWORKING
> WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
> running 1.2.6 connected started full enabled
> enabled disabled enabled enabled
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