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Dell Vostro 1320: Weird behaviour of wireless switch

Bug #464740 reported by Mayuresh Kasture on 2009-10-30

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #430809: [Dell Latitude D430, iwl3945] Wireless can't be activated after disabling kill switch. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I am using Ubuntu 9.10(final release) on Dell Vostro 1320. Ubuntu is responding in a very weird manner to the wireless switch toggle.

If I log into Ubuntu with wireless switched off and if I switch on the wireless after logging in, everything works properly. (Except that it shows a crash report. But, still everything works)

If I log into Ubuntu with wireless switched on, it detects wireless as disabled. Then, if I go ahead and switch off the wireless, it thinks wireless has been switched on and starts searching for available wireless connections.(At this point also it shows crash report.) It can list down all the available wireless connections; But, can not connect to any of them.

Hence, to get wireless working, every time, I have to switch off wireless before logging into the system and then, switch it on.

ProblemType: KernelOops
Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted.
AplayDevices:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 2/2
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: mayuresh 1691 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6500000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD81B1C5'
   Components : 'HDA:111d76d5,102802bb,00100302'
   Controls : 26
   Simple ctrls : 16
Date: Fri Oct 30 08:27:05 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Failure: oops
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b0b5f3be-9239-41c2-8924-da2a76753416
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 1320
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=faab5b42-d75e-4323-989f-072b148a9497 ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.24
SourcePackage: linux
Tags: kernel-oops
Title: BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/0/0x10010000
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 04/08/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A02
dmi.board.name: 0T052J
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd04/08/2009:svnDellInc.:pnVostro1320:pvrNull:rvnDellInc.:rn0T052J:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Vostro 1320
dmi.product.version: Null
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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Mayuresh Kasture (mayuresh-kasture) wrote on 2009-10-30:

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Zigzag Lampy (kev) wrote on 2009-10-30:

Got the same problem here with my 1320. I reported it with the beta version and hoped it might have been cured for the release - no such luck! There has to be a point during boot up where the system check the status of the switch which means that we poor dell users should be able to change it so it reads the status of the switch in reverse. Perhaps the OS checks the type of machine it is running on and could do that automatically for vostros? Unfortunately I don't know my way around the inside of Ubuntu yet, so any boffins out there got any ideas?

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Mayuresh Kasture (mayuresh-kasture) wrote on 2009-10-30: Re: [Bug 464740] Re: Dell Vostro 1320: Weird behaviour of wireless switch

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Is bug, you reported, still alive? If it is, can/should we merge these two
bugs?

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Zigzag Lampy <email address hidden> wrote:

> Got the same problem here with my 1320. I reported it with the beta
> version and hoped it might have been cured for the release - no such
> luck! There has to be a point during boot up where the system check the
> status of the switch which means that we poor dell users should be able
> to change it so it reads the status of the switch in reverse. Perhaps
> the OS checks the type of machine it is running on and could do that
> automatically for vostros? Unfortunately I don't know my way around the
> inside of Ubuntu yet, so any boffins out there got any ideas?
>
> --
> Dell Vostro 1320: Weird behaviour of wireless switch
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464740
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> I am using Ubuntu 9.10(final release) on Dell Vostro 1320. Ubuntu is
> responding in a very weird manner to the wireless switch toggle.
>
> If I log into Ubuntu with wireless switched off and if I switch on the
> wireless after logging in, everything works properly. (Except that it shows
> a crash report. But, still everything works)
>
> If I log into Ubuntu with wireless switched on, it detects wireless as
> disabled. Then, if I go ahead and switch off the wireless, it thinks
> wireless has been switched on and starts searching for available wireless
> connections.(At this point also it shows crash report.) It can list down all
> the available wireless connections; But, can not connect to any of them.
>
> Hence, to get wireless working, every time, I have to switch off wireless
> before logging into the system and then, switch it on.
>
> ProblemType: KernelOops
> Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be
> restarted.
> AplayDevices:
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
> Subdevices: 1/1
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> Architecture: i386
> ArecordDevices:
> **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
> Subdevices: 2/2
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC0: mayuresh 1691 F.... pulseaudio
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> Card0.Amixer.info:
> Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6500000 irq 22'
> Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD81B1C5'
> Components : 'HDA:111d76d5,102802bb,00100302'
> Controls : 26
> Simple ctrls : 16
> Date: Fri Oct 30 08:27:05 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> Failure: oops
> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b0b5f3be-9239-41c2-8924-da2a76753416
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 1320
> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
> Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz...

Is bug, you reported, still alive? If it is, can/should we merge these two
bugs?

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Zigzag Lampy <kev@ludlam.me.uk> wrote:

> Got the same problem here with my 1320. I reported it with the beta
> version and hoped it might have been cured for the release - no such
> luck! There has to be a point during boot up where the system check the
> status of the switch which means that we poor dell users should be able
> to change it so it reads the status of the switch in reverse. Perhaps
> the OS checks the type of machine it is running on and could do that
> automatically for vostros? Unfortunately I don't know my way around the
> inside of  Ubuntu yet, so any boffins out there got any ideas?
>
> --
> Dell Vostro 1320: Weird behaviour of wireless switch
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464740
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> I am using Ubuntu 9.10(final release) on Dell Vostro 1320. Ubuntu is
> responding in a very weird manner to the wireless switch toggle.
>
> If I log into Ubuntu with wireless switched off and if I switch on the
> wireless after logging in, everything works properly. (Except that it shows
> a crash report. But, still everything works)
>
> If I log into Ubuntu with wireless switched on, it detects wireless as
> disabled. Then, if I go ahead and switch off the wireless, it thinks
> wireless has been switched on and starts searching for available wireless
> connections.(At this point also it shows crash report.) It can list down all
> the available wireless connections; But, can not connect to any of them.
>
> Hence, to get wireless working, every time, I have to switch off wireless
> before logging into the system and then, switch it on.
>
> ProblemType: KernelOops
> Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be
> restarted.
> AplayDevices:
>  **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
>  card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> Architecture: i386
> ArecordDevices:
>  **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
>  card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
>   Subdevices: 2/2
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
> AudioDevicesInUse:
>  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>  /dev/snd/controlC0:  mayuresh   1691 F.... pulseaudio
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> Card0.Amixer.info:
>  Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6500000 irq 22'
>   Mixer name   : 'IDT 92HD81B1C5'
>   Components   : 'HDA:111d76d5,102802bb,00100302'
>   Controls      : 26
>   Simple ctrls  : 16
> Date: Fri Oct 30 08:27:05 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> Failure: oops
> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b0b5f3be-9239-41c2-8924-da2a76753416
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 1320
> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
> Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
> root=UUID=faab5b42-d75e-4323-989f-072b148a9497 ro quiet splash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
> RelatedPackageVersions:
>  linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A
>  linux-firmware 1.24
> SourcePackage: linux
> Tags: kernel-oops
> Title: BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/0/0x10010000
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
> dmi.bios.date: 04/08/2009
> dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: A02
> dmi.board.name: 0T052J
> dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.chassis.type: 8
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.chassis.version: N/A
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd04/08/2009:svnDellInc.:pnVostro1320:pvrNull:rvnDellInc.:rn0T052J:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrN/A:
> dmi.product.name: Vostro 1320
> dmi.product.version: Null
> dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
>

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p3car (peter-carlsson50) wrote on 2009-11-05:

What bios version are you on? When I upgraded to rev A03 my wireless problems with the killswitch disappeared.
I think the current version from Dell is now rev A04

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Mayuresh Kasture (mayuresh-kasture) wrote on 2009-11-05:

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I am on rev A02. May be I need to upgrade to A03 or whichever is the latest.

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 5:40 AM, p3car <email address hidden> wrote:
> What bios version are you on? When I upgraded to rev A03 my wireless problems with the killswitch disappeared.
> I think the current version from Dell is now rev A04
>
> --
> Dell Vostro 1320: Weird behaviour of wireless switch
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464740
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> I am using Ubuntu 9.10(final release) on Dell Vostro 1320. Ubuntu is responding in a very weird manner to the wireless switch toggle.
>
> If I log into Ubuntu with wireless switched off and if I switch on the wireless after logging in, everything works properly. (Except that it shows a crash report. But, still everything works)
>
> If I log into Ubuntu with wireless switched on, it detects wireless as disabled. Then, if I go ahead and switch off the wireless, it thinks wireless has been switched on and starts searching for available wireless connections.(At this point also it shows crash report.) It can list down all the available wireless connections; But, can not connect to any of them.
>
> Hence, to get wireless working, every time, I have to switch off wireless before logging into the system and then, switch it on.
>
> ProblemType: KernelOops
> Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted.
> AplayDevices:
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
> Subdevices: 1/1
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> Architecture: i386
> ArecordDevices:
> **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
> Subdevices: 2/2
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC0: mayuresh 1691 F.... pulseaudio
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> Card0.Amixer.info:
> Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6500000 irq 22'
> Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD81B1C5'
> Components : 'HDA:111d76d5,102802bb,00100302'
> Controls : 26
> Simple ctrls : 16
> Date: Fri Oct 30 08:27:05 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> Failure: oops
> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b0b5f3be-9239-41c2-8924-da2a76753416
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 1320
> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
> Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=faab5b42-d75e-4323-989f-072b148a9497 ro quiet splash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A
> linux-firmware 1.24
> SourcePackage: linux
> Tags: kernel-oops
> Title: BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/0/0x10010000
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
> dmi.bios.date: 04/08/2009
> dmi.bios.vendor: Dell...

I am on rev A02. May be I need to upgrade to A03 or whichever is the latest.

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 5:40 AM, p3car <peter.carlsson50@gmail.com> wrote:
> What bios version are you on? When I upgraded to rev A03 my wireless problems with the killswitch disappeared.
> I think the current version from Dell is now rev A04
>
> --
> Dell Vostro 1320: Weird behaviour of wireless switch
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464740
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> I am using Ubuntu 9.10(final release) on Dell Vostro 1320. Ubuntu is responding in a very weird manner to the wireless switch toggle.
>
> If I log into Ubuntu with wireless switched off and if I switch on the wireless after logging in, everything works properly. (Except that it shows a crash report. But, still everything works)
>
> If I log into Ubuntu with wireless switched on, it detects wireless as disabled. Then, if I go ahead and switch off the wireless, it thinks wireless has been switched on and starts searching for available wireless connections.(At this point also it shows crash report.) It can list down all the available wireless connections; But, can not connect to any of them.
>
> Hence, to get wireless working, every time, I have to switch off wireless before logging into the system and then, switch it on.
>
> ProblemType: KernelOops
> Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted.
> AplayDevices:
>  **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
>  card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> Architecture: i386
> ArecordDevices:
>  **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
>  card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
>   Subdevices: 2/2
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
> AudioDevicesInUse:
>  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>  /dev/snd/controlC0:  mayuresh   1691 F.... pulseaudio
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> Card0.Amixer.info:
>  Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6500000 irq 22'
>   Mixer name   : 'IDT 92HD81B1C5'
>   Components   : 'HDA:111d76d5,102802bb,00100302'
>   Controls      : 26
>   Simple ctrls  : 16
> Date: Fri Oct 30 08:27:05 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> Failure: oops
> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b0b5f3be-9239-41c2-8924-da2a76753416
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 1320
> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
> Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=faab5b42-d75e-4323-989f-072b148a9497 ro quiet splash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
> RelatedPackageVersions:
>  linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A
>  linux-firmware 1.24
> SourcePackage: linux
> Tags: kernel-oops
> Title: BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/0/0x10010000
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
> dmi.bios.date: 04/08/2009
> dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: A02
> dmi.board.name: 0T052J
> dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.chassis.type: 8
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.chassis.version: N/A
> dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd04/08/2009:svnDellInc.:pnVostro1320:pvrNull:rvnDellInc.:rn0T052J:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrN/A:
> dmi.product.name: Vostro 1320
> dmi.product.version: Null
> dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
>

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tfern (thiago-fernandes) wrote on 2009-11-14:

How did you upgraded to A03?

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John Ward (automail) wrote on 2009-11-14:

To install the BIOS upgrade you might need to have a Windows OS installed, the BIOS installers are usually exe's, the other possibility is that there is a non-os based version can be put on a floppy with a program to install them.

- Go to the Dell support page: http://support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&s=dhs

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Mayuresh Kasture (mayuresh-kasture) wrote on 2009-12-13:

I upgraded the BIOS to latest revision (rev A05) and now, it is working properly.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-07-25:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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