Comment 3 for bug 464740

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
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>
> 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.
>