[Dell Latitude 2120/Vostro 1015/1014] Turning off wi-fi with hotkey seems to permenantly disable wi-fi
Bug #775281 reported by
Jeff Lane
This bug affects 6 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Keng-Yu Lin | ||
Natty |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Keng-Yu Lin | ||
Oneiric |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Keng-Yu Lin |
Bug Description
Like other Dells I've tried with Natty, turning off wi-fi using the hotkey (in this case, it's Fn+F6) seems to permenantly disable wireless networking.
I have found no way to turn wireless back on. Rebooting, power cycling, BIOS etc, nothing seems to actually re-enable wi-fi. The one thing I have not tried yet is re-installing.
Unfortunately, without the wireless, I can't put this system on an accessible network at the moment.
BUT, this one has the following, according to lspci:
Broadcom Corp BMC43224 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 01)
tags: | added: blocks-hwcert |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty): | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty): | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → High |
assignee: | nobody → Chris Van Hoof (vanhoof) |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty): | |
status: | Incomplete → In Progress |
assignee: | Jeff Lane (bladernr) → Keng-Yü Lin (lexical) |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty): | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
summary: |
- [Dell Latitude 2120] Turning off wi-fi with hotkey seems to permenantly - disable wi-fi + [Dell Latitude 2120/Vostro 1015/1014] Turning off wi-fi with hotkey + seems to permenantly disable wi-fi |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty): | |
assignee: | Keng-Yü Lin (lexical) → Anthony Wong (anthonywong) |
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Chris, this seems quite critical, and it seems to be affecting several Dells waiting for certification.
Can you have a look, please?