Lenovo x121e - Fn keys and wireless not working after suspend

[Christian Demmer]

Hi,
I installed a plain Ubuntu 11.04 on my AMD based Lenovo x121e (Model 3051-5QG) with UEFI only as BIOS setting, all packages are updated to latest level (kernel 2.6.38-11), newest BIOS is installed.

I also installed the ppa for the original Realtek drivers lexical/hwe-wireless, however no change compared to plain Ubuntu driver.

Whenever I suspend the laptop and resume back, wireless is not working anymore and the FN keys (for volume, brightness, ...) are not working anymore.

A rfkill list identifies the WLAN card as hard blocked and it cannot be unblocked again. Recycling the modules or unloading them before suspending does not help.

Any clues?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: acpi-support 0.138
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 2 17:43:26 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: acpi-support
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 839665

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Christian Demmer (cdemmer)]

Hi,
I reinstalled Ubuntu 11.04 on the x121e changing the BIOS setting from "UEFI only" to "Legacy only".

Bad news: I cannot produce the requested log file.

Good news: Everythings works fine now, Fn kes and wireless work properly after suspend/resume.

I think the root cause is more BIOS implementation bound than Ubunu, you can close the bug.

Thanks, Christian

[Frank Kafka (drw-frank-52b)]

I have exactly the same problem in 11.04 and 11.10. Unfortunately I am unable to legacy boot from a GPT partitioned disk so that isn't a solution.

Do I have to file a new report to be able to run apport-collect and confirm this?