168c:0032 ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Additional Linux Wireless Drivers |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Wireless Tools |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
ath9k_htc-installer |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
wpa_supplicant |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
AceLan Kao | ||
network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Today, my Uncle purchased a new ASUS F75A laptop, with the following network card:
lspci | grep -i wireless
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
I've installed Ubuntu 13.04 onto this machine, and each time I log in and click on the network-manager indicator, it is in the following state:
1) "Enable Wi-Fi" is NOT check and it is GRAYED OUT.
2) "wi-fi is disabled by hardware switch"
WORKAROUND: The following terminal command only resolves the issue for one session:
sudo rmmod -f asus_nb_wmi
Toggle wi-fi, by holding down the function key and pressing f2 (fn-f2). If one does not do the terminal command above, the wi-fi only stays enabled for about 4 seconds and then resorts back to the previous state mentioned above.
WORKAROUND:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.
Add this line:
blacklist asus-nb-wmi
Save your edit.
My Uncle must do this each and every time he logs into his laptop, in order to consume wi-fi. Also, due to his condition, he's practically incapable of these seemingly simple steps.
Note: Before removing Windows 7, Window 7 was able to (appearantly) automatically turn on the hardware switch and connect to the wireless network (recurringly) on each login. However, in Ubuntu, the hardware switch is always OFF after login, and I must rmmod before toggling the hardware switch with fn-f2.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: network-manager 0.9.8.0-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CRDA:
country TW:
(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (3, 27)
(5270 - 5330 @ 40), (3, 17), DFS
(5735 - 5815 @ 40), (3, 30)
Date: Wed Apr 24 01:48:48 2013
IfupdownConfig:
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-24 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130423.1)
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.7.1 dev wlan0 proto static
169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000
192.168.7.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.7.36 metric 9
MarkForUpload: True
NetworkManager.
[main]
NetworkingEnab
WirelessEnable
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
nmcli-con:
NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH
Wired connection 1 65281c64-
Video Surveillance 7f736f06-
nmcli-dev:
DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedeskto
wlan0 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedeskto
nmcli-nm:
RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running 0.9.8.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled
---
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/
CRDA:
country TW:
(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (3, 27)
(5270 - 5330 @ 40), (3, 17), DFS
(5735 - 5815 @ 40), (3, 30)
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=
IfupdownConfig:
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-24 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130423.1)
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.7.1 dev wlan0 proto static
169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000
192.168.7.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.7.36 metric 9
MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X75A
MarkForUpload: True
NetworkManager.
[main]
NetworkingEnab
WirelessEnable
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
Package: network-manager 0.9.8.0-0ubuntu6
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcVersionSign
RelatedPackageV
linux-
linux-
linux-firmware 1.106
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Tags: raring raring
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom debian-tor dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 06/14/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: X75A.307
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: X75A
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: X75A
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
nmcli-con:
NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH
Wired connection 1 5b3811d8-
Video Surveillance 7f736f06-
nmcli-dev:
DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedeskto
wlan0 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedeskto
nmcli-nm:
RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running 0.9.8.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled
description: | updated |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → AceLan Kao (acelankao) |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
summary: |
- ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch + 168c:0032 ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch |
tags: | added: bios-outdated-307 |
Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
sudo lshw -C network
*-network
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion= 3.8.0-19- generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.7.36 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn f7d00000- f7d7ffff memory: f7d80000- f7d8ffff
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=alx driverversion=1.2.3 firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair f7c00000- f7c3ffff ioport: e000(size= 128)
description: Wireless interface
product: AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: dc:85:de:20:9f:9b
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:17 memory:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 30:85:a9:83:2d:0e
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:19 memory: