Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5934 Toggling wifi hard switch after disconnecting ethernet not showing networks in range
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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NetworkManager |
Expired
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Medium
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network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: network-manager
1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu maverick (development branch)
Release: 10.10
2) apt-cache policy network-manager
network-manager:
Installed: 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.1
Candidate: 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.1
Version table:
*** 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
0.
500 http://
apt-cache policy network-manager
network-manager:
Installed: 0.8.1+git.
Candidate: 0.8.1+git.
Version table:
*** 0.8.1+git.
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
3) What is expected to happen is when one does a fresh boot with the ethernet cord plugged in, wireless hardswitch turned off, then log in, unplug the ethernet cord, and turn on the wireless hard switch, Network Manager populates networks within range immediately.
4) What happened instead is Wireless remains disabled with no networks in range, even after waiting a few minutes. In 12.04 it notes "wireless is disabled by hardware switch".
Please see screenshot.png for scenario where the ethernet cord is plugged in, wifi switch on and no wifi networks populate Network Manager.
WORKAROUND: Reboot the pc with the ethernet cord unplugged, wireless hardswitch turned on.
WORKAROUND: In Ubuntu 11.04, with wireless hardswitch turned off, ethernet cable plugged in, perform a clean boot. Disconnect ethernet cord then turn on wireless hardswitch and notice no wireless networks in the area. Perform the following via the Terminal:
ubuntu@
network-manager stop/waiting
ubuntu@
network-manager start/running, process 5172
ubuntu@
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Notice one may see wireless networks in range and successfully connected.
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
apt-cache policy network-manager
network-manager:
Installed: 0.8.4~git.
Candidate: 0.8.4~git.
Version table:
*** 0.8.4~git.
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: network-manager 0.8.1+git.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Date: Wed Sep 29 17:11:29 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
Gconf:
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta i386 (20100901.1)
IpRoute:
192.168.0.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.12 metric 1
192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.122.1
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth0 proto static
Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
SourcePackage: network-manager
---
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 proto static
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.7 metric 1
NetworkManager.
[main]
NetworkingEnab
WirelessEnable
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.1
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
Tags: precise
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
nmcli-con:
NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH
WLAN-2B46 e5a4581e-
Public_
www.ubuntu.com ce52a17f-
Wired connection 1 7c2c45e3-
nmcli-dev:
DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
wlan0 802-11-wireless unavailable /org/freedeskto
eth0 802-3-ethernet connected /org/freedeskto
nmcli-nm:
RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running 0.9.4.0 connected enabled disabled disabled enabled disabled
Changed in network-manager: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in network-manager: | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
description: | updated |
Changed in network-manager: | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
summary: |
- When wireless hard switch turned on, does not show networks in range + When wireless hard switch turned on, does not show networks in range -- + Atheros AR5001 ath5k |
Changed in network-manager: | |
status: | New → Expired |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- When wireless hard switch turned on, does not show networks in range -- - Atheros AR5001 ath5k + Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5934 Toggling wifi hard switch after + disconnecting ethernet not showing networks in range |
Hi,
Thank you for reporting this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better! Unfortunately we can't start working on your problem yet because this bug report does not currently contain enough information to understand the problem.
Could you please make sure you do a clean boot of your system with wireless turned off and the ethernet cable plugged in, then unplug the cable, flip the switch, and take a copy of /var/log/syslog to attach to this report?
Thanks!