Public bug reported: Network manager shows Wifi is disabled by hardware switch. It worked jut after install but not anymore after. I read somewhere I can use wicd and that does work. iwlist wlan0 scan worked also before installing that. Seems like a bug in network-manager to me. It would be nice if NM does whatever wicd does to enable the wifi card. I have nog physical button for wif and wifi is enabled in the UEFI firmware.
output of rfkill list: ubuntu@ubuntu-Lenovo-Yoga-2-11:~$ sudo rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes 1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes 3: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 4: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 15: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no ubuntu@ubuntu-Lenovo-Yoga-2-11:~$ ubuntu@ubuntu-Lenovo-Yoga-2-11:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch) Release: 14.04 ubuntu@ubuntu-Lenovo-Yoga-2-11:~$ apt-cache policy network-manager network-manager: Installed: 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4 Version table: *** 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ubuntu@ubuntu-Lenovo-Yoga-2-11:~$ apt-cache policy network-manager-gnome network-manager-gnome: Installed: 0.9.8.4-1ubuntu3 Candidate: 0.9.8.4-1ubuntu3 Version table: *** 0.9.8.4-1ubuntu3 0 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-14.34-generic 3.13.5 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Mar 4 18:39:18 2014 IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-04 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140303) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.115 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.NetworkManager.NetworkManager.conf: 2014-03-04T14:08:55.818581 nmcli-con: NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH thuis- 17338c5c-1ba4-4ed4-ac63-bf2ab23734e2 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH wlan0 802-11-wireless unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.8.8 disconnected enabled disabled disabled enabled enabled ** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1287827 Title: wifi not configurable in network-manager showing disabled by hardware switch Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Network manager shows Wifi is disabled by hardware switch. It worked jut after install but not anymore after. I read somewhere I can use wicd and that does work. iwlist wlan0 scan worked also before installing that. Seems like a bug in network-manager to me. It would be nice if NM does whatever wicd does to enable the wifi card. I have nog physical button for wif and wifi is enabled in the UEFI firmware. output of rfkill list: ubuntu@ubuntu-Lenovo-Yoga-2-11:~$ sudo rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes 1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes 3: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 4: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 15: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no ubuntu@ubuntu-Lenovo-Yoga-2-11:~$ ubuntu@ubuntu-Lenovo-Yoga-2-11:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch) Release: 14.04 ubuntu@ubuntu-Lenovo-Yoga-2-11:~$ apt-cache policy network-manager network-manager: Installed: 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4 Version table: *** 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ubuntu@ubuntu-Lenovo-Yoga-2-11:~$ apt-cache policy network-manager-gnome network-manager-gnome: Installed: 0.9.8.4-1ubuntu3 Candidate: 0.9.8.4-1ubuntu3 Version table: *** 0.9.8.4-1ubuntu3 0 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-14.34-generic 3.13.5 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Mar 4 18:39:18 2014 IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-04 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140303) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.115 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.NetworkManager.NetworkManager.conf: 2014-03-04T14:08:55.818581 nmcli-con: NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH thuis- 17338c5c-1ba4-4ed4-ac63-bf2ab23734e2 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH wlan0 802-11-wireless unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.8.8 disconnected enabled disabled disabled enabled enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1287827/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp