My Notebook was affected by this bug, too. And solved it from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2181558
Here is the output of... cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name K501UX -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1173681 Title: 168c:002b [Asus U32U] asus_nb_wmi AR9285 ath9k not working after updating to Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Status in Linux: Invalid Status in Linux Deepin: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: update: updated the BIOS to the latest version but the problem persists. Booting with the older kernel (latest linux kernel from 12.10) every thing works fine. After upgrading to Raring Ringtail Ubuntu 13.04, with the new kernel, hardware get blocked/disabled and wireless doesn't work: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes 1: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no WORKAROUND - is only applicable to Asus Notebooks/netbooks that use the "asus_nb_wmi" driver: Create and edit asus_nb_wmi.conf file with this command: sudo echo "options asus_nb_wmi wapf=4" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/asus_nb_wmi.conf For more detailed info of the workaround please see: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2181558 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: linux-image-3.8.0-19-generic 3.8.0-19.29 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: xxxxx 1822 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDmesg: [ 370.100280] r8169 0000:04:00.2 eth1: link up [ 370.100322] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready [ 891.718748] systemd-hostnamed[2649]: Warning: nss-myhostname is not installed. Changing the local hostname might make it unresolveable. Please install nss-myhostname! [14119.241628] rtsx_pci 0000:04:00.0: vpd r/w failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update. Date: Sat Apr 27 17:31:51 2013 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=e417e9f2-b63e-4b79-9be4-c21f55547205 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-07-13 (287 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. U32U MarkForUpload: True ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=UUID=3ad9d88b-a7a5-460f-ba15-a78dd7f2fc94 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-19-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-19-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.106 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-27 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 12/16/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: U32U.204 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: U32U dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrU32U.204:bd12/16/2011:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnU32U:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnU32U:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: U32U dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1173681/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
