[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1172151] Re: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch

2013-05-01 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchp

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1172151] Re: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch

2013-04-25 Thread AceLan Kao
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- 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/1172151 Title: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware sw

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1172151] Re: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch

2013-04-25 Thread AceLan Kao
Cool, good to hear the dkms works for you. And the fix is too late to enter the 13.04 release. Anyway, I'll submit the fix to mainstream kernel, so that the next ubuntu release will have the fix. Thanks for your report and test. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of D

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1172151] Re: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch

2013-04-24 Thread Lonnie Lee Best
Great news! The deb file you posted does indeed fix the problem. I no longer have asus-nb-wmi blacklisted, and after installing the fix you created, I was able to reboot and consume wi-fi automatically. I bet it is too late to get this fix into the Ubuntu 13.04 Live Disc (which will be release l

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1172151] Re: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch

2013-04-24 Thread Lonnie Lee Best
Suprisingly, blacklisting asus-nb-wmi didn't disable function keys for brightness adjustment. -- 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/1172151 Title: ASUS F75A wi-fi dis

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1172151] Re: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch

2013-04-24 Thread AceLan Kao
Correct. BTW, blacklist asus-nb-wmi will make hotkeys stop working, such as brightness adjustment. -- 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/1172151 Title: ASUS F75A wi-

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1172151] Re: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch

2013-04-24 Thread Lonnie Lee Best
Ok, I'm assuming I should take asus-nb-wmi off the my blacklist before testing that deb? -- 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/1172151 Title: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1172151] Re: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch

2013-04-24 Thread AceLan Kao
For the unknown reason, the dkms package I built may not be able to install, so I attached the source code here as well. Following commands to use it 1. tar -zxvf asus-wmi-1.0.tgz 2. sudo cp -a asus-wmi-1.0 /usr/src 3. sudo apt-get install dkms 4. sudo dkms add -m asus-wmi -v 1.0 5. sudo dkms insta

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1172151] Re: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch

2013-04-24 Thread AceLan Kao
Hi, I just built a asus-wmi dkms package, I think it should work for you. Try installing it and reboot the system to see if it works. sudo dpkg -i asus-wmi-dkms_1.0_all.deb If not, I need some other logs hope you can attach them to me. 1. the result of "rfkill list" command, and then press the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1172151] Re: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch

2013-04-24 Thread AceLan Kao
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => AceLan Kao (acelankao) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1172151] Re: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch

2013-04-24 Thread Lonnie Lee Best
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: Please help me report this bug to the correct project. Today, my Uncle purchased a new Laptop. It is an ASUS F75A, having the following network card: lspci | grep -i wireless 02:00.0 Network controller: At

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1172151] Re: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch

2013-04-24 Thread Lonnie Lee Best
Now that we have an effective work-around, how do we fix this so that other's won't have encounter this problem? ** Project changed: linux => linux (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1172151] Re: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch

2013-04-24 Thread Lonnie Lee Best
** Also affects: linux Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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/1172151 Title: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch S

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1172151] Re: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch

2013-04-24 Thread Lonnie Lee Best
Good news! I've discovered a workaround that persist reboot: 1) sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf 2) Add this line: blacklist asus-nb-wmi 3) Save your edit. After performing these steps, I rebooted the laptop, logged in, and it connected via wi-fi automatically! -- You received this bu

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1172151] Re: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch

2013-04-24 Thread Lonnie Lee Best
At kernel.org it says: Wireless drivers are just one component of the software stack necessary for wireless devices to function. There are also userspace components, namely NetworkManager, wpa_supplicant, wireless-tools, wireless-regdb, CRDA, iw and possibly many more (as always, there are lots of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1172151] Re: ASUS F75A wi-fi disabled by hardware switch

2013-04-24 Thread Lonnie Lee Best
sudo lshw -C network *-network description: Wireless interface product: AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Atheros Communications Inc. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@:02:00.0 logical name: wlan0 version: 01 serial: dc: