I had this same issue on an Asus K501UX with Ubuntu 15.10 freshly
installed. Wifi showed hardware blocked, fn+F2 does not work so there
was no obvious way to enable wifi. The same workaround fixed the
problem: options asus_nb_wmi wapf=4
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** Description changed:
- Installed Ubuntu Desktop AMD 64 on ASUS X551C new laptop. Wifi does not
- work shows hard disabled used work around
+ Installed Ubuntu Desktop AMD 64 on new ASUS X551C laptop. FN + F2 key
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Hi Hans, When using options asus_nb_wmi wapf=4 the WiFi works and does
not show as hardblocked.
-Kanwar
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Hi Kanwir,
I understand that Fn+F2 does not work at all, that is a known issue with
Asus laptops.
But does the wifi not show as hardblocked, and work as expected with the
"options asus_nb_wmi wapf=4" workaround ? I'm asking because if you
need the wapf=4 workaround then I'll add a quirk for your
Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer
to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest
v3.17 kernel[0].
If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following
tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.
If the mainline kernel does not fix t
