I found the solution here:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/182490
I had to add pciehp_force=1 to my kernel options, note that this is
advanced stuff, doing something wrong might leave your Ubuntu
installation unbootable!
1. Edit your GRUB menu list:
sudo gedit
I am also running 9.04 (Netbook Remix) on an Eee PC 900). Fn+F2 does
nothing.
I can disable the wireless with (as root):
echo 0 /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state
and reenable with
echo 1 /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state
But after that, the wireless card will no longer work (reloading ath5k
On my system the eeepc_laptop kernel module was re-activating the WiFi
in the BIOS and turning the WiFi LED on even though I had manually
deactivated it in the BIOS on every boot.
Once I removed and blacklisted those two kernel modules it stopped
activating the WiFi in the BIOS and WiFi LED.
If
On my system the eeepc_laptop kernel module was re-activating the WiFi
in the BIOS and turning the WiFi LED on even though I had manually
deactivated it in the BIOS on every boot.
Once I removed and blacklisted those two kernel modules it stopped
activating the WiFi in the BIOS and WiFi LED.
If
eeepc 1000. 9.04 NBR.
after install, Fn+F2 does nothing.
I will not even try the rmmod now because I do not have another machine
to check if radio is still up, so now way to confirm it it works or
simply makes the kernel not see a hardware that is still on wasting
battery.
I googled and found
rmmod ath5k rmmod eeepc_laptop turns the WiFi LED off.
Add the following lines to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf to make it
stick::
blacklist ath5k
blacklist eeepc_laptop
Hopefully this actually disables the wifi, since leaving the radio on is
a potential security and privacy issue.
Live
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears
to be a regular (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security
issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to
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