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[Miguel <mduran0314@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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Title:
  Fn + F2 is not working on ASUS X551C. WIFI shows hard blocked.

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Installed Ubuntu Desktop AMD 64 on new ASUS X551C laptop. FN + F2 key
  does not enable / disable wifi. Wifi shows hard disabled.

  WORKAROUND: /etc/modprobe.d$ more asus-wifi.conf
  options asus_nb_wmi wapf=4

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: linux-image-3.13.0-34-generic 3.13.0-34.60
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  narinder   1593 F.... pulseaudio
  Date: Mon Aug 18 23:34:07 2014
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8990ae8d-d815-4be0-af3a-d94db39371b0
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-17 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X551CAP
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_IN
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-34-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  PulseList:
   Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
   No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-34-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-34-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.127.5
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 01/23/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: X551CAP.209
  dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.board.name: X551CAP
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
  dmi.board.version: 1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
  dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrX551CAP.209:bd01/23/2014:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnX551CAP:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnX551CAP:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
  dmi.product.name: X551CAP
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

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