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[Bug 1538289] [NEW] Wifi is stuck in Hard blocked: yes and can't use toshiba p50-c-183 FN key to unlock it

 

Public bug reported:

# rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes

looking at syslog I see a bunch of : 
toshiba_acpi: Unknown key 158

nothing on acpi_listen

# apt-cache policy linux-generic-lts-vivid 
linux-generic-lts-vivid:
  Installé : 3.19.0.47.32
  Candidat : 3.19.0.47.32
 Table de version :
 *** 3.19.0.47.32 0
        500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

# lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
Release:	14.04

switching to willy kernel seems to partly solve the problem
# uname -a
Linux pro 4.2.0-25-generic #30~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 18 16:25:56 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

the fn key seems to toggle the "Soft blocked" attribute. So still no
wifi. This looks similar to https://askubuntu.com/questions/709377/wi-
fi-is-disabled-by-hardware-switch-on-toshiba-satellite-p855-335

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: linux-image-3.19.0-47-generic 3.19.0-47.53~14.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-47.53~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt10
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-47-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan 26 21:03:19 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-25 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
SourcePackage: linux-lts-vivid
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: linux-lts-vivid (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

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Title:
  Wifi is stuck in Hard blocked: yes and can't use toshiba p50-c-183 FN
  key to unlock it

Status in linux-lts-vivid package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  # rfkill list
  0: hci0: Bluetooth
  	Soft blocked: no
  	Hard blocked: no
  1: phy0: Wireless LAN
  	Soft blocked: no
  	Hard blocked: yes

  looking at syslog I see a bunch of : 
  toshiba_acpi: Unknown key 158

  nothing on acpi_listen

  # apt-cache policy linux-generic-lts-vivid 
  linux-generic-lts-vivid:
    Installé : 3.19.0.47.32
    Candidat : 3.19.0.47.32
   Table de version :
   *** 3.19.0.47.32 0
          500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
          500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  # lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
  Release:	14.04

  switching to willy kernel seems to partly solve the problem
  # uname -a
  Linux pro 4.2.0-25-generic #30~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 18 16:25:56 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  the fn key seems to toggle the "Soft blocked" attribute. So still no
  wifi. This looks similar to https://askubuntu.com/questions/709377/wi-
  fi-is-disabled-by-hardware-switch-on-toshiba-satellite-p855-335

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: linux-image-3.19.0-47-generic 3.19.0-47.53~14.04.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-47.53~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt10
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-47-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Jan 26 21:03:19 2016
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-25 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
  SourcePackage: linux-lts-vivid
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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