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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

DoomWarrior, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any
activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If
so, could you please test for this with the latest development release
of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com
/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in
the development release from a Terminal
(Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather
and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available (not the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom) following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.12

This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's
Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your
understanding.


** Tags added: bios-outdated-f.47 needs-upstream-testing

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Incomplete

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Title:
  HP 635 - wifi doen't work (phy is hard blocked)

Status in The Linux Kernel:
  Confirmed
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  This Notebook runs SLES 11 (SP1) with working wifi and bluetooth with working light for key on Fn+F12. After installing Ubuntu 12.04 wifi stopped working.
  I tried to track down the issue, as far as I can say there is an issue in either ath9k or/and hp-wim

  Problem: Hardwarekey Fn+F12 doen't change the light on the keyboard between white (on) and orange (off). The light change while booting from orange (off) to white (on) and stays there, no matter what I do!
  There are four devices in rfkill:

  0: hci0: Bluetooth
          Soft blocked: no
          Hard blocked: no
  6: phy1: Wireless LAN
          Soft blocked: no
          Hard blocked: yes
  9: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
          Soft blocked: yes
          Hard blocked: no
  10: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
          Soft blocked: yes
          Hard blocked: no

  device 9 and 10 are belonging to hp-wmi. If I rmmod the hp-wmi driver those two devices are gone and Fn+F12 does nothing.
  If driver is active Fn+F12 toggle 9 and 10 (light is not updated!) but not the phy (dev 6) or hci (dev 0). Since hci is not blocked by default bluetooth is working, but wifi is blocked on boot. There is no BIOS option in the HP635 to enable wifi!

  Even worst if I call "rfkill unblock all" events occour for all four
  devices, but hp-wifi (dev 9) and hp-bluetooth (dev 10) stay on soft
  blocked: yes! Bluetooth unity gui element obviously scans for dev 10
  and always report an deactivated bluetooth connection. (But Bluetooth
  is working since hci0 is unblocked and running!)

  There is a commit for hp-wmi which plays around with soft & hard block stats
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=c0b9c6494498014f28dbec37fe327bf016a91356
  which could cause some of the problems above. 

  summery:
  hardware button don't toggle wifi and bluetooth hardware blocks  only hp-wmi hardware blocks
  software button toggle software blocks for some devs, but hp-wmi software blocks aren't touched. It is impossible to have all blocks to "unblock"

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: linux-image-3.2.0-18-generic 3.2.0-18.28
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
  ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  ArecordDevices:
   **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
   card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC270 Analog [ALC270 Analog]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  doomwarrior   1703 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  doomwarrior   1703 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xf0444000 irq 44'
     Mixer name	: 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
     Components	: 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
     Controls      : 6
     Simple ctrls  : 1
  Card0.Amixer.values:
   Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
     Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
     Playback channels: Mono
     Mono: Playback [on]
  Card1.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:1 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xf0440000 irq 16'
     Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC270'
     Components	: 'HDA:10ec0270,103c3577,00100100'
     Controls      : 18
     Simple ctrls  : 10
  Date: Wed Mar  7 22:28:29 2012
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=0c973408-1118-4297-b074-8d4d6aec5e23
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120306)
  IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP 635 Notebook PC
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-18-generic root=UUID=47e0679f-33de-4fd7-b558-f7f40ae25e87 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-18-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-18-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.71
  RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
  SourcePackage: linux
  StagingDrivers: rts_pstor
  UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 11/07/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.bios.version: F.42
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: 3577
  dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.board.version: 24.48
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.42:bd11/07/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHP635NotebookPC:pvr058A100000004C10002600000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn3577:rvr24.48:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
  dmi.product.name: HP 635 Notebook PC
  dmi.product.version: 058A100000004C10002600000
  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

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