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[Bug 1264863] Re: 14e4:4727 [Asus 1015PE] BIOS WiFi was changed to disabled upon installation of Ubuntu 13.10

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From: "Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2014 16:37:48 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1264863 <1264863@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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** Summary changed:

- 14e4:4727 [Asus 1015PE] WiFi disabled in BIOS upon installation of Ubuntu 13.10
+ 14e4:4727 [Asus 1015PE] BIOS WiFi was changed to disabled upon installation of Ubuntu 13.10

** Description changed:

- I successively upgraded from 12.04 LTS to 12.10 to 13.04 to 13.10 on my
- Asus EEE PC 1015PED, and upon booting, I saw "wifi disabled via hardware
- switch" in the network-manager toolbar menu. rfkill list returned
- 
+ Initially, in my BIOS the WiFi was enabled. I successively upgraded from 12.04 LTS to 12.10 to 13.04 to 13.10 on my Asus EEE PC 1015PED, and upon booting, I saw "wifi disabled via hardware switch" in the network-manager toolbar menu. rfkill list returned
  4: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
- 	Soft blocked: no
- 	Hard blocked: yes
+  Soft blocked: no
+  Hard blocked: yes
  
  and I wasn't able to use the hardware switch (Fn-F2 or the custom
- button) or sudo rfkill unblock all to enable it. I struggled for a long
- time with drivers, but eventually found that it was simply disabled in
- BIOS, and by enabling it there at boot time, it worked again!
+ button) or sudo rfkill unblock all to enable it.
  
- I'm not sure if this is a bug in an installer, or if there should just
- be an advisory in network-manager or in the Network system prefs
- indicating ways to enable wifi, but I didn't want anyone else to have to
- struggle as much as I did.
+ WORKAROUND: Enable it in the BIOS.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: linux-image-3.11.0-14-generic 3.11.0-14.21
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
-  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
-  /dev/snd/controlC0:  warren     2306 F.... pulseaudio
+  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
+  /dev/snd/controlC0:  warren     2306 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDmesg:
-  [   24.161461] init: anacron main process (1036) killed by TERM signal
-  [   51.494938] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
-  [   51.509895] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
-  [   51.515677] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
-  [   64.223104] perf samples too long (2525 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000
+  [   24.161461] init: anacron main process (1036) killed by TERM signal
+  [   51.494938] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
+  [   51.509895] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
+  [   51.515677] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
+  [   64.223104] perf samples too long (2525 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000
  Date: Sun Dec 29 11:40:56 2013
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=f83d49e0-b9d7-4bb9-8a7c-eca9b7eb48c5
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-01-18 (711 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1015PE
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcFB:
-  0 inteldrmfb
-  1 VESA VGA
+  0 inteldrmfb
+  1 VESA VGA
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-14-generic root=UUID=224d803b-2f44-4541-8acb-508041eb63f7 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
-  linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-14-generic N/A
-  linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-14-generic  N/A
-  linux-firmware                             1.116
+  linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-14-generic N/A
+  linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-14-generic  N/A
+  linux-firmware                             1.116
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-12-28 (1 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 06/12/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 0502
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: 1015PE
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
  dmi.board.version: x.xx
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
  dmi.chassis.version: x.x
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0502:bd06/12/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1015PE:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1015PE:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
  dmi.product.name: 1015PE
  dmi.product.version: x.x
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.

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Title:
  14e4:4727 [Asus 1015PE] BIOS WiFi was changed to disabled upon
  installation of Ubuntu 13.10

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Initially, in my BIOS the WiFi was enabled. I successively upgraded from 12.04 LTS to 12.10 to 13.04 to 13.10 on my Asus EEE PC 1015PED, and upon booting, I saw "wifi disabled via hardware switch" in the network-manager toolbar menu. rfkill list returned
  4: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
   Soft blocked: no
   Hard blocked: yes

  and I wasn't able to use the hardware switch (Fn-F2 or the custom
  button) or sudo rfkill unblock all to enable it.

  WORKAROUND: Enable it in the BIOS.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: linux-image-3.11.0-14-generic 3.11.0-14.21
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  warren     2306 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDmesg:
   [   24.161461] init: anacron main process (1036) killed by TERM signal
   [   51.494938] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
   [   51.509895] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
   [   51.515677] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
   [   64.223104] perf samples too long (2525 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000
  Date: Sun Dec 29 11:40:56 2013
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=f83d49e0-b9d7-4bb9-8a7c-eca9b7eb48c5
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-01-18 (711 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1015PE
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcFB:
   0 inteldrmfb
   1 VESA VGA
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-14-generic root=UUID=224d803b-2f44-4541-8acb-508041eb63f7 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-14-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-14-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.116
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-12-28 (1 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 06/12/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 0502
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: 1015PE
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
  dmi.board.version: x.xx
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
  dmi.chassis.version: x.x
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0502:bd06/12/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1015PE:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1015PE:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
  dmi.product.name: 1015PE
  dmi.product.version: x.x
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.

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References

[Bug 1264863] [NEW] WiFi disabled in BIOS upon installation of Ubuntu 13.10
From: Jeffrey Warren, 2013-12-29