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[Bug 1173681] Re: 168c:002b [asus_nb_wmi] [Asus U32U] AR9285 ath9k not working after updating to ubuntu 13.04 Raring (linux 3.8.0-19-generic)

 

======== Wireless-Info START ========

System-Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

xubuntu 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64,  Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, trusty

CPU    : AMD E-450 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Memory : 3554 MB
Uptime : 18:04:54 up 2 min,  8 users,  load average: 1,17, 0,84, 0,34


lspci ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

04:00.2 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 0a)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1437]
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
--
06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: AzureWave AW-NB037H 802.11bgn Wireless Half-size Mini PCIe Card [AR9002WB-1NGCD] [1a3b:2c37]
	Kernel driver in use: ath9k


lsusb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bus 006 Device 002: ID 13fe:5200 Kingston Technology Company Inc. 
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 13d3:5710 IMC Networks UVC VGA Webcam
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0cf3:3005 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3011 Bluetooth
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13fe:5500 Kingston Technology Company Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub


PCMCIA Card Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


iwconfig ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=off   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          


rfkill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      Interface               Soft blocked  Hard blocked
0: phy0: Wireless LAN             no            yes
1: hci0: Bluetooth                yes           no
2: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN        no            no
3: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth      yes           no


lsmod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

asus_nb_wmi            16990  0 
asus_wmi               24191  1 asus_nb_wmi
sparse_keymap          13948  1 asus_wmi
ath9k                 164164  0 
ath9k_common           13551  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              453856  2 ath9k_common,ath9k
ath                    28698  3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw
mac80211              626489  1 ath9k
cfg80211              484040  3 ath,ath9k,mac80211
wmi                    19177  1 asus_wmi
video                  19476  1 asus_wmi


module parameters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

asus_nb_wmi   (1): wapf=0
ath9k         (5): blink=0 | bt_ant_diversity=0 | btcoex_enable=0 | nohwcrypt=0 | ps_enable=0
cfg80211      (2): cfg80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz=N | ieee80211_regdom=00
mac80211      (5): beacon_loss_count=7 | ieee80211_default_rc_algo=minstrel_ht | max_nullfunc_tries=2 | max_probe_tries=5 | probe_wait_ms=500
video         (3): allow_duplicates=N | brightness_switch_enabled=Y | use_native_backlight=-1
wmi           (2): debug_dump_wdg=N | debug_event=N


nm-tool ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

State: disconnected
================o=============o========o=============o=========o===========o==============o===========
 Interface & ID | Type        | Driver | State       | Default | Speed     | Support      | HW Addr   
================o=============o========o=============o=========o===========o==============o===========
 wlan0          | 802.11 WiFi | ath9k  | unavailable | no      |           | WEP/WPA/WPA2 | <MAC wlan0>
----------------+-------------+--------+-------------+---------+-----------+--------------+-----------
 eth0           | Wired       | r8169  | unavailable | no      |           |              | <MAC eth0>
----------------+-------------+--------+-------------+---------+-----------+--------------+-----------


NetworkManager.state ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true


NetworkManager.conf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile,ofono
dns=dnsmasq

[ifupdown]
managed=false


NM WiFi Profiles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 


interfaces ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

resolv.conf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Routes & Ping ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface


iw reg get ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(Region : "pl_PL.UTF-8")
country 00:
	(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (3, 20)
	(2457 - 2482 @ 40), (3, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
	(2474 - 2494 @ 20), (3, 20), NO-OFDM, PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
	(5170 - 5250 @ 40), (3, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
	(5735 - 5835 @ 40), (3, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS


iwlist chan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

wlan0     14 channels in total; available frequencies :
          Channel 01 (2.412 GHz) - 14 (2.484 GHz)


iwlist scan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


blacklist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf]
blacklist ath_pci


modinfo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[asus_nb_wmi]
filename:       /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/asus-nb-wmi.ko
srcversion:     67514DF02FC4A206C47D0F5
depends:        asus-wmi
parm:           wapf:WAPF value (uint)

[asus_wmi]
filename:       /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.ko
srcversion:     222BD5E26B3EE82CC433FF2
depends:        sparse-keymap,wmi,video

[ath9k]
filename:       /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko
srcversion:     BAF225EEB618908380B28DA
depends:        ath9k_hw,mac80211,ath9k_common,cfg80211,ath
parm:           debug:Debugging mask (uint)
parm:           nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption (int)
parm:           blink:Enable LED blink on activity (int)
parm:           btcoex_enable:Enable wifi-BT coexistence (int)
parm:           bt_ant_diversity:Enable WLAN/BT RX antenna diversity (int)
parm:           ps_enable:Enable WLAN PowerSave (int)

[ath9k_common]
filename:       /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_common.ko
srcversion:     696B00A6C59713EC0966997
depends:        ath,ath9k_hw

[ath9k_hw]
filename:       /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_hw.ko
srcversion:     4809F3842A0542CD6B556D3
depends:        ath

[ath]
filename:       /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.ko
srcversion:     88A67C5359B02C5A710AFCF
depends:        cfg80211

[mac80211]
filename:       /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko
srcversion:     C0F95BBF832E05DEFD722F4
depends:        cfg80211
parm:           max_nullfunc_tries:Maximum nullfunc tx tries before disconnecting (reason 4). (int)
parm:           max_probe_tries:Maximum probe tries before disconnecting (reason 4). (int)
parm:           beacon_loss_count:Number of beacon intervals before we decide beacon was lost. (int)
parm:           probe_wait_ms:Maximum time(ms) to wait for probe response before disconnecting (reason 4). (int)
parm:           ieee80211_default_rc_algo:Default rate control algorithm for mac80211 to use (charp)

[cfg80211]
filename:       /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
srcversion:     8B3D642D1F2E6406EF33F74
depends:        
parm:           ieee80211_regdom:IEEE 802.11 regulatory domain code (charp)
parm:           cfg80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz:Disable 40MHz support in the 2.4GHz band (bool)

[wmi]
filename:       /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.ko
srcversion:     CED5410F008DC70DF5F064B
depends:        
parm:           debug_event:Log WMI Events [0/1] (bool)
parm:           debug_dump_wdg:Dump available WMI interfaces [0/1] (bool)

[video]
filename:       /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/acpi/video.ko
srcversion:     274A2250DEAB415D412A67C
depends:        
parm:           brightness_switch_enabled:bool
parm:           allow_duplicates:bool
parm:           use_native_backlight:int


udev rules ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

# PCI device 0x10ec:0x8168 (r8169)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC eth0>", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"

# PCI device 0x168c:0x002b (ath9k)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC wlan0>", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0"


Custom files/entries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

/etc/modules        : Default
/etc/rc.local       : Default
/etc/modprobe.d     : Not Default
/etc/pm/(cnf|pw|sl) : Default

[/etc/modprobe.d]
iwlwifi.conf      : remove iwlwifi \
                    (/sbin/lsmod | grep -o -e ^iwlmvm -e ^iwldvm -e ^iwlwifi | xargs /sbin/rmmod) \
                    && /sbin/modprobe -r mac80211
mlx4.conf         : softdep mlx4_core post: mlx4_en


Kernel boot line ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi root=UUID=BD06-0E27 maybe-ubiquity
debian-installer/language=pl keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=pl iso-
scan/filename=/xubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso boot=casper
file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed noprompt quiet splash --


dmesg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[    8.559199] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <tigran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Oruba
[    8.559926] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[    8.965782] wmi: Mapper loaded
[    9.035888] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
[   30.910902] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[   32.270053] ath: phy0: Set BT/WLAN RX diversity capability
[   32.332513] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x60
[   32.332524] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[   32.332531] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[   32.332533] ath: Regpair used: 0x60
[   33.286404] asus_wmi: ASUS WMI generic driver loaded
[   33.310168] asus_wmi: Initialization: 0x1
[   33.310235] asus_wmi: BIOS WMI version: 7.6
[   33.310319] asus_wmi: SFUN value: 0xa0877
[   33.315885] input: Asus WMI hotkeys as /devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/input/input18
[   33.484074] asus_wmi: Backlight controlled by ACPI video driver
[   34.428876] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[   34.440140] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

        ======== Done ========

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Title:
  168c:002b [asus_nb_wmi] [Asus U32U] AR9285 ath9k not working after
  updating to ubuntu 13.04 Raring (linux 3.8.0-19-generic)

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

Bug description:
  update: updated the BIOS to the latest version but the problem
  persists.

  Booting with the older kernel (latest linux kernel from 12.10) every thing works fine. After upgrading to Raring Ringtail Ubuntu 13.04, with the new kernel, hardware get blocked/disabled and wireless doesn't work:
  0: phy0: Wireless LAN
   Soft blocked: no
   Hard blocked: yes
  1: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
   Soft blocked: no
   Hard blocked: no

  WORKAROUND - is only applicable to Asus Notebooks/netbooks that use the "asus_nb_wmi" driver:
  Create and edit asus_nb_wmi.conf file with this command:
  sudo echo "options asus_nb_wmi wapf=4" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/asus_nb_wmi.conf

  For more detailed info of the workaround please see:
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2181558

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: linux-image-3.8.0-19-generic 3.8.0-19.29
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  xxxxx      1822 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDmesg:
   [  370.100280] r8169 0000:04:00.2 eth1: link up
   [  370.100322] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
   [  891.718748] systemd-hostnamed[2649]: Warning: nss-myhostname is not installed. Changing the local hostname might make it unresolveable. Please install nss-myhostname!
   [14119.241628] rtsx_pci 0000:04:00.0: vpd r/w failed.  This is likely a firmware bug on this device.  Contact the card vendor for a firmware update.
  Date: Sat Apr 27 17:31:51 2013
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=e417e9f2-b63e-4b79-9be4-c21f55547205
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-07-13 (287 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. U32U
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=UUID=3ad9d88b-a7a5-460f-ba15-a78dd7f2fc94 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-19-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-19-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.106
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-27 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 12/16/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: U32U.204
  dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.board.name: U32U
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
  dmi.board.version: 1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrU32U.204:bd12/16/2011:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnU32U:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnU32U:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
  dmi.product.name: U32U
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

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