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wireless switch not working (HP Pavilion dv1550se w/ 2200BG)

Bug #616076 reported by S. Christian Collins on 2010-08-10

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Expired	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

** Bug Description **
Using kernel 2.6.33 or later, the wireless switch on my HP Pavilion dv1550se no longer activates the wireless card. Pressing the wireless button does absolutely nothing (nothing lights up, no network activity). Using kernel 2.6.32.* or earlier, the wireless button will cause the button to light up, the wireless LED to flash and wireless networks to be detected (note: it has to be pressed twice initially, but it does work).

I have tested the following system combinations:
. Ubuntu Hardy through Lucid, kernels up to 2.6.32-24.39: wireless works
. Ubuntu Lucid, kernels 2.6.33 through 2.6.35-rc6 (courtesy of mainline kernel ppa): wireless broken
. Ubuntu Maverick alpha3, kernel 2.6.35-14 via live CD: wireless broken

All kernels seem to detect the wireless hardware, while indicating that the wireless "kill switch" is turned on.

WORKAROUND: Install rfkill and add the following command to run on startup:
rfkill unblock wifi

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: linux-image-generic 2.6.35.14.15
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-14.19-generic 2.6.35
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-14-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
Cannot stat file /proc/2634/fd/30: Stale NFS file handle
                      USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 2644 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'ICH6'/'Intel ICH6 with Cx20468-31 at irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'Conexant Cx20468-31'
   Components : 'AC97a:43585430'
   Controls : 23
   Simple ctrls : 16
Date: Tue Aug 10 21:06:07 2010
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100803.1)
Lsusb:
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv1000 (EP347UA#ABA)
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.37
SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 03/23/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.22
dmi.board.name: 308F
dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
dmi.board.version: 46.13
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.22:bd03/23/2006:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv1000(EP347UA#ABA):pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn308F:rvr46.13:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv1000 (EP347UA#ABA)
dmi.product.version: Rev 1
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

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S. Christian Collins (s-chriscollins) wrote on 2010-08-10:

AcpiTables.txt Edit (108.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AlsaDevices.txt Edit (589 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AplayDevices.txt Edit (275 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ArecordDevices.txt Edit (526 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (42.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Amixer.values.txt Edit (3.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Codecs.codec97.0.ac97.0.0.txt Edit (813 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Codecs.codec97.0.ac97.0.0.regs.txt Edit (767 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (516 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (12.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciMultimedia.txt Edit (759 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (541 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RfKill.txt Edit (121 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (89.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (198.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (75.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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S. Christian Collins (s-chriscollins) wrote on 2010-10-02:

Bug still present in Maverick RC1.

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S. Christian Collins (s-chriscollins) wrote on 2010-10-02:

My current workaround:
1) Install rfkill
2) Add the following command to run on startup: rfkill unblock wifi

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Koby (kobayashison) wrote on 2010-12-10:

I had the same problem but now it works again without having to "rfkill unblock all" after the kernel upgrade from 2.6.35-23-generic-pae to 2.6.35-24-generic-pae. I can't be sure that was thanks to the upgrade.

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Koby (kobayashison) wrote on 2011-03-01:

With 2.6.35-27-generic-pae kernel works only if at the boot the switch was on. Booting with the switch off, is not possible to turn the wifi on even using "rfkill unblock"

Brad Figg (brad-figg) on 2011-04-06

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2012-06-14:

S. Christian Collins, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Maverick reached EOL on April 10, 2012.
Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We were wondering if this is still an issue in a supported release? If so, can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

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

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

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text.

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the tag: 'kernel-bug-exists-upstream'.

If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, for example it will not boot, please add the tag: 'kernel-unable-to-test-upstream'.

Please let us know your results. Thanks in advance.

penalvch (penalvch) on 2012-10-15

description:	updated
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-12-15:

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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