I had this same issue on an Asus K501UX with Ubuntu 15.10 freshly installed. Wifi showed hardware blocked, fn+F2 does not work so there was no obvious way to enable wifi. The same workaround fixed the problem: options asus_nb_wmi wapf=4
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1358427 Title: Fn + F2 is not working on ASUS X551C. WIFI shows hard blocked. Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Installed Ubuntu Desktop AMD 64 on new ASUS X551C laptop. FN + F2 key does not enable / disable wifi. Wifi shows hard disabled. WORKAROUND: /etc/modprobe.d$ more asus-wifi.conf options asus_nb_wmi wapf=4 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.13.0-34-generic 3.13.0-34.60 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: narinder 1593 F.... pulseaudio Date: Mon Aug 18 23:34:07 2014 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8990ae8d-d815-4be0-af3a-d94db39371b0 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-17 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X551CAP ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_IN:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_IN SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-34-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-34-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-34-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.127.5 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/23/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: X551CAP.209 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: X551CAP dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrX551CAP.209:bd01/23/2014:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnX551CAP:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnX551CAP:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: X551CAP dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1358427/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
