Not promoting the "WORKAROUND" here, but as long as people coming to this page have to resort to it, I've re-written it in a cleaner and more comprehensive manner in this thread : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2181558 (also includes how to quickly & completely revert back)
Post #1 in it contains the symptoms, verification, and the workaround, and post #2 contains a workaround for the Fn+F2 key disability. Also, this workaround is LIMITED to *ASUS* Notebooks/Netbooks ONLY. I myself have an Asus X54C, but haven't upgraded from kernel 3.2.0-36 yet, so not affected yet. (a 500+ download will take about 2-3 frustrating days on my snail pace gprs connection that breaks every few hours). Would be more than happy to do the bisecting and other requested operations as soon as I upgrade. As a side note, I think there should be a separate bug report against "asus_nb_wmi" driver as this one addresses a problem that can be caused by other reasons on other models too. Have requested the same in the linked thread too. -- 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/1173681 Title: 168c:002b 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: Create and edit asus_nb_wmi.conf file with this command: sudo echo "options asus_nb_wmi wapf=1" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/asus_nb_wmi.conf 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. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1173681/+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
