** Description changed: In 32-bit Lucid Lynx I was able to get the broadcom BCM4212 wireless working with the proprietary driver that I installed. There is however a very annoying bug related to the wireless switch on this Dell Vostro 1320 and I am not sure if it is related to the switch itself, with the wireless driver or with network-manager. What happens is the following: Whenever the computer is turned on (or returning from suspend/hibernate) the current position of the wireless switch is recognized by network- - manager (or kernel, don´t know where this is detected) as being in - disabled mode. This is fine if that's in fact the position of the switch - is actually disabled as enabling it will turn on the hardware (blue - wireless light comes on) and network-manager will identify it as active - automatically enabling wireless (unless I deactivate it there of course) - allowing we to connect. If the switch is actually in the "on" position - when the computer is turned on (which it will be most of the time) the - blue wireless light is on and seemingly working while network-manager + manager (actually likely by rfkill) as being in disabled mode. This is + fine if that's in fact the position of the switch is actually disabled + as enabling it will turn on the hardware (blue wireless light comes on) + and network-manager will identify it as active automatically enabling + wireless (unless I deactivate it there of course) allowing we to + connect. If the switch is actually in the "on" position when the + computer is turned on (which it will be most of the time) the blue + wireless light is on and seemingly working while network-manager recognizes it as being off and grays out the option of activating wireless. Flipping the switch now will cause network-manager to think it is on (and so it "activates" wireless) but at the same time the hardware is actually turned off (blue light goes off as well) so no networks are ever found. This is really annoying since I always have to reboot/suspend all the time to be able to use wireless. It is even more frustrating because the computer is not mine (I am just configuring it for a complete linux/ubuntu newbie) and my friend is waiting for a fully functional ubuntu. I should also mention that the the switch works as it should in Windows Vista (it's a dual-boot configuration). Trying the behavior from a live-usb (lucid) gives the same results even before activating the proprietary driver (which leads me to believe the problem is not with the driver itself). - I checked /var/log/messages and /var/log/kernel and didn´t see any - entries when flipping the switch so I do not know if the problem is with - network-manager or with the kernel and I also don´t know which log - files/command outputs I should include/look into to further troubleshoot - but let me know which ones are valid and I´ll include them right away. - Short of a solution, any workaround would be very welcome. Such as fooling kernel/network-manager that wireless switch is always on etc. Kristofer + + Here is the output of some commands that might be useful: + + rfkill - seemingly the culprit, here showing hardware as off even though + it was on as happens when turning computer on with switch on: + + rfkill list + 0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN + Soft blocked: no + Hard blocked: yes + + Turning the killswitch off at this point "wrongly" toggles the + killswitch to the "Hard blocked: no" state. + + $lspci | grep Broadcom + 0e:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01) + + + $ lsmod + Module Size Used by + binfmt_misc 6587 1 + ppdev 5259 0 + vboxnetadp 6326 0 + vboxnetflt 15162 0 + vboxdrv 190409 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt + snd_hda_codec_idt 51914 1 + fbcon 35102 71 + tileblit 2031 1 fbcon + font 7557 1 fbcon + bitblit 4707 1 fbcon + softcursor 1189 1 bitblit + vga16fb 11385 0 + vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb + joydev 8708 0 + snd_hda_intel 21877 2 + snd_hda_codec 74201 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel + snd_hwdep 5412 1 snd_hda_codec + snd_pcm_oss 35308 0 + snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss + snd_pcm 70662 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss + snd_seq_dummy 1338 0 + snd_seq_oss 26726 0 + snd_seq_midi 4557 0 + snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi + snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi + snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event + snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq + snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq + i915 282354 3 + drm_kms_helper 29297 1 i915 + uvcvideo 56990 0 + dell_wmi 1793 0 + snd 54148 16 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device + lib80211_crypt_tkip 7596 0 + drm 162471 4 i915,drm_kms_helper + psmouse 63245 0 + videodev 34361 1 uvcvideo + dell_laptop 6856 0 + dcdbas 5422 1 dell_laptop + soundcore 6620 1 snd + snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm + sdhci_pci 5470 0 + sdhci 15462 1 sdhci_pci + led_class 2864 1 sdhci + intel_agp 24177 2 i915 + serio_raw 3978 0 + agpgart 31724 2 drm,intel_agp + v4l1_compat 13251 2 uvcvideo,videodev + i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 i915 + wl 1959598 0 + lib80211 5046 2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl + video 17375 1 i915 + output 1871 1 video + lp 7028 0 + parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp + r8169 33884 0 + ohci1394 26950 0 + mii 4381 1 r8169 + ahci 32008 4 + ieee1394 81181 1 ohci1394 + + $ nm-tool + ... + - Device: eth2 ----------------------------------------------------------------- + Type: 802.11 WiFi + Driver: wl + State: unavailable + Default: no + HW Address: 00:26:5E:82:30:5B + + Capabilities: + + Wireless Properties + WEP Encryption: yes + WPA Encryption: yes + WPA2 Encryption: yes + + Wireless Access Points
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/lucid/rfkill ** Branch unlinked: lp:ubuntu/lucid/rfkill -- Wireless switch position not properly detected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588366 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
