[Bug 667441] [NEW] ubuntu 10.10 dell_laptop module disables wifi

[Daniel Cardin]

Public bug reported:

This is new to 10.10. In 10.04, wireless was working just fine.

I am reporting against dell_laptop because everything else works fine.

Wireless DOES work using wicd, even though nm-applet is reporting it disabled. 
I can only assume it's not a problem with the broadcom driver (wl)

The rfkill status is always blocked both soft and hard. Trying to force
the status in rfkill does not work.

1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: yes


I then supposed there was a problem with the dell_laptop driver so I blacklisted it but that completely disabled the wireless.
So it seems the driver makes the devices available and is thus

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic-pae 2.6.35-22.35
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic-pae 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  daniel     1647 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf3300000 irq 49'
   Mixer name	: 'IDT 92HD81B1C5'
   Components	: 'HDA:111d76d5,102802c0,00100302'
   Controls      : 14
   Simple ctrls  : 9
Date: Wed Oct 27 15:20:56 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=e9bbfdc9-f467-42f8-8353-a9dd81756da6
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 1720
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic-pae root=UUID=b5f80ff1-8ba9-441d-bc1a-265771c6eaf3 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 04/08/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A02
dmi.board.name: 0P369J
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd04/08/2009:svnDellInc.:pnVostro1720:pvrNull:rvnDellInc.:rn0P369J:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Vostro 1720
dmi.product.version: Null
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 kernel-net maverick needs-upstream-testing regression-release

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ubuntu 10.10 dell_laptop module disables wifi
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