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petan
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 Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:43 pm Post subject: wi-fi key combo doesn't work on latitude e5550 |
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This is probably one of most annoying bugs ever. I got e5550 with wi-fi driver working, adapter is found, everything is OK, but rfkill gets me:
| Code: | $ sudo rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes |
And there is unfortunately no way to remove that hard block. The laptop has no physical switch for wi-fi, only keyboard combo, fn + wi-fi symbol. When I press it in BIOS, wi-fi gets turned ON. When I start booting linux, it's still on, until this moment:
[ 24.564635] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to disable radio.
I suspect that wi-fi driver just disable wi-fi for power saving or something. The LED is turned off and wi-fi gets disabled. When I press the key-combo I get:
[ 838.981525] dell_wmi: Unknown key with scancode 0x153 pressed
[ 865.212009] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x88 on isa0060/serio0).
[ 865.212013] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e008 <keycode>' to make it known.
So, the wi-fi works great, but I can't use it. Because kernel doesn't understand the keyboard.
Is there any way to get it working? |
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khayyam
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| Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 2:33 am Post subject: Re: wi-fi key combo doesn't work on latitude e5550 |
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| petan wrote: | | [...] there is unfortunately no way to remove that hard block. The laptop has no physical switch for wi-fi, only keyboard combo, fn + wi-fi symbol. When I press it in BIOS, wi-fi gets turned ON. When I start booting linux, it's still on, until this moment: |
petan ... take a look at the output of 'modinfo iwlwifi' for a 'parm: no_hw_rfkill_switch' (or similar), if there you should be able to add it as a parameter and so have it ignore the rfkill swtich state, eg:
| /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf: | | options iwlwifi no_hw_rfkill_switch=1 |
... that's assuming it has such a parameter, and is 'bool'.
| petan wrote: | | Code: | [ 838.981525] dell_wmi: Unknown key with scancode 0x153 pressed
[ 865.212009] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x88 on isa0060/serio0).
[ 865.212013] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e008 <keycode>' to make it known. |
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hmmm ... does the bios have a setting for disabling the hotkey for wireless switch? Older Dell's did. If not then you could do as the log suggests and make the <keycode> known via setkeycodes.
HTH & best ... khay |
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petan
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| Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:33 am Post subject: |
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Unfortunatelly there is no such a thing:
parm: swcrypto:using crypto in software (default 0 [hardware]) (int)
parm: 11n_disable:disable 11n functionality, bitmap: 1: full, 2: disable agg TX, 4: disable agg RX, 8 enable agg TX (uint)
parm: amsdu_size:amsdu size 0:4K 1:8K 2:12K (default 0) (int)
parm: fw_restart:restart firmware in case of error (default true) (bool)
parm: antenna_coupling:specify antenna coupling in dB (default: 0 dB) (int)
parm: nvm_file:NVM file name (charp)
parm: d0i3_disable:disable d0i3 functionality (default: Y) (bool)
parm: lar_disable:disable LAR functionality (default: N) (bool)
parm: uapsd_disable:disable U-APSD functionality (default: Y) (bool)
parm: bt_coex_active:enable wifi/bt co-exist (default: enable) (bool)
parm: led_mode:0=system default, 1=On(RF On)/Off(RF Off), 2=blinking, 3=Off (default: 0) (int)
parm: power_save:enable WiFi power management (default: disable) (bool)
parm: power_level:default power save level (range from 1 - 5, default: 1) (int)
parm: fw_monitor:firmware monitor - to debug FW (default: false - needs lots of memory) (bool)
parm: d0i3_timeout:Timeout to D0i3 entry when idle (ms) (uint)
Regarding key-code, I would do that, but I have no idea how, eg. which keycode should I provide so that it works? |
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khayyam
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| Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| petan wrote: | | Unfortunatelly there is no such a thing: |
petan ... ok, well that rules that out.
| petan wrote: | | Regarding key-code, I would do that, but I have no idea how, eg. which keycode should I provide so that it works? |
Can you provide the output of 'dumpkeys | grep 185'? (e008 = 57 + 128 = 185). Asuming this is correct, you should be able to 'setkeycodes e008 185'.
best ... khay |
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petan
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| Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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localhost grumpy # dumpkeys | grep 185
keycode 185 = nul
altgr control keycode 185 = VoidSymbol
shift alt keycode 185 = VoidSymbol
doing that setcode as you suggest doesn't seem to change or fix it |
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khayyam
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:58 am Post subject: |
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| petan wrote: | | doing that setcode as you suggest doesn't seem to change or fix it |
petan ... sorry, 008 is 8, not 57 ... so, 8 + 128 = 136 ... so it should be 'setkeycodes e008 136'. It has been a long time since I've used setkeycodes, and my memory is sketchy.
HTH & best ... khay |
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petan
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:04 am Post subject: |
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I tried that now pressing the keys still result in
[10405.729661] dell_wmi: Unknown key with scancode 0x153 pressed
however there is no information that I should set the keys somehow, the wi-fi status doesn't seem to change when I press it. It's really weird :/ I however found a nasty workaround: boot, hibernate, boot to BIOS, enable wifi using key, resume from hibernate = wi-fi is enabled. Now I just must never reboot  only suspend or hibernate... |
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