Bug ID 904289
Summary ideapad_laptop kernel module hard blocked wifi
Classification openSUSE
Product openSUSE 12.3
Version Final
Hardware x86-64
OS openSUSE 13.2
Status NEW
Severity Major
Priority P5 - None
Component Kernel
Assignee kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com
Reporter brioscaibriste@gmail.com
QA Contact qa-bugs@suse.de
Found By ---
Blocker ---

On my lenovo yoga 2 13" (not pro), I am having an issue with the ideapad_laptop
module. 

This laptop does not have a wifi hardware switch or bios setting to control
it's on/off status. 

When I install any linux distro, the wifi adapter gets hard blocked, as per the
rfkill output:

2: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes

This cannot be reactivated in Windows using the wifi on/off or lenovo tools, it
simply sees the device as switched off. 

POSSIBLE FIX
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have not been able to re-enable the wifi using opensuse 13.1 or 13.2. I have
only been able to re-enable it using fedora 20, by updating to the latest
kernel, then running the command "rfkill unblock all". I believe Fedora have
patched their kernel, can this be done in the opensuse kernel?
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1021036

I have investigated this issue and it appears to be similar but not identical
to other bugs [ https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54361 and
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43007 ]. 

If all else fails I will attempt this, to modify and rebuild the kernel module:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/434547/wireless-hard-block

Other than that 13.2 is a blast so far :D


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