#7879 BLOC 8.2.0 (: Wifi chip should power down when lid is closed and mesh is off

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#7879: Wifi chip should power down when lid is closed and mesh is off
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   Reporter:  gnu                  |       Owner:  cjb                 
       Type:  defect               |      Status:  new                 
   Priority:  blocker              |   Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
  Component:  power manager (OHM)  |     Version:  not specified       
 Resolution:                       |    Keywords:  blocks:8.2.0        
Next_action:  test in build        |    Verified:  0                   
  Blockedby:  5144, 6995, 7690     |    Blocking:                      
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Comment(by gnu):

 I tried this on joyride-2395 with Q2E15 firmware, on my G1G1 whose
 keyboard doesn't work due to stuck CTRL key.  When not associated with an
 access point, closing the lid left the WiFi chip powered up (LED lit), and
 the On LED blinked.  After I associated with access point ToadHall2, it
 did turn off the WiFi chip (both WiFi lights went out) when I closed the
 lid, though oddly, the power light stayed on.  When I opened it again, the
 WiFi chip was powered back up -- but it had lost its configuration.  It
 went back to trying to start a mesh on channel 1, ignoring the prior state
 of being on access point "ToadHall2".

 When I tried re-associating with ToadHall2, then pressed the power button,
 it went into the same state (WiFi LED off, Power LED on).  But when I then
 pressed the space bar, the power light flickered, then went off, and then
 the power light started to blink.

 As an aside, the network reporting in this joyride release was bad; the
 Network page didn't put a star on the access point after I picked it,
 though hovering over it said "Connected".  The Frame reported both a mesh
 dot and an access point dot, and the mesh reported a different radio
 channel than the access point.  The access point dot reported an IP
 address, but no status about current state.  I couldn't easily test
 whether the network worked, since it came with no activities and ctrl-
 alt-f1 and typing "ping" doesn't work on a broken keyboard.  Bizarrely,
 now that I closed the lid, and reopened, the Network panel puts a star on
 the ToadHall2 access point, but the hover over it offers to "Connect" (and
 the Frame only has a mesh dot).

 Because it loses its association with the access point upon a lid-close, I
 think this bug/enhancement isn't done yet.

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