From: "Ozan Çağlayan" <ozan@pardus.org.tr>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Rfkill always soft/hard blocked upon boot
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:09:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D45B776.4000403@pardus.org.tr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D45B338.8010802@lwfinger.net>
On 30.01.2011 20:51, Larry Finger wrote:
> The nature of that Fn-F2 key depends on how the motherboard manufacturer coded
> their BIOS. Most do it as a toggle and use some WMI (Windows Management
> Interface) code to initialize it on boot up. As this no-name laptop is unlikely
> to have a WMI driver the way that name brands do, it probably generates a
> keystroke. That is easy to check - Use CTRL-ALT-F1 to switch to a console, log
> in, and issue the command "showkey". Is a keycode returned when Fn-F2 is pressed?
Hmm I've got it. So maybe taking look at the ACPI tables/WMI block can
reveal a way to initialize the toggle? I'm not really experienced in
these things but I'll take a look out of curiosity.
Thanks!
--
Pardus Linux
http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-30 19:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-30 12:46 Rfkill always soft/hard blocked upon boot Ozan Çağlayan
2011-01-30 18:51 ` Larry Finger
2011-01-30 19:09 ` Ozan Çağlayan [this message]
2011-01-31 2:08 ` Joey Lee
2011-01-31 2:08 ` Joey Lee
2011-01-31 9:03 ` Ozan Çağlayan
2011-01-31 10:21 ` Joey Lee
2011-01-31 10:21 ` Joey Lee
2011-01-31 11:04 ` Ozan Çağlayan
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