From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Florian Heyer Subject: Re: Wifi switch not working, linux on IdeaPad S205 Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 15:02:36 +0200 Message-ID: <4DE4E6EC.7080005@flanto.de> References: <4DAB18C3.7010106@flanto.de> <4DAB9566.7010601@canonical.com> <4DB92866.4000008@flanto.de> <4DE48486.1050702@canonical.com> <4DE51718020000230002D4CF@novprvlin0050.provo.novell.com> <4DE48CD5.1080008@canonical.com> <4DE49815.4010901@flanto.de> <4DE5448A020000230002D51E@novprvlin0050.provo.novell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from melmac.flanto.de ([78.46.67.50]:47177 "EHLO melmac.flanto.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750789Ab1EaNCp (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 May 2011 09:02:45 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4DE5448A020000230002D51E@novprvlin0050.provo.novell.com> Sender: platform-driver-x86-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Joey Lee Cc: ike.pan@canonical.com, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org On 05/31/2011 11:42 AM, Joey Lee wrote: > Just checked your DSDT, it declared the AMW0 methods, I agreed Ike's > suggestion that will be better you direct test acer-wmi on your machine. > > Please modprobe acer-wmi driver, then try to turn on/off bluetooth or > wireless device by rfkill. Hello Joey, here are some findings with acer_wmi. I execute the following steps from top to bottom, and only after the last step my wifi works. After each step you find the output of "rfkill list": after booting (no ideapad_laptop, no acer_wmi): 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes after loading acer_wmi (wifi switch is on): 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no after switching off: 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no switching on again: 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes 2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no 3: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no after removing acer_wmi with modprobe -r: 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 3: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no Now wifi networking can be used! The optimal solution would be to have ideapad_laptop make all initialisations so wifi can be used after booting with no manual steps necessary. Regards -- Florian Heyer - heyho@flanto.de