From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Samuel Sieb Subject: acer-wmi doesn't work with new Acer Aspire ES 15 models Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 15:54:56 -0700 Message-ID: <55EA2140.80403@sieb.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp-out-no.shaw.ca ([64.59.134.13]:52400 "EHLO smtp-out-no.shaw.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933961AbbIDXDM (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Sep 2015 19:03:12 -0400 Received: from [192.168.53.1] (unknown [24.69.201.142]) by gw.sieb.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 840622031E for ; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 15:55:01 -0700 (PDT) Sender: platform-driver-x86-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org I just bought a few new Acer Aspire ES 15 laptops of two different models. Both models are ES1-521-* and I found a posting of someone else having the same problem with a similar model number. For searching purposes, the exact model numbers are: ES1-521-46IE ES1-521-82FG ES1-521-88R9 (from https://ubuntu-mate.community forums) The issue is that if the acer-wmi module is loaded, the wifi rfkill is hard blocked. Also, none of the keys that the module claims to provide do anything. E.g. the wifi toggle and screen switch keys don't actually send a key press or do anything else. If I blacklist the module, then the wifi works fine (and the keys still don't have any effect). I will have access to these laptops for the next week and intermittently after that if there's anything I could do to help solve this.