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From: Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>
To: mjg@redhat.com, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: hp-wmi on HP dv5z
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:40:53 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48DD56E5.2080705@symas.com> (raw)

Hi, just got a new HP dv5z laptop and trying to make sense of how everything 
fits together. The wifi button on this laptop doesn't appear to generate any 
keyboard event. I loaded the hp-wmi module, and that allows me to toggle the 
wlan and bluetooth in software, by writing to 
/sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[01]/state. But pressing the button still does 
nothing. What am I missing?

Also, disabling the wifi the first time turns the wifi LED from blue (active) 
to orange (inactive) which is what I'd expect, but re-enabling it leaves the 
LED orange. Again, what am I missing?

Without the hp-wmi module loaded, FN+F7 and FN+F8 would control the display 
backlight brightness. With it loaded, these keys do nothing. Seems there's 
some conflict between hp-wmi and ACPI. Any suggestions?
-- 
   -- Howard Chu
   CTO, Symas Corp.           http://www.symas.com
   Director, Highland Sun     http://highlandsun.com/hyc/
   Chief Architect, OpenLDAP  http://www.openldap.org/project/

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