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From: joeyli <jlee@suse.com>
To: Samuel Sieb <samuel@sieb.net>
Cc: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Acer ES1-522 wifi blocked and Fn keys don't work (WMI)
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 22:36:57 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170122143657.GX10410@linux-l9pv.suse> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3743f661-2ef2-1f54-819c-8dc15569f905@sieb.net>

Hi Samuel, 

What is your kernel verion?

Joey Lee 

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 12:05:52PM -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> I have a user with an Acer ES1-522 laptop and the wifi isn't working. The
> driver detects it correctly, but rfkill says it's hard blocked.  The wifi
> toggle key doesn't have any effect.  The touchpad toggle button disables the
> touchpad, but doesn't enable it when pressed again. However, suspend/resume
> resets the touchpad to working again.  The acer-wmi module is loaded and an
> input device is created.  However, none of the listed keys actually provide
> any output.
> 
> I blacklisted the acer_wmi module and now the wifi works.  Is there any
> further information I could provide that would help?
>
What is your kernel verion?

And, did you see any messages in dmesg when you pressed those fn-keys?

Thanks
Joey Lee 

  reply	other threads:[~2017-01-22 14:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-01-18 20:05 Acer ES1-522 wifi blocked and Fn keys don't work (WMI) Samuel Sieb
2017-01-22 14:36 ` joeyli [this message]
2017-01-23 23:23   ` Samuel Sieb
2017-01-24  3:48     ` joeyli
2017-01-24  3:51       ` joeyli
2017-01-24  4:41       ` Samuel Sieb
2017-01-31 22:07       ` Samuel Sieb
2017-02-08  3:34         ` joeyli

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