Re: Acer ES1-522 wifi blocked and Fn keys don't work (WMI)

[joeyli <jlee@suse.com>]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 11:48:23AM +0800, joeyli wrote:
> Hi Samuel, 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 03:23:19PM -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> > On 01/22/2017 06:36 AM, joeyli wrote:
> > >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?
> > >
> > It's running Fedora 24, so the latest kernel at the time was probably
> > 4.8.17.  I see that a 4.9.5 kernel is available for F24 now, so I can try
> > that one if it would be helpful.
> > 
> 
> I see.
> 
> > >And, did you see any messages in dmesg when you pressed those fn-keys?
> > >
> > I didn't see any messages at all.
> > 
> > Also, on all the Acer laptops I checked, the accelerometer device gives the
> > "Operation not permitted" error.  Should I split that into a new thread?  It
> > appears to be part of the acer-wmi module as well.
> > 
> 
> Could you please create two bugs on https://bugzilla.kernel.org/ ? One for 
> function key, another one for accelerometer. I prefer to collect debug 
> messages/files on bugzilla for reference in the future. Please send bug
> number to me after you created it.
> 
> On the other hand, please attach your acpidump result on bugzilla:
>  # acpidump > acpidump.raw
> 
> I want to check the DSDT table for more detail.
>

And, please attach your dmesg on bugzilla that it includes messages after
modprobe acer-wmi driver and press the issue function keys.

Thanks
Joey Lee