On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 9:19 PM, Ken Stephens <k...@cad2cam.com> wrote: > Denis Heidtmann wrote: >> "asus_wmi: Error removing rfkill notify handler /_sb.pcio.pop5 >> repeat ...pop6 >> repeat ...pop7 >> >> could not write bytes: Broken Pipe" >> >> I have kernel 3.13.0 Ubuntu 12.04 >> >> Various function buttons fail to work >> >> Googling gave me lots of very technical stuff that was way beyond my pay >> grade. >> >> Does anybody here have a clue as to what the issue is, and possibly a >> way that a mortal can resolve it? It is not urgent, as the machine is >> still usable. >> >> Thanks, >> -Denis >> > Dennis, > > From the driver for the wifi card: > > 696 > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L696> > static voidasus_unregister_rfkill_notifier > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=asus_unregister_rfkill_notifier>(structasus_wmi > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=asus_wmi> *asus, char *node > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=node>) > 697 > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L697> { > 698 > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L698> > acpi_status <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=acpi_status> > status <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=status> =AE_OK > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=AE_OK>; > 699 > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L699> > acpi_handle <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=acpi_handle> > handle <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=handle>; > 700 > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L700> > 701 > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L701> > status <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=status> > =acpi_get_handle > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=acpi_get_handle>(NULL > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=NULL>,node > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=node>, &handle > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=handle>); > 702 > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L702> > 703 > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L703> > if (ACPI_SUCCESS > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=ACPI_SUCCESS>(status > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=status>)) { > 704 > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L704> > status <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=status> > =acpi_remove_notify_handler > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=acpi_remove_notify_handler>(handle > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=handle>, > 705 > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L705> > ACPI_SYSTEM_NOTIFY > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=ACPI_SYSTEM_NOTIFY>, > 706 > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L706> > asus_rfkill_notify > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=asus_rfkill_notify>); > 707 > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L707> > if (ACPI_FAILURE > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=ACPI_FAILURE>(status > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=status>)) > 708 > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L708> > pr_err > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=pr_err>(/"Error removing rfkill notify > handler %s\n"/, > 709 > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L709> > node > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=node>); > 710 > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L710> > } > 711 > <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L711> } > > So it looks like it was fine for the 0 through 4 sockets, but fails on the > 5th, 6th, and 7th socket. Which may > be just chaff and can be ignored. > > > Ken Thanks for looking into this. But there are other symptoms which googling tells me are associated with the error(s): Some of the function controls no longer work, specifically the screen brightness. This is true for my machine.
To give you a sense of how far I am away from understanding all this, what is a socket? -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
