Hi Seth. I run tests as follows:
Test-1
-Removed blacklist acer-wmi
-Shut Down
-Cold Boot
-Result below - wireless disabled:
graham@LENOVO:~$ rfkill list
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Test-2
-Used hotkey to enable wireless
-Result below phy0: Hard blocked: yes - wirless disabled:
graham@LENOVO:~$ rfkill list
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
Test-3
rfkill unblock all
-Result below phy0: Hard blocked: no - wireless disabled:
graham@LENOVO:~$ rfkill unblock all
graham@LENOVO:~$ rfkill list
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
-Overall Result remains in following state:
-acer-wireless: Wireless LAN - Soft blocked: yes
-Wireless still disabled
Test-4
Run following command:
graham@LENOVO:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
-Result:
-Wireless light now on but wireless connectivity actually not working
graham@LENOVO:~$ rfkill list
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
-acer-wireless: Wireless LAN - Soft blocked: yes
-Wireless light now on but wireless connectivity still actually not working
Test-5
-Use hotkey to turn off wireless
-Result: unable to turn back on with hotkey
-Run command:
graham@LENOVO:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
-Wireless still disabled
-Run command:
graham@LENOVO:~$ rfkill unblock all
graham@LENOVO:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
-Wireless light now on but wireless connectivity still actually not
working
Test-6
-Confirm hotkey turns off wireless but need to run commands in sequence:
graham@LENOVO:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
graham@LENOVO:~$ rfkill unblock all
graham@LENOVO:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
-Wireless light now on but wireless connectivity still actually not
working
Test-7
-Reboot - wirless disabled
-Hotkey wont turn on wireless
-Run following command:
graham@LENOVO:~$ rfkill list
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no <<------
-Run commands:
graham@LENOVO:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
[sudo] password for graham:
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
graham@LENOVO:~$ rfkill list
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes <<-------
graham@LENOVO:~$ rfkill unblock all
graham@LENOVO:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
-Result - Wireless light now on but wireless connectivity still actually not
working
-Run following command:
graham@LENOVO:~$ rfkill list
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no <<------
Test-8
-Run following command:
graham@LENOVO:~$ sudo insmod /lib/modules/$(uname
-r)/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.ko
insmod: error inserting
'/lib/modules/2.6.38-12-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.ko': -1
File exists
-I expect because had had already re-booted and module was already inserted on
boot up?
-Result - Wireless light still on but wireless connectivity still actually not
working
Test-9
-Back to work-around - Put blacklist back on acer-wmi and delete /dev/rfkill
-Reult: /dev/rfkill re-created and wireless enabled and working again
Run command as follows:
graham@LENOVO:~$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
-Hot key toggles Hard blocked and enables and disables wireless
connectivity
graham@LENOVO:~$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
graham@LENOVO:~$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
-Wireless connectivity working
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