Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.24
As seen in bug 190677 (https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/190677), acer_acpi module, now named wmi-acer, have been backported to Hardy's 2.6.24 kernel. Indeed, on my (updated 5 minutes ago) Hardy the command "lsmod | grep acer" does return: wmi_acer 11076 0 But... my wireless doesn't work. No LED enlightened, no results when scanning. In the old acer_acpi, to turn on/off wireless I play with some files in /proc/acpi/acer, while in the new wmi-acer I should (see http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.acpi.devel/28276) be playing with some files in /sys/devices/platform/acer-wmi. Instead, none of the 2 folders exists on my system. The problem MAY be related to the fact that, thought I do need this module to enable wireless (and I used it for the past 2 years), my laptop IS NOT an acer: it is a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 1650G (with a 64 bit Hardy running on it). My wireless card (but I don't think this is important) has a BCM4318 chipset, and so it runs with b43 module. Notice that if I install an old acer_acpi package (forcing its dependencies on kernel, since no Hardy version was released), wireless works smoothly. In the moment acer_acpi (from the acer_acpi package) gets modprobed, dmesg says: [ 473.956315] acer_acpi: Acer Laptop ACPI Extras version 0.11.1 [ 473.956335] acer_acpi: Detected Acer AMW0 version 2 interface [ 473.960600] Registered led device: acer_acpi:mail [ 475.343238] b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to ENABLED And then, "lsmod | grep acer" returns: acer_acpi 21720 0 led_class 7176 2 acer_acpi,b43 wmi_acer 11076 1 acer_acpi I can do more testing, just let me know /what/ to test. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- wmi-acer not working (not even creating its folder in /sys) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/215706 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
