wmi-acer not working (not even creating its folder in /sys)
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.24
As seen in bug 190677 (https:/
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://
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.
A quick fix: my laptop is a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo A1650G. You can see it here: http:// code.google. com/p/aceracpi/ wiki/SupportedH ardware