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Mauricio Pretto (pretto) wrote : Wifi wont work out of the box

On my Acer Aspire 1830-3595 I have the following situation:
after installing natty wifi won't work, the wifi is soft block when checking with rfkill
the solution was blacklisting acer-wmi module

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC271X Analog [ALC271X Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: mauricio 1553 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xd4400000 irq 42'
   Mixer name : 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,1025040e,00100100 HDA:80862804,104d4b00,00100000'
   Controls : 22
   Simple ctrls : 11
Date: Wed Apr 27 08:21:58 2011
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=132e31a0-895b-4b6f-bbcf-a9f007b3e307
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
MachineType: Acer Aspire 1830
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en
 LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=5eb29e8f-5f68-4ff4-9eaf-2b10a1fc9738 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.52
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
StagingDrivers: brcm80211
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-21 (5 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/09/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE
dmi.bios.version: V1.14
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Base Board Product Name
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvrV1.14:bd07/09/2010:svnAcer:pnAspire1830:pvrV1.14:rvnIntelCorp.:rnBaseBoardProductName:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct1:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 1830
dmi.product.version: V1.14
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer