[Debian-eeepc-devel] suggestions for eeepc-acpi-scripts

Glenn Saberton gsaberton at foomagic.org
Sun Jun 8 17:13:28 UTC 2008


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Niccolo Rigacci wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 12:55:55PM +0200, jcsid wrote:
>> There is still a problem with fn+f2: the first time I want to
>> enable it, it doesn't (the wifi light stays on a second and goes
>> off) and I must re-do fn+f2 and then it works.
>
> This is because the ath0 interface does not get-up quickly after
> loading the module, so ifconfig fails. I added a sleep in
> /etc/acpi/actions/wireless.sh:
>
> ... modprobe ath_pci sleep 1 if ! ifconfig ath0 up; then exec $0
> off; fi ...
>
> Do we need to file a bug?
>
Please do. This has been an ongoing problem no one has taken the time
to look at. If the solution is as trivial as that, sounds great.

Cheers

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