[Debian-eeepc-devel] Bug#500187: Bug#500187: wireless-key does not work on eeePC 900A

InSa insa_hc at yahoo.it
Fri Sep 26 08:56:30 UTC 2008


Hello,

Same problem here. If I switch off wlan (Fn+F2) the only way to get
it work again it is to reboot and to enable it from bios.

kern.log:
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Sep 26 10:31:42 cheyenne kernel: [  440.461395] ath_pci 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
Sep 26 10:31:42 cheyenne kernel: [  440.461414] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Sep 26 10:31:42 cheyenne kernel: [  440.461434] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:01:00.0 to 64
Sep 26 10:31:42 cheyenne kernel: [  440.465627] MadWifi: unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware didn't respond as expected' (HAL status 3)
Sep 26 10:31:42 cheyenne kernel: [  440.465656] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:01:00.0 disabled
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On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:07:09 +0300
Damyan Ivanov <dmn at debian.org> wrote:

> Can you report the output of running "sh
> -x /etc/acpi/actions/wireless.sh on" as root?

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cheyenne:~# sh -x /etc/acpi/actions/wireless.sh on
+ . /usr/share/eeepc-acpi-scripts/functions.sh
+ wlan_control=/sys/devices/platform/eeepc/wlan
+ [ -e /sys/devices/platform/eeepc/wlan ]
+ cat /sys/devices/platform/eeepc/wlan
+ [ 0 = 0 ]
+ echo 1
+ detect_wlan
+ lspci
+ grep -i network controller
+ grep -q RaLink
+ lspci
+ grep -i atheros
+ grep -q -i wireless
+ WLAN_IF=ath0
+ WLAN_MOD=ath_pci
+ echo Detected WLAN module ath_pci on ath0
Detected WLAN module ath_pci on ath0
+ [ ath_pci = ath_pci ]
+ modprobe ath_pci
+ sleep 1
+ ifconfig ath0 up
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
+ exec /etc/acpi/actions/wireless.sh off
Detected WLAN module ath_pci on ath0
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> Try purging and reinstalling the package.

Nothing changed.

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cheyenne:~# aptitude purge eeepc-acpi-scripts 
<cut>
cheyenne:~# ls /etc/acpi/actions/wireless.sh
ls: impossibile accedere a /etc/acpi/actions/wireless.sh: No such file or directory
cheyenne:~# aptitude install eeepc-acpi-scripts 
<cut>
cheyenne:~# sh -x /etc/acpi/actions/wireless.sh on
+ . /usr/share/eeepc-acpi-scripts/functions.sh
+ wlan_control=/sys/devices/platform/eeepc/wlan
+ [ -e /sys/devices/platform/eeepc/wlan ]
+ cat /sys/devices/platform/eeepc/wlan
+ [ 0 = 0 ]
+ echo 1
+ detect_wlan
+ lspci
+ grep -i network controller
+ grep -q RaLink
+ lspci
+ grep -i atheros
+ grep -q -i wireless
+ WLAN_IF=ath0
+ WLAN_MOD=ath_pci
+ echo Detected WLAN module ath_pci on ath0
Detected WLAN module ath_pci on ath0
+ [ ath_pci = ath_pci ]
+ modprobe ath_pci
+ sleep 1
+ ifconfig ath0 up
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
+ exec /etc/acpi/actions/wireless.sh off
Detected WLAN module ath_pci on ath0
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If I reboot and enable wlan from bios, ath0 exists and works fine.

Thank you and bye.
InSa

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