[Debian-eeepc-devel] eeepc901, Fn+F2 to switch off wifi FREEZE the system; switch on works

[Vic Lee]

Hi Pavithran,

It was just fine for me when I am using Lenny stable (2.6.26). I think
this is a new bug starting from 2.6.30 kernel... I am not sure.

This is a little off-topic, but actually a "clean install" of squeeze
already has most hotkey support by default without any additional
package installed (Squeeze does not have installer yet, so what I mean
is actually a clean install of lenny then full-upgrade to squeeze). fn
+f1 (sleep) fn+f3/f4 (brightness) fn+f7/f8/f9 (speaker) works just fine
by default.

What does not work is fn+f2 (wifi) and fn+f5 (external monitor), nothing
happen when pressed. After installing eeepc-acpi-scripts, fn+f5 works,
fn+f2 freeze :)

Vic

On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 15:25 +0100, pavithran wrote:
> 2009/8/24 Alan Jenkins <sourcejedi.lkml at googlemail.com>:
> > That sounds like "rt2860: kernel freezes completely when turning off WiFi"
> > <http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13390>.
> >
> > So you're not the first to report this.  But all we have at the moment
> > is a workaround patch for the eeepc-laptop kernel module, and the hope
> > that rt2800pci will eventually fix it.
> 
> I am not sure if this is related . I am using Debian sid on EEE 901 .
> I actually dist upgraded from lenny to sid . When I was using lenny
> the wireless was just fine .  But problems did start with sid.
> 
> Inorder to avoid the broken drivers when I feel the need of wireless (
> which is rare) I  boot to 26.1 or 26.2 just for the sake of wireless .
> 
> Here are my observations :
> *26.2 doesn't work :(
> *26.1 works some times.
>   * The wifi driver sometimes can't set the SSID even after specifying
> it manually via iwconfig
>   * There is a "luck by chance" that it could auto detect wifi and
> connect ( dhclient )
> 
> So what do you guys suggest ?  Install that broken driver in 30 kernel
> and just be careful ot to turn off wireless ?
> Or is there a easier solution( heard 28 or 29 kernel works ?? ) ?
> 
> Regards,
> Pavithran