[Debian-eeepc-devel] Bug#609911: Bug#609911: eeepc-acpi-scripts: Wireless cannot be switched off with EEEPC 1016P

[Ben Armstrong]

On 01/13/2011 02:56 PM, Marcus Jacobs wrote:
> Package: eeepc-acpi-scripts
> Version: 1.1.11
> Severity: normal
> Tags: upstream

Please don't tag upstream unless you've confirmed an upstream bug
(typically, developers make this determination and tag accordingly).

> On the fairly new eeepc 1016P, wireless cannot be switched off with the hotkey.
> As I don't know how to switch wireless off with another method, I don't know
> whether switching on would work. If anyone can give me a hint as to where I can
> look for the problem, I am only too willing to try and find it.

eeepc-acpi-scripts is not responsible for handling this hotkey. The
kernel is. In all likelihood the issue is that eeepc_laptop module is
not loaded because you have a newer WMI BIOS. The eeepc_wmi module,
unfortunately, is not present in the 2.6.32 kernel in squeeze.  The good
news is that you can use the acpi_osi="Linux" boot parameter workaround
for now, as documented on our wiki:

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/Models#ACPIdifferences

That allows the old eeepc_laptop module to load on systems with newer
WMI BIOSes. With luck, then the hotkey will work.

Ben