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

[Ben Hutchings]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 03:38:54PM -0400, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> 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.
[...]

Is there any reason we can't add it?

Ben. 

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Ben Hutchings
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