Intel Pro Wireless 2200 on Acernote 290

[whych]

My wireless connection is recognised but won't connect or scan available networks.
Looking at the boot message log, the ipw2200 driver module is loaded but there is a message that the radio kill connection is set to ON.
How do I set this to off?
Using opensuse 11.1 and gnome.

[lwfinger]

That message is set by the radio disable switch. You may need to issue
the command

sudo /sbin/modprobe -v acer-wmi

This module is used to activate the various control panel options.

[whych]

Thanks, will give it a try in the morning (00:27 here) and not at the notebook right now.

[whych]

When I ran:
sudo /sbin/modprobe -v acer-wmi
I get the message that the module is not found.
Is there any other way of enabling the rfkill so that it sets the wireless to ON?

[Akoellh]

Originally Posted by whych

When I ran:
sudo /sbin/modprobe -v acer-wmi
I get the message that the module is not found.

I bet there was another message (assuming the command was typed correctly).

[whych]

If I have a sift through the boot messages, there is an entry to the effect that no wmi is found when it tries to start acer-wmi.
This is different to the message when I run/sbin/modprobe/... which just says acer-wmi is not found.
The wired network is not up by the way to produce any conflict.

[Akoellh]

And again, I bet the message is not that acer-wmi is not found as it is enabled by default on any openSUSE standard kernels since 11.0 (no matter if i586 or x86_64).

As it seems you are reluctant to just cite the message (working for CIA/FBI and not allowed to quote terminal output?) I suspect, I will do it for you:

modprobe -v acer-wmi
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.27.29-0.1-default/kernel/drivers/acpi/wmi.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.27.29-0.1-default/kernel/drivers/misc/acer-wmi.ko
FATAL: Error inserting acer_wmi (/lib/modules/2.6.27.29-0.1-default/kernel/drivers/misc/acer-wmi.ko): No such device

which is something completely different than "the module is not found".

The module is found but your device (BIOS that is) is not compatible with acer-wmi.

You will need one of the many other "software switches" like acerhk, fsam7440, fsam7400 or wistron_btns (to name just a few candidates).

[whych]

Not reluctant to post the full message, but I am replying from memory from a different computer each time.
What you have posted seems to ring a bell as being the message.
Do you know if the later bios versions on the acer site fix this problem or should I go with one of your other suggestions?

[Akoellh]

Originally Posted by whych

Do you know if the later bios versions on the acer site fix this problem

No, I don't and I also doubt it.

[whych]

Thanks Akoellh, I'll try one of the other options and report back.