Fn+F2 results in "Unknown Key" log message

[lostunicorn]

Hi,

I have a Dell Inspiron 9400 laptop with the next-gen intel wireless card (4965AGN).
There are no Linux drivers for that wireless card yet, but it is supported by ndiswrapper.

I have installed ndiswrapper and could install the 64-bit Windows driver for the card without problems.
However, after loading ndiswrapper (through modprobe), the wlan0 interface does not appear (not in iwconfig and not in ifconfig (-a) ).
ndiswrapper reports that the device has been found though:

sudo ndiswrapper -l
netw6v64 : driver installed
device (8086:4229) present

I suspect the wireless card is simply turned off at the moment...
However, when I try to turn on the card with the Fn+F2 key combo, nothing happens.
I only get an entry in /var/log/messages:

Jun 6 10:54:15 LoneWolf kernel: [ 188.795826] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x88 on isa0060/serio0).
Jun 6 10:54:15 LoneWolf kernel: [ 188.795835] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e008 <keycode>' to make it known.


It's strange that this keycode is not recognized, because the audio-related Fn combo's worked right from the start.

It is my understanding that any key combination is actually linked to a command? If anyone could provide the command, that would already be a big help... I could then manually enable/disable the device (linking the keycode to the command is then my next problem)

Greets,

Unicorn

[angryfirelord]

DId you remember to load the module? Find out what steps you're missing: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=471794

I'm not sure about the key combination, but all that error message is saying is it doesn't understand Fn+F2.

[kgr132]

Have you tried going into the BIOS settings at boot time and making sure the wireless card is enabled and the radio is on from there? Just a thought.
-K-

[Tethtibis]

I've had this same problem, you have to load the driver into the NDIS wrapper in root mode. this can be accomplished not by sudo commands,but with pressing cntl+alt+ F1 at login screen, but it's all bash code, so watch out!