acer acpi wireless issues

[jlowerison]

Sorry for creating a new thread but I've been looking all day and cannot find an exact solution for my problem but I'm quite sure I know the problem.

I've been using the ubuntu docs to help solve the problem and I installed the atheros driver using ndiswrapper and lshw -C network in terminal gives me

*-network
description: Ethernet controller
product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ndiswrapper latency=0 module=ndiswrapper
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: pan0
serial: 6e:30:2f:97:da:17
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes

according to the docs my switch is not on which makes sense since the light is not working and its a spring type switch. I was unable to enable the wireless in the bios and I've found through google that I need to use the acpi but the problem is there is no wireless folder which is supposed to be included in ubuntu (I'm using 8.10) I've downloaded the files from googlecode but get errors when trying to 'make' and 'sudo make install' so I kind of need some help from here. I'd appreciate any advice.

Thanks in advance,

Johnny

[chili555]

I'm not sure I quite understand.

I need to use the acpi

ACPI is installed and in use by default.

there is no wireless folder which is supposed to be included in ubuntu

I don't understand. Can you please explain this a bit further?

I've downloaded the files from googlecode

Whoa! Almost everything you will ever need is available under System -> Administration -> Synaptic. What file are you trying to compile?

[jlowerison]

Sorry I should have been more clear, bad habit.

One of the forum threads said you need to type echo "1">/proc/acpi/acer/wireless to enable the switch through acpi but that location does not exist and I get an error when I input it into the terminal. As for the download I just downloaded this file from this link http://code.google.com/p/aceracpi/

[jlowerison]

This is the thread I got most of the information from if it helps - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...r-acpi&page=10

[chili555]

I think this is superceded by acerhk. You might check with:

lsmod | grep acerhk

If the module is loaded, please try:

sudo rmmod acerhk
sudo modprobe acerhk wlan_state=1

Does that kick your wireless to life? If not, you might try:

sudo rmmod acerhk
sudo modprobe acerhk autowlan=1

I'm feeling around in the dark here, as I don't own an Acer.

[jlowerison]

None of the commands worked. Got the following err
ERROR: Module acerhk does not exist in /proc/modules

Should I try installing the acpi or acpid with the synaptic package manger or is that not needed?

My command line understanding is pretty noob as they would say but I'm certain its just a matter of manually turning the wireless on.

[chili555]

ERROR: Module acerhk does not exist in /proc/modules

Surely it did not say /proc/modules.On my computer, it's here:

/lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/kernel/ubuntu/misc/acerhk.ko

If you do:

sudo updatedb

Wait a few moments for it to think, and then:

locate acerhk.ko

You will know where it is, if anywhere.

Which kernel are you running? Please do:

uname -r

Please post the result.

Should I try installing the acpi or acpid with the synaptic package manger

No, because acer_acpi is obsolete, unless you are running an older kernel.

What is the exact model of your Acer?

[jlowerison]

Acer is Aspire One AOA-150 1262
Kernal is 2.6.27-14-generic

locate acerhk.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/kernel/ubuntu/misc/acerhk.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.27-13-generic/kernel/ubuntu/misc/acerhk.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.27-14-generic/kernel/ubuntu/misc/acerhk.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/kernel/ubuntu/misc/acerhk.ko

[chili555]

you need to type echo "1">/proc/acpi/acer/wireless to enable the switch through acpi but that location does not exist

What does exist? It may not be exactly that, but close. We may need to look around a bit. Open Places -> Home folder and in the Location Bar, back out whatever is in there (/home/username, perhaps?) and type in /proc/acpi and press Enter. Can you see what looks likely and drill down to wireless?

[jlowerison]

What does exist? It may not be exactly that, but close. We may need to look around a bit. Open Places -> Home folder and in the Location Bar, back out whatever is in there (/home/username, perhaps?) and type in /proc/acpi and press Enter. Can you see what looks likely and drill down to wireless?

The folders I have under /proc/acpi/ are as follows;
ac_adapter
battery
button
fan
embedded_controller
power_resource
process_zone
video

the files are;
dsdt
event
fadt
info
sleep
wakeup

so I can't find any Acer or Wireless folders