[Pkg-acpi-devel] Bug#548252: acpi-support: wlan switch does not work with kernel 2.6.31

Cevin kevin-mit-c at pro-kevin.de
Thu Sep 24 21:42:24 UTC 2009


Package: acpi-support
Version: 0.123-1
Severity: normal


The wireless switch on my notbook does not work together with kernel 2.6.31. This
patch fixes the problem for me:

--- state-funcs.orig    2009-09-24 22:59:41.000000000 +0200
+++ state-funcs 2009-09-24 23:05:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         if [ -d $DEVICE/wireless ]; then
             # Hurray for stable interfaces... now the rfkill is scarcely
             # associated with the network device at all (!)
-           for RFKILL in $DEVICE/device/rfkill/rfkill*/state; do
+           for RFKILL in  $DEVICE/phy80211/rfkill*/state 
$DEVICE/device/rfkill/rfkill*/state; do
                 if [ -r "$RFKILL" ] && [ "$(cat "$RFKILL")" -eq 1 ]
                 then
                     return 0
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
             # Yes, that's right... the new interface reverses the truth
             # values.
             ON=1
             OFF=0
-           for CONTROL in $DEVICE/device/rfkill/rfkill*/state; do
+           for CONTROL in $DEVICE/phy80211/rfkill*/state 
$DEVICE/device/rfkill/rfkill*/state; do
                 if [ -w "$CONTROL" ]; then
                     FOUND=1


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
   APT prefers stable
   APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-cvl (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL 
set to de_DE.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages acpi-support depends on:
ii  acpi-support-base          0.109-11      scripts for handling base ACPI eve
ii  acpid                      1.0.8-1lenny1 Utilities for using ACPI power man
ii  dmidecode                  2.9-1         Dump Desktop Management Interface
ii  finger                     0.17-12       user information lookup program
ii  hdparm                     8.9-3         tune hard disk parameters for high
ii  laptop-detect              0.13.6        attempt to detect a laptop
ii  libc6                      2.7-18        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  lsb-base                   3.2-20        Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  pm-utils                   1.1.2.4-1     utilities and scripts for power ma
ii  powermgmt-base             1.30+nmu1     Common utils and configs for power
ii  x11-xserver-utils          7.3+5         X server utilities

Versions of packages acpi-support recommends:
ii  dbus                      1.2.1-5+lenny1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  hal                       0.5.11-8       Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii  nvclock                   0.8b3-1        Allows you to overclock your nVidi
ii  radeontool                1.5-5          utility to control ATI Radeon back

Versions of packages acpi-support suggests:
ii  laptop-mode-tools             1.45-1     Scripts to spin down hard drive an

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