[Bug 296663] Re: Fn-F1 (wireless does not work on FSC Amilo Pa 3515

[pano]

After a lot of goggling(1 year ago, i still remember that painful searching)
i finally founded the solution, so, since that moment, my wifi on Amilo
Pa3515 with Ubuntu works flawless.The key solution is actually using the
acer drivers for turning on the wifi. So here is the most wanted link:

http://nerdytoad.blogspot.com/2008/11/wireless-networking-in-linux-on-
fujitsu.html


Enjoy:)

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:20 PM, KeeperOS <feilakas-
bugzilla at yahoo.gr>wrote:

> This isn't a fix by any stretch of the word but it is a viable
> workaround.
>
> Apparently Fujitsu-Siemens had enough complaints about this and added an
> option in the BIOS to choose whether the laptop will have the WiFi On or Off
> by default or, whether it will remember the last state it was in.
> Naturally this involves flashing a new BIOS and IIRC the flash utility ran
> under Windows (Vista).
>
> At least after that I was able to have WiFi under Ubuntu/Kubuntu.
> The WiFi device was identified and the correct drivers were loaded.
>
> Again, this is in no way a fix but it at least is a semi-acceptable
> workaround.
>
> --
> Fn-F1 (wireless does not work on FSC Amilo Pa 3515
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296663
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> Status in “hal-info” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I have a few keys where the most important is Fn-F1 (wireless) there don't
> work
>
> Doing research on my wifi I found out that I can't turn wifi on with Fn-F1.
>
> lsb_release -rd
> Description:   Ubuntu 8.10
> Release:         8.10
>
> Looking at the output from "watch 'cat /proc/interrupts'" key presses
> increased the i8042 counter for the following key combinations
>
> Fn-F1      Wireless, No interrupt received
> Fn-F2      (No function)
> Fn-F3      Audio on/off, Working
> Fn-F4      Audio Down, Working
> Fn-F5      Audio Up, Working
> Fn-F6      Toggle mouse, Working
> Fn-F7      Toggle Webcam, Working
> Fn-F8      Lower Screen Light (not happening, but interrupt received)
> Fn-F9      Raise Screen Light (not happening, but interrupt received)
> Fn-F10    Switch Display, No interrupt received
> Fn-F11    Fan, No interrupt received
> Fn-F12    Standby, Working
>
> Using xev don't provide much information, except for focusout on funcions
> there make onscreen notification like Audio
>
> I know there a lots of wifi related issues, but this labtop is the only one
> there don't give a interrupt when i press the wireless key and that point to
> kernel i think. :o))
>
> in /var/log/syslog
> setkeycodes on e071/e072 happens when i press Fn-F6 (Mouse toggle)
> setkeycodes on e029 happens when I press Fn-F10 (Screen)
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> Package: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16
> ProcCmdLine: User Name=UUID=1fba9a6d-c254-4796-9526-82f99478256a ro quiet
> splash
> ProcEnviron:
>
>  PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
>  LANG=da_DK.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-7.16-generic
> SourcePackage: linux
>
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