Bug#482337: linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64: rfkill switch doesn't work with iwl4965 driver
 

Package: linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64
Version: 2.6.24-6
Severity: important

The rfkill switch doesn't work, so I can't use my iwl4965 card. It's
strange because my Debian system doesn't work also with a custom Vanilla kernel (2.6.25-4) that
I've prevously used on Etch (while now I've installed Lenny from
scratch) and that did work on that system. And this kernel worked also
after a migration of the Etch machine to Lenny (updating the sources.list for the migration), so it seems
not to be stricly related to the Kernel (it worked for me).
I've tried using different versions of firmware (the one included in the
"non-free" branch and all others downloaded from Intel web site), but
nothing happened.
I'm using successfully this card with other Distros (kernel 2.6.24)
This is my lsmod:

iwl4965 198772 0
nvidia 8099332 36
ipv6 231592 14
arc4 4096 2
ecb 5120 2
crypto_blkcipher 17924 1 ecb
snd_hda_intel 401972 1
cryptomgr 5120 0
crypto_algapi 16192 4 arc4,ecb,crypto_blkcipher,cryptomgr
snd_pcm_oss 39552 0
snd_mixer_oss 16448 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 72840 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
mac80211 169492 1 iwl4965
snd_timer 21840 1 snd_pcm
hci_usb 16412 2
snd 54664 7
snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,sn d_timer
cfg80211 19792 1 mac80211
bluetooth 52964 5 hci_usb
asus_acpi 19564 0
snd_page_alloc 10064 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
r8169 28164 0
backlight 6600 1 asus_acpi

And...

cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/*/rf_kill
2

So it is disabled. Note that the switch is phisically at the "RFKILL
OFF" position.

Thank you

-- Package-specific info:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25.4 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64 depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.21 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.92a tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.4-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64 recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.24-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.24-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.24-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.24-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.24-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.24-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.24-1-amd64: false
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.24-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.24-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.24-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/preinst/abort-install-2.6.24-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.24-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.24-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.24-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/preinst/initrd-2.6.24-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.24-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.24-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.24-1-amd64: false



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Bug#482337: linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64: rfkill switch doesn't work with iwl4965 driver
 

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:43:10AM +0200, Marco Zaccheria wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64
> Version: 2.6.24-6
> Severity: important
>
> The rfkill switch doesn't work, so I can't use my iwl4965 card. It's
> strange because my Debian system doesn't work also with a custom Vanilla kernel (2.6.25-4) that

unstable has a newer kernel try it out installs just fine in
testing.

thanks

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Bug#482337: linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64: rfkill switch doesn't work with iwl4965 driver
 

Sorry,
I've tried with the latest SID kernel, but it didn't fix the problem.
The strange thing is that the Vanilla Kernel I'm using has had no problems on another system and on Etch and on that Etch upgraded to Sid (dist-upgrade).
I honestly think that it isn't a Kernel problem, but a configuration one.
Another kernel (2.6.22-3) works on my PC, but it's installed on a Ubuntu system I've installed to try using the wireless card.
Thank you


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Bug#482337: linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64: rfkill switch doesn't work with iwl4965 driver
 

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 09:13:41PM +0000, Marco Zaccheria wrote:
> Sorry,
> I've tried with the latest SID kernel, but it didn't fix the problem.
> The strange thing is that the Vanilla Kernel I'm using has had no problems on another system and on Etch and on that Etch upgraded to Sid (dist-upgrade).
> I honestly think that it isn't a Kernel problem, but a configuration one.
> Another kernel (2.6.22-3) works on my PC, but it's installed on a Ubuntu system I've installed to try using the wireless card.
> Thank you

well rfkill switch is not that critical, but it just works here on my
x61s test box.
so no idea right now what is going wrong on your box.



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Bug#482337: linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64: rfkill switch doesn't work with iwl4965 driver
 

ok, I've found the problem... it seems to be the acpid daemon.
I've found a workaround to use the card, which is:

1) stop the acpid
2) turn on the wireless card with keyboard shortcut provided by my laptop (fn+F2)
3) ifconfig wlan0 up

And now, all starts working!!!
Obviously, if I don't stop the acpid, it doesn't work (watching the wifi LED, when I press fn+F2 with acpid started, it turns on and immediately returns off, but without kernel messages!).
Is it an ACPI bug? Or a configuration one?
I've previously tried to disable ACPI at kernel boot time, but without no success.
Thank you



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