iwn and hardware switch

[Rui Paulo]

On 17 Nov 2009, at 02:41, Alexander Logvinov wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> It seems this is a common problem for modern laptops. I have Hasee
> HP870 D4 laptop with keyboard WiFi switch (Fn+F2). Unfortunately this
> key combination doesn't work (no WiFi led indicator lights) and there is
> no any option in the BIOS about WiFi switching during boot. Is there any
> chance to get it work? Thanks!

I think your laptop's WiFi can be turned on using WMI. Try loading the acpi_wmi and acpi_hp drivers.

If that doesn't work, you probably have to hack acpi_hp to add support for your laptop.

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Rui Paulo