* [gentoo-user] Ideapad-laptop
@ 2014-07-30 10:53 Nilesh Govindrajan
2014-07-30 10:59 ` Mick
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From: Nilesh Govindrajan @ 2014-07-30 10:53 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Gentoo User Mailing List
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So I got a new Lenovo G50.
I found all the required drivers in kernel itself. Seems to be quite Linux
friendly so far (not installed desktop yet).
There's one problem though. The kernel module ideapad-laptop which
apparently recognizes the hotkey stuff, backlight and some other things
doesn't let me use wireless. rfkill shows it's hard blocked. Is there any
way to change this?
Some Google results tell me that this is related to the WiFi toggle via
windows. The machine never contained windows ( I bought it with freedos).
I'm not comfortable with opening it to remove CMOS battery as suggested by
yet another Google search result.
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Ideapad-laptop
2014-07-30 10:53 [gentoo-user] Ideapad-laptop Nilesh Govindrajan
@ 2014-07-30 10:59 ` Mick
2014-07-30 11:02 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
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From: Mick @ 2014-07-30 10:59 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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On Wednesday 30 Jul 2014 11:53:25 Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
> So I got a new Lenovo G50.
> I found all the required drivers in kernel itself. Seems to be quite Linux
> friendly so far (not installed desktop yet).
>
> There's one problem though. The kernel module ideapad-laptop which
> apparently recognizes the hotkey stuff, backlight and some other things
> doesn't let me use wireless. rfkill shows it's hard blocked. Is there any
> way to change this?
>
> Some Google results tell me that this is related to the WiFi toggle via
> windows. The machine never contained windows ( I bought it with freedos).
>
> I'm not comfortable with opening it to remove CMOS battery as suggested by
> yet another Google search result.
What does 'rfkill enable wlan0' give you? It should be able to override any
hotkey setting.
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Regards,
Mick
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Ideapad-laptop
2014-07-30 10:59 ` Mick
@ 2014-07-30 11:02 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
2014-07-31 17:40 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
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From: Nilesh Govindrajan @ 2014-07-30 11:02 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Gentoo User Mailing List
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On 30-Jul-2014 4:30 pm, "Mick" <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 30 Jul 2014 11:53:25 Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
> > So I got a new Lenovo G50.
> > I found all the required drivers in kernel itself. Seems to be quite
Linux
> > friendly so far (not installed desktop yet).
> >
> > There's one problem though. The kernel module ideapad-laptop which
> > apparently recognizes the hotkey stuff, backlight and some other things
> > doesn't let me use wireless. rfkill shows it's hard blocked. Is there
any
> > way to change this?
> >
> > Some Google results tell me that this is related to the WiFi toggle via
> > windows. The machine never contained windows ( I bought it with
freedos).
> >
> > I'm not comfortable with opening it to remove CMOS battery as suggested
by
> > yet another Google search result.
>
> What does 'rfkill enable wlan0' give you? It should be able to override
any
> hotkey setting.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Mick
The soft block gets removed, but hard block remains, and there's no
hardware switch for the same. If I remove the module it works without any
problems.
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Ideapad-laptop
2014-07-30 11:02 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
@ 2014-07-31 17:40 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
2014-07-31 18:22 ` J. Roeleveld
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From: Nilesh Govindrajan @ 2014-07-31 17:40 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Gentoo User Mailing List
On Wed, 2014-07-30 at 16:32 +0530, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
> On 30-Jul-2014 4:30 pm, "Mick" <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wednesday 30 Jul 2014 11:53:25 Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
> > > So I got a new Lenovo G50.
> > > I found all the required drivers in kernel itself. Seems to be
> quite Linux
> > > friendly so far (not installed desktop yet).
> > >
> > > There's one problem though. The kernel module ideapad-laptop which
> > > apparently recognizes the hotkey stuff, backlight and some other
> things
> > > doesn't let me use wireless. rfkill shows it's hard blocked. Is
> there any
> > > way to change this?
> > >
> > > Some Google results tell me that this is related to the WiFi
> toggle via
> > > windows. The machine never contained windows ( I bought it with
> freedos).
> > >
> > > I'm not comfortable with opening it to remove CMOS battery as
> suggested by
> > > yet another Google search result.
> >
> > What does 'rfkill enable wlan0' give you? It should be able to
> override any
> > hotkey setting.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Mick
>
> The soft block gets removed, but hard block remains, and there's no
> hardware switch for the same. If I remove the module it works without
> any problems.
>
I don't really understand the exact purpose of that module. Touchpad,
brightness control, sound control, camera, radio everything works out of
the box without the module. Except that I'm not able to toggle airplane
mode using the hotkey, but that's not a big issue.
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Ideapad-laptop
2014-07-31 17:40 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
@ 2014-07-31 18:22 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-07-31 18:25 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: J. Roeleveld @ 2014-07-31 18:22 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 31 July 2014 19:40:07 CEST, Nilesh Govindrajan <me@nileshgr.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 2014-07-30 at 16:32 +0530, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
>> On 30-Jul-2014 4:30 pm, "Mick" <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Wednesday 30 Jul 2014 11:53:25 Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
>> > > So I got a new Lenovo G50.
>> > > I found all the required drivers in kernel itself. Seems to be
>> quite Linux
>> > > friendly so far (not installed desktop yet).
>> > >
>> > > There's one problem though. The kernel module ideapad-laptop
>which
>> > > apparently recognizes the hotkey stuff, backlight and some other
>> things
>> > > doesn't let me use wireless. rfkill shows it's hard blocked. Is
>> there any
>> > > way to change this?
>> > >
>> > > Some Google results tell me that this is related to the WiFi
>> toggle via
>> > > windows. The machine never contained windows ( I bought it with
>> freedos).
>> > >
>> > > I'm not comfortable with opening it to remove CMOS battery as
>> suggested by
>> > > yet another Google search result.
>> >
>> > What does 'rfkill enable wlan0' give you? It should be able to
>> override any
>> > hotkey setting.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> > Mick
>>
>> The soft block gets removed, but hard block remains, and there's no
>> hardware switch for the same. If I remove the module it works without
>> any problems.
>>
>
>I don't really understand the exact purpose of that module. Touchpad,
>brightness control, sound control, camera, radio everything works out
>of
>the box without the module. Except that I'm not able to toggle airplane
>mode using the hotkey, but that's not a big issue.
I am not familiar with that module.
But in a long distant past I wrote a module to handle the special keys on an ASUS laptop which were exposed via ACPI.
I always assume these modules add support for special keys and settings not handled by any other driver.
--
Joost
--
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Ideapad-laptop
2014-07-31 18:22 ` J. Roeleveld
@ 2014-07-31 18:25 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Nilesh Govindrajan @ 2014-07-31 18:25 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On Thu, 2014-07-31 at 20:22 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> On 31 July 2014 19:40:07 CEST, Nilesh Govindrajan <me@nileshgr.com> wrote:
> >On Wed, 2014-07-30 at 16:32 +0530, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
> >> On 30-Jul-2014 4:30 pm, "Mick" <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > On Wednesday 30 Jul 2014 11:53:25 Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
> >> > > So I got a new Lenovo G50.
> >> > > I found all the required drivers in kernel itself. Seems to be
> >> quite Linux
> >> > > friendly so far (not installed desktop yet).
> >> > >
> >> > > There's one problem though. The kernel module ideapad-laptop
> >which
> >> > > apparently recognizes the hotkey stuff, backlight and some other
> >> things
> >> > > doesn't let me use wireless. rfkill shows it's hard blocked. Is
> >> there any
> >> > > way to change this?
> >> > >
> >> > > Some Google results tell me that this is related to the WiFi
> >> toggle via
> >> > > windows. The machine never contained windows ( I bought it with
> >> freedos).
> >> > >
> >> > > I'm not comfortable with opening it to remove CMOS battery as
> >> suggested by
> >> > > yet another Google search result.
> >> >
> >> > What does 'rfkill enable wlan0' give you? It should be able to
> >> override any
> >> > hotkey setting.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Mick
> >>
> >> The soft block gets removed, but hard block remains, and there's no
> >> hardware switch for the same. If I remove the module it works without
> >> any problems.
> >>
> >
> >I don't really understand the exact purpose of that module. Touchpad,
> >brightness control, sound control, camera, radio everything works out
> >of
> >the box without the module. Except that I'm not able to toggle airplane
> >mode using the hotkey, but that's not a big issue.
>
> I am not familiar with that module.
> But in a long distant past I wrote a module to handle the special keys on an ASUS laptop which were exposed via ACPI.
> I always assume these modules add support for special keys and settings not handled by any other driver.
>
> --
> Joost
Yes, a quick scan through the code told me that. But I still don't
understand why radio gets hard blocked when the module is enabled and
works perfectly when the module is not loaded. I found this bug today -
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56381
So I guess, it's just a matter of time. Wish I knew kernel coding to
supply a patch.
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