[Bug 221646] New: OpenSuse 10.2 B2 doesn't have acer_acpi kernel module Sound and WLAN don't work
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 Summary: OpenSuse 10.2 B2 doesn't have acer_acpi kernel module Sound and WLAN don't work Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Beta 2 Platform: i586 URL: http://archernar.co.uk/acer_acpi/acer_acpi_main.html OS/Version: SuSE Other Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: wearabnet@yahoo.ca QAContact: qa@suse.de Hello, After looking around to know why my broadcom WLAN chipset and sound dont't work I found that because 10.2 kernel doesn't have acer_acpi module. https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=204826 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=215626 Here is a thread fix such critical problems for Acer laptops with OpenSuse 10.1 http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.developpez.net/forums/showthread.php%3Ft%3D215876&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=10&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dacer_acpi-0.3.tar.gz%26hl%3Den%26hs%3D6sd%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official Here is the link where you can get acer_acpi-0.3.tar.gz from http://archernar.co.uk/acer_acpi/acer_acpi_main.html License acer_acpi is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. What acer_acpi does? acer_acpi creates entries under /proc/acpi/acer, which enable you to control the wireless LAN card, inbuilt Bluetooth adapter, and mail LED of your laptop. The syntax for each is the same: To enable a feature: echo "enabled : 1" > /proc/acpi/acer/{feature} To disable a feature: echo "enabled : 0" > /proc/acpi/acer/{feature} Where {feature} is either wireless, bluetooth, or mailled. acer_acpi creates entries under /proc/acpi/acer, which enable you to control the wireless LAN card, inbuilt Bluetooth adapter, and mail LED of your laptop. --- Now my Wlan isn't working which makes my laptop really useless. :( So could you guys address this matter before the final release of 10.2? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 ------- Comment #1 from wearabnet@yahoo.ca 2006-11-16 13:20 MST ------- I need to add that my laptop is Acer Aspire 5102. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 ------- Comment #2 from jeffm@novell.com 2006-11-17 11:04 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=106071) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=106071&action=view) SRPM for acer_acpi Hi Abdullah - I haven't reviewed the code at all for this module, so it will be entirely unsupported. Here's a source rpm for the kernel module. You can build it using rpmbuild --rebuild <source rpm> -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 ------- Comment #3 from wearabnet@yahoo.ca 2006-11-22 01:20 MST ------- Greetings Jeff, Is this for both 32 and 64 platforms? Thank you, -Abdullah -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 ------- Comment #4 from jeffm@novell.com 2006-11-22 08:09 MST ------- It's for either. It's a source RPM, so you'll need to build the package yourself. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 gregkh@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX ------- Comment #5 from gregkh@novell.com 2006-11-29 16:34 MST ------- Closing as this is not kernel issue, and you can build the needed driver yourself. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 wearabnet@yahoo.ca changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Component|Kernel |Kernel Product|openSUSE 10.2 |openSUSE 10.3 Resolution|WONTFIX | Fixed in Milestone|--- |Alpha 1 Version|Beta 2 |Alpha 1 ------- Comment #6 from wearabnet@yahoo.ca 2006-12-09 12:55 MST ------- Can't you include this rpm in 10.3? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 ------- Comment #7 from wearabnet@yahoo.ca 2006-12-10 09:24 MST ------- I tried it, and it doesn't build now. Acer:/home/arabian # rpmbuild --rebuild bug-221646_acer_acpi-0.3-0.src.rpm Installing bug-221646_acer_acpi-0.3-0.src.rpm warning: user jeffm does not exist - using root warning: user jeffm does not exist - using root warning: user jeffm does not exist - using root error: line 27: Unknown tag: %suse_kernel_module_package -n acer_acpi -p /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/preamble kdump um -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 ------- Comment #8 from jeffm@novell.com 2006-12-16 09:13 MST ------- So you have the kernel-source package installed? That macro is provided in that package. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 mahesh.pasupuleti@gmail.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mahesh.pasupuleti@gmail.com ------- Comment #9 from mahesh.pasupuleti@gmail.com 2006-12-16 17:01 MST ------- Hi Jeff, I just installed Suse 10.2 x86_64. Even I am getting same error messages when trying to compile acer_acpi . In Suse 10.1 it worked fine. But with the latest kernel sources, the problem is appearing. Could you please check it soon. Otherwise I cann't connect to internet! I repeat, I installed kernel source packages from DVD and then tried compiling acer_acpi. I am getting all those error messages from kernel sources. Thanks and Regards, Mahesh. P -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 ------- Comment #10 from wearabnet@yahoo.ca 2006-12-16 23:43 MST ------- Hello, I'm not advanced user, why do you make it too hard for new OpenSuse users to get his/her laptop works without too much problems? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 jeffm@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|kernel- |jeffm@novell.com |maintainers@forge.provo.nove| |ll.com | Status|REOPENED |ASSIGNED -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 jeffm@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |mahesh.pasupuleti@gmail.com ------- Comment #11 from jeffm@novell.com 2006-12-17 23:30 MST ------- Mahesh - Can you check for the existence of /etc/rpm/macros.kernel-source and that it's included in /var/lib/rpm/rpmrc (check the macrofiles: line)? It's provided by the kernel-source package and it defines the suse_kernel_module_package macro. I have a clean openSUSE 10.2 install and it builds fine for me. On this system, also x86-64, I have: jeffm@galileo:~> rpm -q kernel-source rpm kernel-syms kernel-source-2.6.18.2-34 rpm-4.4.2-76 kernel-syms-2.6.18.2-34 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 mahesh.pasupuleti@gmail.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|mahesh.pasupuleti@gmail.com | ------- Comment #12 from mahesh.pasupuleti@gmail.com 2006-12-18 11:24 MST ------- Hi, Yes. Even I did a clean install and tried.
rpm -q kernel-source rpm kernel-syms kernel-source-2.6.18.2-34 rpm-4.4.2-76 kernel-syms-2.6.18.2-34
BTW, I found that, if I give `make acer_acpi.ko` instead of make in the source code, everything is working as expected! Not sure if something wrong with make version in Suse 10.2 or so.. Thanks anyway. Mahesh -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 jeffm@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|Critical |Enhancement -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 ------- Comment #13 from jeffm@novell.com 2006-12-18 19:11 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=110224) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=110224&action=view) SRPM for acer_acpi - build fix, hopefully This package integrates your suggestion to use 'make acer_acpi.ko' Can you see if this solves the problem for you? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 jeffm@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |mahesh.pasupuleti@gmail.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 mahesh.pasupuleti@gmail.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|mahesh.pasupuleti@gmail.com | ------- Comment #14 from mahesh.pasupuleti@gmail.com 2006-12-19 14:41 MST ------- Hi Jeff, When I do rpm -ivh and your latest srpm, I get the following: 1:acer_acpi warning: user jeffm does not exist - using root warning: user jeffm does not exist - using root8%) warning: user jeffm does not exist - using root9%) ########################################### [100%] Even if we ignore, it is not working as expected. After doing make acer_acpi.ko, we need to manually copy the created acer_acpi.ko to /lib/modules/<kernel version>/kernel/drivers/char/ I am not sure if rpm is doing that. Best Regards, Mahesh -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 ------- Comment #15 from mahesh.pasupuleti@gmail.com 2006-12-19 14:43 MST ------- Sorry for the typo. We need to copy the created acer_acpi.o to the path mentioned. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 ------- Comment #16 from jeffm@novell.com 2006-12-19 14:50 MST ------- You absolutely shouldn't be needing to do that. Are you using rpmbuild to build a real RPM or building the module manually with 'make' ? On my system, I can do an rpmbuild --rebuild <srpm> and get a working, installable RPM in: /usr/src/packages/RPMs/x86_64/acer_acpi-kmp-default-0.3_2.6.18.2_34-1.x86_64.rpm That RPM contains: /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/updates /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/updates/acer_acpi.ko -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 ------- Comment #17 from mahesh.pasupuleti@gmail.com 2006-12-19 15:00 MST ------- oh! sorry for my ignorance.. i was not trying to rebuild rpm. So you mean, if i copy the attached srpm and do a rpmbuild --rebuild <srpm> .. this will give an installable rpm which when installed will copy the acer_acpi driver into proper location ? I was talking about manual way of compiling the source code and copying the file. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 ------- Comment #18 from jeffm@novell.com 2006-12-19 15:10 MST ------- Ok, I was hoping you'd say that. We put a lot of effort into getting the kernel module package stuff working well, so I was surprised when you said it wasn't working as expected. :) Abdullah - This should work on your system as well. Once you've done the rpmbuild --rebuild <srpm>, you can just install the regular RPM it builds. My apologies that this isn't as easy as you'd like, but this module hasn't passed any sort of QA process as it's entirely external to the kernel source tree. I'm only providing it as a convenience, and it is not to be considered a part of the openSUSE distribution. The author of the module should attempt to have this driver incorporated into the mainline kernel. Once that happens, it will be automatically in the next openSUSE release to use that kernel. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 jeffm@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |wearabnet@yahoo.ca -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221646 jeffm@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED Info Provider|wearabnet@yahoo.ca | Resolution| |INVALID ------- Comment #19 from jeffm@novell.com 2007-04-10 13:18 MST ------- I've added this package to the openSUSE Build Service. You can find the packages here: http://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=acer_acpi&project=drivers%3Aacpi Closing this one out as INVALID now. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
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