05-10-2012 07:07 AM - edited 05-10-2012 08:58 AM
Hello community, I've just installed Ubuntu 11-10 on a lenovo b470 and the (wireless) network connection doesn't work.
Hardware looks to be working properly: I set the switch on and the corresponding led is on, but I CAN'T state wireless as available.
Apparently Ubuntu had confused Wireless with Bluetooth: Bluetooth appears as ON, but when I set OFF the wireless switch, then Bluetooth becomes as Deactivated.
So, the wireless switch is acting as a Bluetooth switch, turning it On and OFF...
¿How can I solve this problem?
Thanks in advance
David
05-10-2012 08:51 AM
Just to add the detail I need to solve this problem to be able to finish the installation!!!
Thanks!
dleyval wrote:Hello community, I've just installed Ubuntu 11-10 on a lenovo b470 and the (wireless) network connection doesn't work.
Hardware looks to be working properly: I set the switch on and the corresponding led is on, but I CAN'T state wireless as available.
Apparently Ubuntu had confused Wireless with Bluetooth: Bluetooth appears as ON, but when I set OFF the wireless switch, then Bluetooth becomes as Deactivated.
So, the wireless switch is acting as a Bluetooth switch, turning it On and OFF...
¿How can I solve this problem?
Thanks in advance
David
05-13-2012 09:19 AM
05-13-2012 07:39 PM
Thanks but I have tried that too. If I disable Bluetooth, from the corresponding menu, the wireless switch doesn't turn it on, or off, again, but still the wireless connection doesn't behave as expected.
Thanks again.
05-14-2012 11:02 PM
05-17-2012 01:29 PM
sudo service network-manager stop
sudo rmmod acer_wmi
sudo modprobe acer_wmi
sudo rfkill unblock all
sudo service network-manger start
sudo rmmod -f acer_wmi
then to make it last through reboot
sudo su
echo "blacklist acer_wmi" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
or just upgrade to 12.04 it works out of the box then.