I got a v570 two days ago and have had the same/similar problems. At first I thought it was just a driver issue with Ubuntu; however,think it's more than that. After 6 hours of fighting with Ubuntu, searching google, and having no luck, I gave up and re-installed Windows 7. Luckily, I had backed up all of the drivers and got everything back up and working until I installed VMware to run Ubuntu and Backtrack 5 and lost my internet connection. I uninstalled VMware incase there was an issue with the Adapter configurations and double checked the drivers. The hardware radio switch is turned on, FN + F5 isn't working and the computer is still saying that the switch is turned off....I have rebooted several times to be sure that everything worked itself out, hard-wired into the router to check for hardware changes (none), and still nothing. I might just return it to bestbuy and upgrade to something better....
On Jun 28, 11:28 pm, Chris <ctkuc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings David, > > I have just booted up ubuntu on a Lenovo ideapad v570 and am facing > the same situation. This is my first experience using Linux. Could > you explain how to get to where these commands are typed in? Thanks > for the post! > > -Chris > > On May 11, 10:35 pm, David John <davidjohn...@gmail.com> wrote:> This process > enableswirelesstill the next reboot > > > sudo service network-manager stop > > sudo rmmod acer_wmi > > sudo modprobe acer_wmi > > sudo rfkill unblock all > > (Checked that everything was unblocked) > > sudo service network-manager start > > > Now, instead of "Wirelessisdisabledby thehardwareswitch" status > > in NM, the message will be "wirelessisdisabled" > > Enablewirelessfrom NM > > sudo rmmod -f acer_wmi > > > Wirelessnetworks will be detected and connected > > > To make this change permanent, > > sudo su > > echo "blacklist acer_wmi" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf > > exit > > > This is the discussion thread that helped > > mosthttp://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1745681 -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
