Description of problem: On my Asus EeePC 1000HE netbook with Fedora 11 the keyboard toggle of the WiFi transmitter, Fn+F2, use to work perfectly. However since upgrading from kernel 2.6.29 to 2.6.30 this stopped working. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i686.PAE How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot with 2.6.30 kernel 2. Login 3. Press Fn+F2 Actual results: WiFi transmitter not toggled on or off. Expected results: WiFi transmitter toggled on and off. Additional info: In Fedora's 2.6.29 kernel rfkill and rfkill_input were compiled into the kernel, however in 2.6.30 it became a loadable module. --- /boot/config-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686.PAE 2009-08-24 22:27:02.000000000 +0100 +++ /boot/config-2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i686.PAE 2009-08-28 02:46:08.000000000 +0100 ... -CONFIG_RFKILL=y -CONFIG_RFKILL_INPUT=y +CONFIG_RFKILL=m +CONFIG_RFKILL_INPUT=m Under kernel 2.6.30 the rfkill module is automatically loaded, however the rfkill_input module is never loaded. [mike@edge ~]$ lsmod | fgrep rfkill rfkill 8928 5 ath9k,eeepc_laptop Workaround is to add the following line to /etc/rc.d/rc.local to load the kernel module at bootup. modprobe rfkill_input
The Fn+F2 key works perfectly on my Asus EeePC 1000HE netbook with freshly installed Fedora 12 Beta. It works because rfkill_input is compiled into the kernel. [mike@edge ~]$ fgrep RFKILL /boot/config-2.6.31.1-56.fc12.i686.PAE CONFIG_RFKILL=m CONFIG_RFKILL_LEDS=y CONFIG_RFKILL_INPUT=y CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_RFKILL=y Relevant fragment from the kernel RPM change log. [root@edge ~]# rpm -q --changelog kernel-PAE * Thu Jun 18 2009 Kyle McMartin <kyle> 2.6.31-0.11.rc0.git13 - 2.6.30-git13 - config changes: ... - CONFIG_RFKILL_INPUT=y (used to be =m, which was invalid)
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