asus/wled wireless LED has incorrect status on startup

Created an attachment (id=4192)
Patch for /etc/init.d/acpi-support

The patch adds a quick check in the init.d script.

It might not be the best solution since a lot of various hardware might need
something similar and I'm not sure adding everything in the init.d script is
great...

Also for me this led is not working immediately properly. I had to push "fn+f2" to switch wlan off (and the led stay off) and then already "fn+f2" (and the led now turn on). Is not urgent but it would be appreciated if in the next relase it's working out-of-box.
The same problem with most of asus notebook that had "/proc/acpi/asus/wled" working...

Thanks in advance :-)

sittisal

I discovered the problems.
The change of status script is called only when asus-wireless.sh is called.
"asus-wireless.sh" is called only when the wireless on/off button (fn+f2) is pressed. Put asus-wireless.sh script in /etc/init.d/acpi-support did not resolve the problem. In fact asus-wireless.sh script call wireless.sh script wich alternatively switch on and off the wifi (to make the wireless on/off button works). So this cause wireless disactivation or activation during the boot process.
A workaround that i could suggest is not use the posted patch ("asus-led.diff") but to add this lines in /etc/init.d/acpi-support by patching it:
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> log_begin_msg "Checking wireless state..."
> for DEVICE in /sys/class/net/*; do
> if [ -d $DEVICE/wireless ]; then
> # $DEVICE is a wireless device. Check if it's powered on:
> if [ `cat $DEVICE/device/power/state` = 0 ]; then
> # It's powered on.
> echo -n 1 > /proc/acpi/asus/wled
> else
> # It's powered off.
> echo -n 0 > /proc/acpi/asus/wled
> fi
> fi
> done
> log_end_msg 0
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> stop)
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paste this to a file save it as patch.diff and run :
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run in a terminal as root: "patch /etc/init.d/acpi-support patch.diff"
NOTE: the "acpi-support" file MUST be the original one!
Hope this bug will be resolved with next acpi-support version!

sittisal

Just type:
"patch /etc/init.d/acpi-support /path/to/asuswledpatch.diff"
NOTE: Apply only on original "acpi-support" file

ok... one problem remains... resume from standby or suspend don't check the led and the wireless status
i think to remove it soon...

Hope new version of acpi-support adopt this solution:
I've created a new file called asus-wireless-led.sh; this file should be:
1) resident in /etc/acpi
2) called from /etc/init.d/acpi-support
3) called from /etc/acpi/resume.sh AFTER the loading/unloading of the notebook extras modules (battery,button, fan), so i was thinking to put it in /etc/acpi/resume.d/ script folder but the contents of this folder is executed too early in resume phase.

Bye!

hi sittisal, I'm in your situation too! I'm using an Asus laptop :)
I think that another very important thing to add is to remember the wireless state, so if I disabled in the previous session, the script, after having read it anywhere, decides not to enable the wireless and the led!

Just the source packages...

Just one fix will do :)

please Paul while doing the fix, take care of this too!
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/37010

 acpi-support (0.65) dapper; urgency=low
   * Synchronise the Asus Wireless LED on start and resume [Malone: #22795]

another problem!
if I shitch off the card and then ibernate, when I resume the card is
off but the led is on :)

errata corrige: now led and wireless are on.
I think we can put to resolved.

 status FixReleased

Excellent news, thanks for the testing!