Ubuntu 6.06 + AcerHK
 

Hey guys, I just got done upgrading to Ubuntu 6.06. I'm trying to get my wireless working but I need to install the Acer Hot Key first. Everything went fine until I tried to modprobe it.

I downloaded the latest one, and ran sudo make install. Everything went off without a hitch. Then I ran

I hope you guys can figure this out. Thanks!

Why would you need AcerHK for WLAN? I have Acer Travelmate 4202WLMi and I just downloaded ipw3945 drivers and it works as it should.

I downloaded later the AcerHK because I wanted my laptop to connect to available WLAN's automagically when I turn the WLAN switch on... no success yet.

I haven't been able to use the wireless lan without the acerhk. When I ran Ubuntu 5.10 I could modprobe acerhk perfectly. Now I get an invalid format error.

Previously, I couldn't get my computer to connect until I installed acerhk and I hit the button, then I was connected.

*bump*

Anything guys? :confused:

i'm also having trouble getting acerhk to work. when i try modprobe i get an error message saying 'invalid argument'. i'm using a travelmate 4202wlmi too but i haven't been able to get the wireless working. i've also installed the ipw3945 driver & it seems to be going fine. i figure its likely to be the fact i can't switch it on the radio using the switch at the front. you guys manage to get yours working at all?

I haven't got the AcerHK installed at all and the front WLAN switch works. I just put it so the LED turns on and then load the ipw3945 module and connect to the wireless network. Seems to work quite well.

Awesome work Zmyrgel

how did you do it? Wifi is the only thing I couldn't get to work on Ubuntu 6.06 so I had to resort back to 5.10 (I depend heavily on the wireless... :cry: )

I even tried going back to an earlier version of ipw2200 but I kept getting errors when trying to recompile them.

I'm using Gentoo but the only thing was to download the correct drivers for my card (ipw3945) and all the other thing related to it mentioned in the README. Luckily portage did this for me automagically. Note that you need to have kernel compiled correctly for these to work, again refer to README which comes with the drivers.

When I boot the machine I just switch WLAN on. (doesn't need AcerHK, mine laptop doesn't even support it)
Now that my WLAN is enabled I just load the module ("modprobe ipw3945") and enable the correct interface ("ifconfig eth1 up"). Then it's just finding wireless network ("iwlist eth1 scan") and connection to it ("iwconfig eth1 essid sample_net") and getting an IP-address from it ("dhcpcd eth1 -B").

This is how i've done it.