Hello people. Now have added requested information. Further I have now
upgraded my kernel to latest 2.6.38-10 and retested the bug by removing
the extra lines I added to rc.local.
Apparently the unloading of the wrongfully loaded acer_wmi module is
still required (whether on the terminal or via rc.local) but does fix
the bug on the new kernel so it is not necessary to go to the mainline
2.6.37-x kernel.
However, obviously the acer_wmi module should not be loaded on a Lenovo
IdeaPad laptop so the bug still does exist.
Observe:
[samjnaa:~] uname -r
2.6.38-10-generic
[samjnaa:~] rfkill list all
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
4: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
[samjnaa:~] sudo modprobe acer_wmi
[samjnaa:~] sudo rmmod -f acer_wmi
[samjnaa:~] rfkill list all
1: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
4: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Now I throw the wireless switch to off then:
[samjnaa:~] rfkill list all
1: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
2: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
4: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
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