Andrey wrote: > 2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN > Soft blocked: yes > Hard blocked: no Does unloading the acer_wmi module help? How about this patch[1]? Thanks; we seem to be closing in. Jonathan [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.platform.x86.devel/2856 Some hints for building a patched kernel are at <http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html>.