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Amilo 1718li softkeys not working, can't switch on wireless

Asked by coenieolivier

I need some help to get my laptop softkeys to work as I cannot switch on my wireless without those keys. I don't really care about the internet and 'soft-fan' keys. just want to be able to switch on my wireless.
No use in getting the drivers to work if you can't switch it on.
I have an Atheros 5007 wireless card in my laptop and will probably need help help with that too in Hardy.

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Evgeny Kuznetsov (nekr0z) said : 		#1

As far as I'm concerned, your issue may be solved using wistron_btns kernel module. To give it a try, do the following in terminal:

sudo modprobe wistron_btns

and try your WLAN button. If this works for you, you may add wistron_btns to /etc/modules (on a separate line) so that it is loaded every time you boot the machine.

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