[Bugme-new] [Bug 33032] New: Error "acer-wmi: Unable to detect available WMID devices" when booting

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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33032

           Summary: Error "acer-wmi: Unable to detect available WMID
                    devices" when booting
           Product: Drivers
           Version: 2.5
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: Platform_x86
        AssignedTo: drivers_platform_x86 at kernel-bugs.osdl.org
        ReportedBy: chealer at gmail.com
        Regression: No


I get this error when booting my Gateway NV5909H laptop with Linux 2.6.38:

acer-wmi: Unable to detect available WMID devices

If I try loading the module, I also get an error:

# modprobe acer-wmi
FATAL: Error inserting acer_wmi
(/lib/modules/2.6.38-2-686-bigmem/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.ko): No
such device
root at vinci:/var/www/tiki/trunk#

Acer owns Gateway so it seems normal that acer-wmi would load.

This error must appear since I bought this laptop, one year ago. I've been
running Debian testing since, approximately from Linux 2.6.32.

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