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BiggiM

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Registered: 2026-03-11

Posts: 2

driver conflict on old eepc

hi,
i have a problem running BL on my old eepc PEM1025  (2GB ram, 250GB HD). Installation was smooth, no problem there, but afterwards it stopped with this message:

eeepc-wmi:probe of eeepc-wmi failed with error -16

In an Arch forum I found a hint that this was the result of a conflict between the wmi driver and some legacy driver in the kernel.
I am afraid i have no idea how to resolve this.  Can somebody explain this to me and help me ? I have only some very basic knowledge of linux and as i understand this i must swich off one of the two drivers within the kernel.

ok, thanks for reading. 

Last edited by BiggiM (Today 08:30:02)

unklar

Back to the roots 1.9

From: #! BL

Registered: 2015-10-31

Posts: 2,882

Re: driver conflict on old eepc

Welcome to the forum! 

We need the output of the command

sudo rfkill list

If the “rfkill” package is not on board, please install it.

Sector11

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From: Upstairs

Registered: 2015-08-20

Posts: 8,134

Re: driver conflict on old eepc

From:

https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/rfkill.8.html

DESCRIPTION         top

       rfkill lists, enabling and disabling wireless devices.

       The command "list" output format is deprecated and maintained for
       backward compatibility only. The new output format is the default
       when no command is specified or when the option --output is used.

       The default output is subject to change. So whenever possible, you
       should avoid using default outputs in your scripts. Always
       explicitly define expected columns by using the --output option
       together with a columns list in environments where a stable output
       is required.

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BiggiM

New Member

Registered: 2026-03-11

Posts: 2

Re: driver conflict on old eepc

Difficult, after the message
eeepc-wmi:probe of eeepc-wmi failed with error -16
there is no way i can do anything. The screen just freezes and no input is possible.

unklar

Back to the roots 1.9

From: #! BL

Registered: 2015-10-31

Posts: 2,882

Re: driver conflict on old eepc

^No problem. 
1. Am I correct in assuming that the computer does NOT have a LAN connection?

2.You can press the key combination Ctrl+Alt+F3 on the login screen (without logging).
You land on tty3 and log in here with your USER and password.

Now you can run the rfkill command as root and take a photo (?).
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If you're brave, you can also try the 'blacklist command':

echo "blacklist eeepc_wmi" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-eeepc-wmi.conf

Then reboot the computer:

sudo systemctl reboot

Last edited by unklar (Today 18:56:29)