This tutorial will help you on how to fix Acer-wmi unable to detect available WMID devices error on UBUNTU NETBOOK and all Operating System run by UBUNTU
The error appears on most of NETBOOKS build by Acer, like as Acer Aspire One or Acer eMachines, after a system update.
This bug has been tested with the Easy Peasy 1.6 and Ubuntu NETBOOK Remix 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating systems. After the installation there seems to be no problems at all, and everything works perfectly . But, if the end user updates the machine, after a reboot, the above issue will appear on your screen..
The "acer-wmi: unable to detect available WMID devices" error is very annoying because it will also break your boot splash screen. So, if you are one of those who instead of looking at a nice splash screen while your NETBOOK reboots Ubuntu, get the "acer-wmi: unable to detect available WMID devices" error, follow the next steps to get it fix.
- Hit the ALT+F2 key combination;
- On the "Run Application" dialog that is going to appear, make sure you check the "Run in terminal" option;
Type this following command:
- Click the "Run" button to execute the above command.
After this, a terminal window will appear and you will be asked for your password. Input the password, hit Enter, and the terminal window should dissapear instantly, and everything should be taking care of!!!!
What will this fix do? it will blacklist acer-wmi and you will no longer see the "acer-wmi: unable to detect available WMID devices" error! From now on, your NETBOOK should reboot the operating system in a normally way, without any issues , and you should see the nice splash screen.
gksu echo blacklist acer-wmi | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-acer-wmi.conf
- Click the "Run" button to execute the above command.
After this, a terminal window will appear and you will be asked for your password. Input the password, hit Enter, and the terminal window should dissapear instantly, and everything should be taking care of!!!!
What will this fix do? it will blacklist acer-wmi and you will no longer see the "acer-wmi: unable to detect available WMID devices" error! From now on, your NETBOOK should reboot the operating system in a normally way, without any issues , and you should see the nice splash screen.
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I did this, and it did not fix it. Running backtrack 5 on an aspire one d255e. If there is something that I need to do different for my machine/os combo, you can email me. dataphreak$at%gmail-dot/com
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