Qubes 3.2 and 4.9 kernel breaks Acer wifi

[dballard]

Qubes OS version:

3.2 with the 4.9 kernel

Affected TemplateVMs:

dom0 fedora-24 net

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Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Install updates and get 4.9 kernel, reboot

Expected behavior:

Wifi works

Actual behavior:

Wifi does not work
Using the command
rfkill list all
I can see that the wifi is hard off, and pressing fn-f3 (the wifi function button) as many times as I can changes nothing

General notes:

As per
https://askubuntu.com/questions/98702/how-to-unblock-something-listed-in-rfkill
it appears something is bad in the acer-wmi module, adding it to /etc/modules.d/blacklist.conf and rebooting solves the problem and wifi works again

It's an Atheros wifi chip in an Acer TravelMate 8172-6643 netbook

[andrewdavidwong]

Based on our issue reporting guidelines, this appears to be too localized for qubes-issues, since it depends on a specific hardware configuration. We ask that you please send this to the qubes-users mailing list instead. qubes-users is intended for these sorts of issues and receives much more traffic, which means that your issue is more likely to receive a response there. If, after reading our issue reporting guidelines, you believe we are mistaken, please leave a comment briefly explaining why. We'll be happy to take another look, and, if appropriate, reopen this issue. Thank you for your understanding.

[andrewdavidwong]

Based on our issue reporting guidelines, this appears to be too localized for qubes-issues, since it depends on a specific hardware configuration. We ask that you please send this to the qubes-users mailing list instead. qubes-users is intended for these sorts of issues and receives much more traffic, which means that your issue is more likely to receive a response there. If, after reading our issue reporting guidelines, you believe we are mistaken, please leave a comment briefly explaining why. We'll be happy to take another look, and, if appropriate, reopen this issue. Thank you for your understanding.