acer-wmi: unable to detect available WMID devices

[ssaint04]

I'm running UNR 9.04 on an Acer Aspire One D150-1920. On my most recent bootup, my usplash screen failed to load, instead being replaced with terminal script. it indicated that WMID devices were not detected.

I pulled my dmesg.log and confirmed it:

[ 17.880771] acer-wmi: Acer Laptop ACPI-WMI Extras
[ 17.956594] synaptics was reset on resume, see synaptics_resume_reset if you have trouble on resume
[ 18.009321] acer-wmi: Unable to detect available WMID devices

Any ideas on a fix/workaround, so I get my usplash back?

[TechVamp]

Yeah, I'm having nearly the same problem.
Only I'm running the desktop edition of 9.10 on my acer
aspire one.
Any suggestions?

[extc]

The fix was this: you need to run this at the command line:

fsck

It will run a disk check just like in Windows, then repair the error.

It worked for us - problem sorted immediately!

Take care!

[wilee-nilee]

The fix was this: you need to run this at the command line:

fsck

It will run a disk check just like in Windows, then repair the error.

It worked for us - problem sorted immediately!

Take care!

This is a dangerous thing to do if not done correctly, read this wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsck

and this paragraph.

A system administrator can also run fsck manually if there is believed to be a problem with the file system. Because running fsck to repair a file system which is mounted for read/write operations can potentially cause severe data corruption/loss, the file system is normally checked while unmounted, mounted read-only, or with the system in a special maintenance mode that limits the risk of such damage.

[Jordanwb]

I'm having this problem too on an Aspire 5515. I doubt a fsck will fix it.

[jlking3]

a forced fsck does not fix this. It appears that the battery is being detected improperly, as I see the model number change. I wonder if there's a way to force the model number and Energy (Design) attributes to be at a certain value regardless of what's detected by the power manager or the battery manager? That should solve all issues and be a decent workaround until a permanent fix is available.

[palihapiz]

im having this problem also...can some help to fix it?im make fresh installation and using aspire one AO532h..

[reluttr]

I am having this issue as well. A fix would be appreciated.

[dino99]

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo dpkg --configure -a

will force a fsck on next boot:

sudo shutdown -F -r now

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...4?comments=all

[reluttr]

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo dpkg --configure -a

will force a fsck on next boot:

sudo shutdown -F -r now

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...4?comments=all

That didnt do anything for me... I dont even think the fsck command worked.