On Tuesday 19 February 2008 20:34:30 Kevin Dean wrote: > I'm neither a programmer not an electrical engineer, this is only my > interpretation of what Erin said. > > Bug #1003 can't be closed. The wording of the bug says "GSM is not > powered down when Linux is shut down" implies that the kernel is > capable of doing this. There are two ways to shut down the GSM modem, > the [EMAIL PROTECTED] via gsmd which CAN NOT be brought back up without a > complete hardware restart (I'm thinking remove battery for 10 seconds, > re-insert) and which can NOT be issued if gsmd is unavailable. The > second way to shut down the gsm modem is to remove the battery. In > either case, to move from on -> off or vice versa there is a required > battery removal.
This is not correct. After a issuing a 'powerdown' the modem restarts when you press power to startup the device again. :M:
