On Tuesday 28 August 2007, Michael Gisbers wrote: > Am Montag 27 August 2007 schrieb Noud Aldenhoven: > > On 8/27/07, Michael Gisbers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Am Montag 27 August 2007 schrieb Florian Philipp: > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > I've already tried my luck on gentoo-laptop but that list seems to be > > > > dead. > > > > > > > > Is there a neat and easy way to shut down the ethernet and WLAN > > > > adapters of my notebook when I don't need them? > > > > > > Hi, it's me again ;-) > > > > > > Do you want to shut them down completely (rmmod etc.) or do you only > > > want them to standby until it is needed (network plug)? > > > > > > If you are thinking about the second have a look on sys-apps/netplug > > > and sys-apps/ifplugd. I'm using netplug for my eth0 and my > > > hardware-switch for wlan0. ;-) > > > > > > -- > > > Michael Gisbers > > > http://www.lugor.de > > > > Perhaps a stupid remark, but most laptops are supported with a > > wireless hardware on/off button. > > Your wireless adapter will be shut down for sure then. > > Like you say: most laptops. > > Even newer laptops don't support keyboard shortcuts running with linux. And > some laptops even don't start with wireless enabled.
Isn't it a matter of mapping a couple of keys to /etc/init.d/ath0, or whatever your wireless script is? Alternatively, you could run it from a terminal. -- Regards, Mick
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