On Thursday 15 September 2005 17:46, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote:
> Yes. I had already thought so...
> But nevertheless, Atheros WLAN is fine with 10.0.

I didn't try it with Beta 1 thru 4. I only tried RC1. It didn't work.

> Be assured that SUSE kernel RPMs always have the superior quality.

I agree with this.

> My Turion64 notebook has a "wlan on/off" button, too (for an "Ethernet
> controller: Linksys, A Division of Cisco Systems [AirConn] INPROCOMM IPN
> 2220 Wireless LAN Adapter (rev 01)" totally unusable under Linux). But
> putting it "off" with the button does not hide the PCI device (still
> visible with lspci) - it only inhibits the "antenna".

I still haven't found any HP docs that explain _exactly_ what function(s) the
external wireless button serves. The User Guide only says that it 'activates'
the wireless functionality, both wlan and bluetooth. I don't know enough about
engineering to know if the button could disable wireless completely during
boot. I only know that lspci can see the device whether the button is pushed
or not.

> If your WLAN button really can hide the whole PCI device, you have to
> press it during the BIOS phase before booting.
> Do you have a light indicator for "WLAN off/on"?

Yes. But it does _not_ work when using Linux, both 9.3 and 10.0. It only works
with Windows.

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Christopher Shanahan

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