Hi,
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Christopher Shanahan wrote:
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.
Unbelievable foer HP (the sponsor of ftp.kernel.org!) that they would rely
on Win$ows-only utilities.
Can you turn the WLAN LED on by pushing the button during the BIOS phase
during boot?
Going into Linux with the WLAN LED on should be your first goal.
Cheers -e
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Eberhard Moenkeberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED])
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