Hi,
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Christopher Shanahan wrote:
On Thursday 15 September 2005 18:24, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote:
Unbelievable foer HP (the sponsor of ftp.kernel.org!) that they would rely
on Win$ows-only utilities.
Sad, but true. HP has a lot to do with several large OSS projects, the kernel
only being one of them. From time to time they market themselves as a company
that 'supports' Linux on their hardware. However, they offer no support for
this machine outside of Windows. Of course, I could have purchased this
machine with FreeDOS installed -- making it easier for me, the end-user, to
install my own OS, such as Linux. Ironically, now HP is even marketing Ubuntu
on select machines, both desktops and laptops.
http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=595
I even purchased SLES9 from HP as part of a server purchase. Whew... Gotta
love contracts.
OK, but only for the server...
Can you turn the WLAN LED on by pushing the button during the BIOS phase
during boot?
No. I get nothing from the button until _after_ the OS begins to boot -- in
this case, WinXP Pro. When I start Linux, I get nothing from the button,
whether before, during or after the OS boots.
Going into Linux with the WLAN LED on should be your first goal.
That's what I've read. Can't do it though.
Please start a bugzilla entry. Maybe some SUSE developers have a better
channce to influence HP either to "act compatible" or even to correct what
is not opensource compliant.
Cheers -e
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Eberhard Moenkeberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED])
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