shutting off wireless for air travel

2008-01-03 Thread David W Hogg
Is there any way to shut off the wireless on the vanilla G1G1 laptops so that they may be used on an airplane legally? I am about to fly with mine. -- David W. Hogg - associate professor, NYU - http://cosmo.nyu.edu/hogg/ ___ Devel mailing list

Re: shutting off wireless for air travel

2008-01-03 Thread Phil Bordelon
David W Hogg wrote: Is there any way to shut off the wireless on the vanilla G1G1 laptops so that they may be used on an airplane legally? I am about to fly with mine. Yup. Open up the Terminal activity, then: sugar-control-panel -s radio off You can '-s radio on' when you're back on

Re: shutting off wireless for air travel

2008-01-03 Thread Eben Eliason
Also, the FAQ on the wiki has information about this and many other common questions, for future reference: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Support_FAQ#How_do_I_disable_wireless_when_flying.3F - Eben On Jan 3, 2008 11:36 AM, Phil Bordelon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David W Hogg wrote: Is there any

Re: shutting off wireless for air travel

2008-01-03 Thread David W Hogg
Thanks for this -- I did do this a few days ago, and after doing it, I could still see wireless networks in my neighborhood. Should I be concerned? On Jan 3, 2008 11:36 AM, Phil Bordelon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David W Hogg wrote: Is there any way to shut off the wireless on the vanilla G1G1

Re: shutting off wireless for air travel

2008-01-03 Thread Ricardo Carrano
I would suggest: rmmod usb8xxx -- Ricardo Carrano -- Original Message --- From: Phil Bordelon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David W Hogg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:36:26 -0600 Subject: Re: shutting off wireless for air travel David W Hogg wrote

Re: shutting off wireless for air travel

2008-01-03 Thread Mitch Bradley
: Phil Bordelon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David W Hogg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:36:26 -0600 Subject: Re: shutting off wireless for air travel David W Hogg wrote: Is there any way to shut off the wireless on the vanilla G1G1 laptops so that they may

Re: shutting off wireless for air travel

2008-01-03 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
Mitch Bradley wrote: This is all documented on the wiki. See: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Airplane_mode and http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Support_FAQ#How_do_I_disable_wireless_when_flying.3F If you don't want the wireless to restart automatically after a reboot, renaming