On 3/5/09, Per Jessen
Jay Mistry wrote:
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Per Jessen
wrote: ... does anyone know how to turn on the "wireless active" indicator on an IBM/Leonov Thinkpad? (when the interface is active of course).
/Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (2.1°C)
On the ThinkPad R61, there is a button on the extreme left of the armrest panel facing towards you-this toggles wireless radio on/off. Perhaps this is what you were looking for? YMMV, but look for a similar button in your model of TP.
I've got a couple of R51e models, and I don't see any such button. I think the switch on/off wifi is done with the blue Fn+<otherkey>. Besides, the wifi is working fine, it's only the indicator that isn't on.
Blue on/off Fn Key + also, (on R61, not sure about R51) there is a Radio Button to toggle Wireless on/off (see first image under "Input/Output Ports" at http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3814). Are you able to connect through the wirless card?, else it may only be a LED problem. In addition, Wireless Card is controlled by BIOS, which one can access through ThinkVantage at boot. Try checking/changing the BIOS setting as well. This is for the R61 TP, as I said earlier your settings may be different. If you have the ThinkVantage Manual installed, it may help in troubleshooting the wireless card problem. Jay -- Registered Linux User # 483705 @ http://counter.li.org/ (openSUSE 11.1, i686) Smolts Profile: http://www.smolts.org/client/show/?uuid=pub_b541a450-9bc1-45fd-beab-d46ee43a... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org