John Andersen wrote:
You either have a switch, or a keyboard capbility (probably Fn F5) to turn off the radio. Otherwise it would be illegal to power the notebook on while in flight (at least on any US airline).
It looks Fn+F5 might be it - nope, doesn't do anything. (laptop is running SUSE Linux 10.1).
Like I say, its surprising how many users don't know what that is for or that they are obligated to turn the radio off when the stewardess says you may not use any equipment that sends or receives a signal.
To be honest, it's not really *that* surprising - most laptop users know very little about the laptop outside their main needs. My wife uses a laptop every day for work, but she rarely if ever uses the Wifi. I'll ask if 1) she knows she supposed to turn it off on planes and 2) she knows how it's done. (she's been in IT for 20 years). /Per Jessen, Zürich