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r said the following on 12/31/2008 09:00 AM:
On 2008-12-31, Low Kian Seong <low.suse@gmail.com> wrote:
Most of the laptop has a hardware based wifi switch which can be used to achieve this.
I could be wrong, but it seems to me this works for windows. I explain. Yes there is a button to switch on wlan, and in windows it works so, but ( and here I could be wrong ) in linux it seems to me that the wlan is always active. For exemple, if I boot and go, with knetworkmanager in the tool for managing networks I see an option to switch off wlan. I tried to switch off but at reboot it was again active, so it seems to me the button doesn't works on linux.
Same here with my HP/Compaq Presario X6000 series machine. I've tried with 'ev' and that's the only button that doesn't send a signal, which makes me think its hard-wired. But under Windows, windows knows if its on or off, so its must be software readable. And on Linux it doesn't turn the wifi on and off. So it can't be hard wired. There's an inconsistency here which means we're missing something. -- Now let us retract the foreskin of misconception and apply the wire brush of enlightenment. --Geoff Miller, in comp.lang.perl.moderated -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org