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On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Dan Ritter <dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org> wrote: > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 01:28:25PM -0400, R. Luoma wrote: [....] >> Needless to say, the Fn wifi button has no effect> and the BIOS >> claims that the wifi is up and running. >> >> Does anyone have useful suggestions on how to toggle this mysterious HW RF Kill switch? > > In addition to the hardware switch, you may not have the > requested firmware around. > > Do you see a line like this? > > iwl3945 loaded firmware version blahblahblah > The firmware would affect the software switch, a.k.a the Fn wifi button. It wouldn't have any effect on the wardware switch, which physically disconnects the wifi and bluetooth antennas. -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix AIM abreauj / JABBER jabr-iMZfmuK6BGBxLiRVyXs8+g at public.gmane.org / YAHOO abreauj / SKYPE zusa_it_mgr Email jabr-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99
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