On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:33:50 +0000, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:22:02 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
(...) >>> Or is the hardware such that the network manager couldn't restore it >>> after a reboot no matter how hard it tried? That seems far-fetched, >>> but possible. >> >> You should be able to re-engage the wireless adapter by just pressing >> the wifi button withou needing to jump to the BIOS. What does "rfkill" >> says? > > There'sno specific wifi button on my Asus 1000HE. Netbooks usually lack from many useful keys and buttons but I never heard wifi is one of them :-? For instance, in my netbook the wifi key is shared along with the F12 key, but other manufacturers locate it elsewhere or even assign a combo to enable/disable the wireless adapter (i.e., by pressing Fn+F[1-12]). > There's just the network manager's menu (which is part of Debian, not > part of the hardware) and the switch in the BIOS, which I'll consider > hardware (technically, though I suppose it's firmware). Having to enable wifi from the BIOS has to be very annoying ;-( > Now that I know how to turn it on again, I'll try and see what rfkill > says sometime. This utility works together with a kernel module that handles the acpi functions, in my case "hp-wmi", for asus laptops I can't tell. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jujviv$rg0$8...@dough.gmane.org
