Re: [clug-talk] Wifi Kill Switches

2010-05-27 Thread Craig McLean
10 9:59 AM To: CLUG General Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Wifi Kill Switches On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Craig McLean wrote: > Hello > > > > The Wifi kill switch is accurately named.  After installing Ubuntu 10.04 I > tried it and it killed my wireless. > > > >

Re: [clug-talk] Wifi Kill Switches

2010-05-27 Thread Mark Carlson
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Craig McLean wrote: > Hello > > > > The Wifi kill switch is accurately named.  After installing Ubuntu 10.04 I > tried it and it killed my wireless. > > > > Here is the situation.  I was originally running Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook remix, > on that OS I recall that the

Re: [clug-talk] Wifi Kill Switches

2010-05-26 Thread simon
> Does anybody have any theories on what might be going on here? Am I > missing > kernel modules and key mappings? check out the app 'rfkill' and see if it is blocking the device too. -- si...@treadstone:~/kbdd$ rfkill list 0: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard

Re: [clug-talk] Wifi Kill Switches

2010-05-26 Thread Craig McLean
Hello. I meant to say Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook remix. From: clug-talk-boun...@clug.ca [mailto:clug-talk-boun...@clug.ca] On Behalf Of Craig McLean Sent: May-26-10 11:15 PM To: clug-talk@clug.ca Subject: [clug-talk] Wifi Kill Switches Hello The Wifi kill switch is accurately named

[clug-talk] Wifi Kill Switches

2010-05-26 Thread Craig McLean
Hello The Wifi kill switch is accurately named. After installing Ubuntu 10.04 I tried it and it killed my wireless. Here is the situation. I was originally running Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook remix, on that OS I recall that the Wifi kill switch worked properly. I could turn the WLAN on and off w