Re: [ubuntu-uk] Niggling wireless issue

2007-10-21 Thread Josh Blacker
On 10/21/07, Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/20/07, David Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That's interesting. On my X31 (great laptop) the Fn-F5 combo does > > > > > > nothing, I have read that it should operate the bluetooth adapter - I > > > have to switch it manually if i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Niggling wireless issue

2007-10-21 Thread Josh Blacker
On 10/20/07, David Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's interesting. On my X31 (great laptop) the Fn-F5 combo does > > > > nothing, I have read that it should operate the bluetooth adapter - I > > have to switch it manually if it should get turned off by accident. I > > don't have the stand

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Niggling wireless issue

2007-10-20 Thread David Martin
> > That's interesting. On my X31 (great laptop) the Fn-F5 combo does > nothing, I have read that it should operate the bluetooth adapter - I > have to switch it manually if it should get turned off by accident. I > don't have the standard wireless card though, this could account for the > differen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Niggling wireless issue

2007-10-20 Thread Tom Bamford
That's interesting. On my X31 (great laptop) the Fn-F5 combo does nothing, I have read that it should operate the bluetooth adapter - I have to switch it manually if it should get turned off by accident. I don't have the standard wireless card though, this could account for the differences. Tom O

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Niggling wireless issue

2007-10-20 Thread David Martin
> What model is your laptop? With my ThinkPad I can turn off various > internal devices including the Wireless adapter. In Windows it's a > checkbox to switch on and off but in Ubuntu I have to send commands to > ACPI files in /proc. I believe there are several laptops that work in > the same way.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Niggling wireless issue

2007-10-20 Thread Tom Bamford
What model is your laptop? With my ThinkPad I can turn off various internal devices including the Wireless adapter. In Windows it's a checkbox to switch on and off but in Ubuntu I have to send commands to ACPI files in /proc. I believe there are several laptops that work in the same way. Hope this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Niggling wireless issue

2007-10-20 Thread Michael Holloway
On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 00:04 +0100, Kris Marsh wrote: > On 10/19/07, Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > Not really asking for help as such, just flagging up something that's > > bugging me. I dual-boot windows and Gutsy on my laptop, as I'm sure > > many others do. Now, i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Niggling wireless issue

2007-10-19 Thread Kris Marsh
On 10/19/07, Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > Not really asking for help as such, just flagging up something that's > bugging me. I dual-boot windows and Gutsy on my laptop, as I'm sure > many others do. Now, if I use Windows for whatever reason, and turn > off the wireless to

[ubuntu-uk] Niggling wireless issue

2007-10-19 Thread Josh Blacker
Hi guys, Not really asking for help as such, just flagging up something that's bugging me. I dual-boot windows and Gutsy on my laptop, as I'm sure many others do. Now, if I use Windows for whatever reason, and turn off the wireless to save power, and then go back to Ubuntu, the wireless just doesn