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 On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 23:25 +0100, David Martin wrote: > > 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 helps. > > Tom > > > On my Thinkpad X31 with Ubuntu just using the Fn+F5 key > disables/enables the wireless adapter. Or, the software option, right > click the network manager on the panel and tick 'Enable Wireless' > works for me. > > Dave > > > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
