[ltp] Disabling the wireless

[Martin Spasov]

Hi,
You can disable the radio either by removing the module or by echoing 1
to the rf_kill file:

# find /sys/ -name *rf_kill*
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:02.0/rf_kill
#echo 1 > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:02.0/rf_kill

Hope this helps

On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 09:13 +0100, Alejandro Sobrino Beltr=E1n wrote:
> Hi,
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> I have a T41 (TP12GSP) with Wireless (Intel 802.11b) and bluetooth.
> The question is... how do I disable the wireless? In W$ you just have
> to press the Fn+F5 and select "Disable" for the Wireless and/or the
> Bluetooth.
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> But in Linux if I do Fn+F5 it turns on/off _only_ bluetooth (I don't
> really know if it works or not, buf the bluetooth led changes on/off
> :-)).
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> Right now, only in Linux, my battery only lasts about 3hrs, but in W$
> it almost reaches 5hrs (disabling wireless). So I would like to try
> the same in Linux...
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> Ops! My system is a Debian Unstable, 2.6.9(with acpi)+software-suspend+ip=
w2100.
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> Thanks for all,
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Martin Spasov <mspasov@techno-link.com>