[ltp] IBM wifi cards for t41p

[Stefan Schmidt]

--tcC6YSqBgqqkz7Sb
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello.

On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 16:43, Alex Deucher wrote:
> On 9/12/06, Stefan Schmidt <stefan@sostec.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> If I bought the FRU 2915abg for a t41p, can anyone verify that fn-f5
> >> will still turn off the radio and that the wireless LED will continue
> >> to work?
> >
> >I changed the atheros card against a 2915abg in my T40p. I needed to
> >change the bit inside the BIOS. Doing this from a linux system with a
> >selfcompiled no-1802 works very well. I had to do this three times
> >because my system board was replaced twice.
> >
> >The wireless LED is not working anymore. :(
>=20
> Was it an IBM FRU 2915 or a generic one?  I'd rather not deal with the
> no-1802 stuff.

Generic.

> >Are you sure that fn+f5 toogle your wlan, not only bluetooth? IIRC it
> >only toogles bluetooth on my system. I now use the ibm-acpi hotkey
> >feature to toogle bluetooth with fn+f5 and wlan with fn+f6. Loading
> >and unloading the ipw2200 module is fine with me.
>=20
> On my t41p fn-f5 seems to toggle bluetooth and the wifi radio.  I've
> never tried fn-f6, but's it's not marked lke the other fn-f* keys.
> I'm letting the bios control the fn keys.

Hmm, perhaps i was wrong here. You're right that fn+f6 is not handled
by the bios. I just use the acpi events for it. I prefer to toogle
bluetooth and wlan separately.

regards
Stefan Schmidt

--tcC6YSqBgqqkz7Sb
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc"
Content-Description: Digital signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: http://www.datenfreihafen.org/contact.html

iD8DBQFFByCbbNSsvd31FmURAsO6AKCQRO+qeYikJDLfX3zyHHzKIMGX6ACfVnbL
UPGsh5aAEoxZew71vURkoxw=
=F4Lb
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--tcC6YSqBgqqkz7Sb--