[ltp] Wireless hardware radio switch does not work on X60s

Alex Deucher linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 31 May 2007 07:48:08 -0500


On 5/30/07, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 May 2007, r8scq7b02@sneakemail.com wrote:
> > Yes. Wireless is working fine, switch is in off position. I even played around
> > with it turning it back and forth but nothing happened. And I must say that
> > it is very poor engineering. It is _very_ difficult to slide it back and
> > forth the way it is intended with finger over the switch, but _too easy_ to
> > switch it when pushing it from the two tiny edges. It almost makes me think
> > it is loose and broken.
>
> Hmm, we need a report from someone else with an Atheros card to know for
> sure, then.
>

FWIW, I have a t41p with the atheros card and hitting the wireless fn
combo kills the wifi radio.

Alex