From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from viefep11-int.chello.at ([62.179.121.31]:53090 "EHLO viefep11-int.chello.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754261AbZGSNmH (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:42:07 -0400 Received: from edge05.upc.biz ([192.168.13.212]) by viefep11-int.chello.at (InterMail vM.7.09.01.00 201-2219-108-20080618) with ESMTP id <20090719134201.LUEI27079.viefep11-int.chello.at@edge05.upc.biz> for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:42:01 +0200 Message-ID: From: "Emiel Bruijntjes" To: Subject: Enabling and disabling Atheros AR9258 wireless card Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:41:38 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, I hope this is the right channel to report a bug/feature-request. My laptop (Toshiba NB200) uses a Atheros AR9285 wireless card. Wireless is currently disabled, and the wireless LED is off. This is the default factory setting. There is no way to enable the wireless module from Linux. On Windows, the Fn/F8 key combination enables and disables the wireless module, and turns on or off the LED. On Linux however, this isn't working. The advice that I read on discussion forums on the web was to boot Windows, turn on wireless, and then boot Linux again (see http://tjmcgrew.com/). It is - as far as I know - not possible to use the Atheros AR9285 wireless card on a Linux computer, without running Windows first to enable it. This is not very good. To sum up: - From Linux it is not possible to enable/disable the Atheros AR9285 wireless card, and to turn on and off the wireless LED. - This should be fixed as the wireless card is disabled by default, and it is thus impossible to use it on a system without installing and running Windows first. Emiel Bruijntjes