shutting off wireless for air travel

[Mitch Bradley]

Ricardo Carrano wrote:
> I would suggest:
>
> rmmod usb8xxx
>   

That is (or at least used to be) ineffective, as the module would just 
get reloaded automatically.  The workaround is (was?) to rename 
/lib/firmware/usb8388.bin
> --
> Ricardo Carrano
>
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: Phil Bordelon <phil at thenexusproject.org>
> To: David W Hogg <david.hogg at nyu.edu>
> Cc: devel at laptop.org
> Sent: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:36:26 -0600
> Subject: Re: shutting off wireless for air travel
>
>   
>> David W Hogg wrote:
>>     
>>> Is there any way to shut off the wireless on the vanilla G1G1 laptops
>>> so that they may be used on an airplane legally?  I am about to fly
>>> with mine.
>>>       
>> Yup.  Open up the Terminal activity, then:
>>
>>     sugar-control-panel -s radio off
>>
>> You can '-s radio on' when you're back on the ground.
>>
>> See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_Control_Panel for more.
>>
>> Phil B.
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