shutting off wireless for air travel

[drew einhorn]

Accidentally sent a previous reply to an individual instead of the list.

I believe a reboot automatically turns the radio back on.

To be sure I just pulled the battery for the flight, and stuck
it in a plastic bag to prevent any accidental contact with the
terminals.

On Jan 3, 2008 10:23 AM, Mitch Bradley <wmb at laptop.org> wrote:
> 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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Drew Einhorn