shutting off wireless for air travel

[Ricardo Carrano]

I reopened #1406.

---------- Original Message -----------
From: Mitch Bradley <wmb at laptop.org>
To: Ricardo Carrano <carrano at ricardocarrano.com>
Cc: devel at laptop.org
Sent: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:14:05 -1000
Subject: Re: shutting off wireless for air travel

> This is all documented on the wiki.  See:
> 
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Airplane_mode
> 
> and
> 
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Support_FAQ#How_do_I_disable_wireless_when_flying.3F
> 
> If you don't want the wireless to restart automatically after a reboot, 
> renaming /lib/firmware/usb8388.bin works.
> 
> Ricardo Carrano wrote:
> >> 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
> >>     
> >
> > I don't believe the module would be reloaded by any running process.
> > Even restarting sugar does not (tested in joyride 1477). I think you would need a
reboot.
> >
> > The reason I am not recommending sugar-control-panel, though I agree that it is an
> > elegant solution, is that it does not seem to work (yet).
> >
> > Has anyone successfully used it?
> >
> 
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