Fix for HP Laptops

[Eberhard Roloff]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> Arthur Johnson wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Karl Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>   
>>>    The problem with my HP CQ50 laptop is simple. When Vista (which has
>>> a driver) turns off it also turns off the atheros AR5007 WiFi hardware.
>>> This means my Linux without a driver can't turn on the hardware.
>>>     
>> Are you sure there is no BIOS setting for turning the wifi on at boot
>> time?  My daughter's Asus Eee 900A had this problem when she put
>> Ubuntu on it.  I found a switch in the BIOS for turning it on when the
>> machine starts.
>>
>>   
>     I will look again in BIOS but it didn't seem to have WiFi in the 
> BIOS anywhere.
> 
> Karl
> 
> 
On the laptops I know, there is also usually a FN+<some_Function-key> 
combination that switches the wifi on or off.

Kind regards
Eberhard