On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 22:52:31 -0500 David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> My newly oldest computer, an Acer TravelMate 3201XCi, > built in 2004, contains one of these. If it's of any use to Charles, > I can warn that this laptop has the annoying habit of booting up > with the wifi blocked. (It has a pair of insanely placed toggling > buttons/lights for wifi and bluetooth, and I've never figured out > what the wifi light correlates with.) I know nothing about the R51 > and whether there are any firmware buttons or function keys that > would affect its wifi. A good thought, thank you. A careful inspection of the computer and search of the Hardware Maintenance Manual reveal no such physical switch. There is a function key switch which relies on OS support to actually do anything, and I doubt that is active in d-i. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/