On Sun, 2006-10-29 at 19:59 -0500, fire-eyes wrote: > William Kenworthy wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-10-29 at 11:11 -0500, fire-eyes wrote: > >> 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: > > > >> I don't have a physical switch, but perhaps there is a software switch. > >> This laptop has never run windows, so I can't say that is a factor. > >> > > > > Using the ipw220 (sony vaio), it generates a message > > in /var/log/messages and dmesg saying the killwitch must be off for > > wireless to work. If the killswitch is off (wireless working), there is > > no message in either. > > > > > > This is with the in-kernel drivers. > > > > BillK > > Ahh okay, I use the external drivers. > > I do have chances to test it now, as I got my wireless working again > back home. Linksys wrt54g v5 bricked (avoid those!), or so I thought it > did... stuck dd-wrt 23 SP 2 on it, and it's working VERY nicely... > > Hopefully I won't keep having these issues, we'll see... but history > says I will. >
I think the drivers are the same - just the kernel lags the sourceforge project. I originally used the ext ones as in-kernel didnt work for me, but the latest kernels seem fine (though the data transfer rates seem quite a lot slower and less sensitive?) BillK -- William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
