Re: [arch-general] Ways to power on broadcom bcm4311 wireless adaptor without booting into windows

2012-02-28 Thread mercator
On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:41:05 +0100, Tom Gundersen wrote: Not quite sure what you mean by touch panel, I guess mine is not though. It is a Fn+something combination. Cheers, Tom My wifi switch is not a button, and there's no function key for it. I think it is activated through infrared

[arch-general] Ways to power on broadcom bcm4311 wireless adaptor without booting into windows

2012-02-25 Thread mercator
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:37:22 +0530, Jayesh Badwaik wrote: On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Moncef Baazet mob@gmail.com wrote: At Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:35:26 +0800, mercator wrote: Hi guys, After switching from Linux Mint to Archlinux, my wireless card refused to show up in

Re: [arch-general] Ways to power on broadcom bcm4311 wireless adaptor without booting into windows

2012-02-25 Thread Tom Gundersen
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 2:36 PM, mercator mercator2...@gmail.com wrote: And thank you Tom. I tried pressing my wifi switch when in BIOS. But it is in a touch panel, so I cannot switch it on manually. And I wonder whether your wifi switch is in a touch panel or a seperate button? Thanks! Not

Re: [arch-general] Ways to power on broadcom bcm4311 wireless adaptor without booting into windows

2012-02-25 Thread Ionut Biru
On 02/25/2012 03:41 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote: On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 2:36 PM, mercator mercator2...@gmail.com wrote: And thank you Tom. I tried pressing my wifi switch when in BIOS. But it is in a touch panel, so I cannot switch it on manually. And I wonder whether your wifi switch is in a

Re: [arch-general] Ways to power on broadcom bcm4311 wireless adaptor without booting into windows

2012-02-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2012-02-25 at 14:41 +0100, Tom Gundersen wrote: On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 2:36 PM, mercator mercator2...@gmail.com wrote: And thank you Tom. I tried pressing my wifi switch when in BIOS. But it is in a touch panel, so I cannot switch it on manually. And I wonder whether your wifi

Re: [arch-general] Ways to power on broadcom bcm4311 wireless adaptor without booting into windows

2012-02-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2012-02-25 at 14:18 +, Tom Gundersen wrote: On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote: Wi-Fi seems to be an issue with Linux, I'm uncertain to install a Windows, I already hate to run it with VirtualBox. Seems you have had bad luck. Most

Re: [arch-general] Ways to power on broadcom bcm4311 wireless adaptor without booting into windows

2012-02-24 Thread Moncef Baazet
At Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:35:26 +0800, mercator wrote: Hi guys, After switching from Linux Mint to Archlinux, my wireless card refused to show up in lspci. It DOES worked fine under Linux Mint, but Below is my output of 'lspci -vnn |grep Broadcom' : 10:00.0 Ethernet controller:

Re: [arch-general] Ways to power on broadcom bcm4311 wireless adaptor without booting into windows

2012-02-24 Thread Jayesh Badwaik
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Moncef Baazet mob@gmail.com wrote: At Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:35:26 +0800, mercator wrote: Hi guys, After switching from Linux Mint to Archlinux, my wireless card refused to show up in lspci. It DOES worked fine under Linux Mint, but Below is my output

Re: [arch-general] Ways to power on broadcom bcm4311 wireless adaptor without booting into windows

2012-02-24 Thread Tom Gundersen
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:35 PM, mercator mercator2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, After switching from Linux Mint to Archlinux, my wireless card refused to show up in lspci. It DOES worked fine under Linux Mint, but Below is my output of 'lspci -vnn |grep Broadcom' : 10:00.0 Ethernet

Re: [arch-general] Ways to power on broadcom bcm4311 wireless adaptor without booting into windows

2012-02-23 Thread Vladimir Lomov
Hello, ** mercator [2012-02-22 23:35:26 +0800]: Hi guys, After switching from Linux Mint to Archlinux, my wireless card refused to show up in lspci. It DOES worked fine under Linux Mint, but Below is my output of 'lspci -vnn |grep Broadcom' : 10:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom

Re: [arch-general] Ways to power on broadcom bcm4311 wireless adaptor without booting into windows

2012-02-23 Thread mercator
Hi Vladimir, In fact I've tried 'lspci -vnn | grep 14e4' before, and this is the output, JUST one row: 10:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1693] (rev 02) If I just type 'lspci' I will not find anything related to wireless

[arch-general] Ways to power on broadcom bcm4311 wireless adaptor without booting into windows

2012-02-22 Thread mercator
Hi guys, After switching from Linux Mint to Archlinux, my wireless card refused to show up in lspci. It DOES worked fine under Linux Mint, but Below is my output of 'lspci -vnn |grep Broadcom' : 10:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express

Re: [arch-general] Ways to power on broadcom bcm4311 wireless adaptor without booting into windows

2012-02-22 Thread Jesse Jaara
Your BIOS migt contain a wifi swich Sent from my phone. Sorry for any spelling mistakes

Re: [arch-general] Ways to power on broadcom bcm4311 wireless adaptor without booting into windows

2012-02-22 Thread mercator
Thanks Jesse, I'm afraid there's no wifi switch in BIOS. Actually, BIOS options related to LAN/WLAN are as follows: LAN powersaving: disable Embedded WLAN Device Radio: enable Network Interface Controller(LAN): enable LAN/WLAN Switching: enable Wake on LAN: enable I tried to toggle these