Eee PC Ubuntu WiFi On/Off

One of the minor issues I had since installing ubuntu on my eee pc was I couldn’t work out how to turn the wifi off. There’s a Fn+F2 key combo that works in xandros, but it didn’t work for me in ubuntu. I tried googling for the answer and got nowhere.

So, for google, to turn wifi off, I had to echo 0 > /proc/acpi/asus/wlan Turning it on is obviously echo 1 > /proc/acpi/asus/wlan

Another problem fixed (sort of), I wouldn’t mind fixing Fn+F2, but I’m happy enough with the echo for now.

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This entry was written by chesty, posted on March 15, 2008 at 12:09 am, filed under eee pc, LA, Slug, ubuntu-au and tagged , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

3 Comments

  1. Mark Lambert
    Posted March 20, 2008 at 9:34 am | Permalink

    Hey Chesty try the eee-osd scriptpack .. works like a charm for me
    http://code.google.com/p/eee-osd/

  2. chesty
    Posted March 20, 2008 at 5:11 pm | Permalink

    Thanks Mark, works a treat.

  3. Matt
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 11:39 pm | Permalink

    chesty, i am experiencing the same problem

    I installed this eee-osd scriptpack but dont know how I can open it…it isnt in system tools or in accessories

    hope you will help
    thanks

    Matt

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