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

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 2012-02-25 at 14:41 +0100, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 2:36 PM, mercator <mercator2006 at 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 quite sure what you mean by "touch panel", I guess mine is not
> though. It is a Fn+<something> combination.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tom

IIUC he needs a GUI to press the button?! There's no "real" switch?!

Anyway, I installed Ubuntu to get my Wi-Fi USB adapter supported, it
still doesn't work as needed, but already is available, IOW my iPad is
able to "see" the USB adapter of my Linux PC, but I don't get an
Internet connection, or anything that is stable, instead of being
connected and disconnected and connected and disconnected ... all the
times.

If I should get it working with Ubuntu, I'll compare it with my Arch
Linux for troubleshooting.

Wi-Fi is a PITA and I experienced Arch as more problematic as Ubuntu
"might be".

I also don't have a Windows installed, resp. I've got an install for
VirtualBox on Arch Linux with a Windows to run an iThingy as long as
WLAN doesn't work.

Wi-Fi seems to be an issue with Linux, I'm uncertain to install a
Windows, I already hate to run it with VirtualBox.

Regards,
Ralf