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alexanderfortis
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 Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:00 am Post subject: Wireless problem on Xa 3530 |
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Hi everyone!
Recently I've bought a Fujitsu Siemens Xa 3530 and installed gentoo on it, when configuring it i ran into a problem with the wireless card by brand its a Atheros AR5008X so mad wifi seemed to be the option, but it didn't work, I've tried other versions of linux to see if auto-configurating it would be the answer but it still wasn't then I've noticed that the function key + F1 combo didn't turn the wireless led on. I've searched the vendors forums and found a solution but only under windows. Its a vb script that has to be put in the startup folder, by my guessing it executes a program that handles the function key combos
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Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set oExec = WshShell.Exec("C:\Program Files\Launch Manager\WisWBSet.exe")
do while WshShell.AppActivate("Wireless Status Option")=False
WScript.Sleep 100
loop
WScript.Sleep 100
WshShell.sendkeys("{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{LEFT}~")
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this WisWBSet.exe is the program to handle special keys, I'm not quite sure what the last line is for but it works. Now does anyone think a solution exists for using linux shell scripting? I think it would be okay if the program would run under wine, I'm still looking for the linux version of the program.
I'd be grateful for any help |
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kardolus
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Location: Amsterdam
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Did you enable ath9k (as a module) in your kernel? I think that is the driver you need.
| Code: | | grep -i ath9k /usr/src/linux/.config |
However, I dunno about that wireless LED  .
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