Don't buy HP computers

[Karl F. Larsen]

Franz Waldmüller wrote:
> Karl F. Larsen schrieb:
>   
>>     I have a Presidio CQ50 laptop from HP. I did the necessary moving of 
>> partitions around so I could load Ubuntu. I have 8.11 and 9.04Beta 
>> installed and running quite well. A problem occurred that kept WiFi from 
>> working. The problem is that the wifi hardware is turned off by Vista 
>> when you stop it.
>>     
>
> The Asus eeePC of my girlfriend is having similar problems:
> Sometimes wifi shuts itself off, but there is no Windows Dual Boot 
> install just plain ubuntu. I think that the BIOS is buggy, because it 
> was simply disabled in the bios, just had to switch it back on (in the 
> BIOS).
>   
    In the case with my HP CQ50 laptop the WiFi hardware is switched on 
when you load Vista, and off when you turn off Vista. My laptop has very 
little in BIOS. Nothing about WiFi that I can find. But will look with 
more care.


Karl




> As long as it doesn't happen often it is not a major problem (No my 
> girfriend knows how to access bios settings)
>
> Maybe your problem is similar?
>
> -> When blaming the brand it would be a good idea to rule out other 
> inflences (as Windows Vista in your case).
> Franz
>
>
>   


-- 

	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
	Linux User
	#450462   http://counter.li.org.
   PGP 4208 4D6E 595F 22B9 FF1C  ECB6 4A3C 2C54 FE23 53A7