[iPAQ] Re: [Linux] state of wireless lan ?

The switch on the bottom of the unit is, for all intents and purposes,
a "detach the battery switch": the battery will not charge unless it
is switched on.

I suspect this is your problem.
                                        - Jim

> Sender: A.Schroeter@dkfz-heidelberg.de
> From: Andre Schroeter <A.Schroeter@dkfz-heidelberg.de>
> Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 13:15:08 +0200
> To: ipaq@handhelds.org
> Cc: jg@pa.dec.com
> Subject: Re: [Linux] state of wireless lan ?
> -----
> > The battery in the PCMCIA sleeve doubles the total battery capacity
> available.
>
> > One of the nice things of the iPAQ is that power can go back and forth
> > between the units (and they can be charged independently).
>
> is this also true for linux ?
>
> i have installed linux yesterday.
> detached the pc card sleeve, shutdown.
> today the ipaq pattery is empty. i can't reboot.
> if i attach the pc card sleve (it has still to be full)
> the ipaq still does not boot.
>
> andre
>
> is the problem with the wavelan driver solverd in 0.17 ?
> i think it worked in 0.15 ?
>
>
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Jim Gettys
Technology and Corporate Development
Compaq Computer Corporation
jg@pa.dec.com