[maemo-users] WiFi borked after update

[From: Andrew Flegg]

On 10/7/08, Eero Tamminen <eero.tamminen at nokia.com> wrote:
>  ext Marius Vollmer wrote:
>
> >  Yes.  What about making red-pill mode non-persistent: on the next start
> >  of the AM, it would be back in blue-pill mode.
>
>  Sounds good to me.

Agreed. Sounds like the best way of balancing the features against the
problems it causes with people leaving it enabled.

>  It needing virtual keyboard (that could be borked) on N80
>  is another concern though...

Well, it's not the only way of entering text (Bluetooth or USB
keyboard; SSH), nor the sole recovery option. If a system's so borked
that the virtual keyboard doesn't work this change would only impact
the power user if:

    * They otherwise had enabled Red Pill in expectation of needing
      it.
    * They had *not* installed SSH (or had no network access)
    * They had no USB or Bluetooth keyboard/adapter
    * They were unable to refllash.
    * Installing one or more packages would suffice to fix it.

In this circumstance, I'm happy to say "reflash" ;-)

Cheers,

Andrew

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