just for future reference i got this problem sorted
sudo ifconfig en1 up
sorted it all out, i thought it was this to start with but silly me said fw1 instead of en1 for some reason!
yeah dropping it off just meant he brought it roung. thats my yorkshire slang coming out there i feel lol
software side didnt work im gonna brave it and crack it open see what i can do.
is the airport card under the keyboard like on the iBook [i really dont know much about the powerbook]
he didnt say he dropped it just he was messing about with settings he cant remember what and it stopped working
A friend just dropped off his powerbook G4 running panther, he is having a problem with airport.
somehow he has managed to turn it off and it cannot be turned back on.
clicking on the little icon and pressing on does nothing it stays in a constant state of "off".
the little icon is...