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| From | Bob Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: no wifi on jessie install |
| Date | 2016-01-19 02:20 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <qSt7I-vW-13@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <qSn2h-4CH-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <qSt7I-vW-15@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 11:24:32PM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 18 January 2016 18:42:23 Bob Holtzman wrote: > > Finally got around to installing jessie (clean install) on a thinkpad > > 420 and all seemes to go well except there is no wireless, only ethernet. > > > > lsmod shows iwlwifi but I can't get the radio to turn on. > > > > Installed firmware-linux-nonfree with no results. > > > > Any help appreciated. > > Mea culpa. It says. Thinkpad 420. > > Is there a wireless hardware switch which is turned off? Or for some > hardware, the wi-fi toggles on and off via one of the function keys. I.e., > wi-fi might be turned off some way at the hardware level. That's the first thing I checked. Fn + F5 is the switch. When I try it, it just sits there and mocks me and wireless remains off.
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no wifi on jessie install Bob Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> - 2016-01-18 19:50 +0100
Re: no wifi on jessie install <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-01-18 21:00 +0100
Re: no wifi on jessie install lukasz <debian@luka.sh> - 2016-01-19 00:10 +0100
Re: no wifi on jessie install Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 00:30 +0100
Re: no wifi on jessie install Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-01-19 04:50 +0100
Re: no wifi on jessie install Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 00:30 +0100
Re: no wifi on jessie install Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2016-01-19 00:40 +0100
Re: no wifi on jessie install Bob Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> - 2016-01-19 02:20 +0100
Re: no wifi on jessie install err404@free.fr - 2016-01-19 02:40 +0100
Re: no wifi on jessie install Bob Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> - 2016-01-19 03:00 +0100
Re: no wifi on jessie install Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2016-01-19 17:50 +0100
Re: no wifi on jessie install deloptes <deloptes@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-19 21:50 +0100
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