Re: no wifi on jessie install
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On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 11:42:23AM -0700, 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.
I dimly remember that on thinkpads you can block the wifi from the
BIOS. Further, there might be a WIFI disable switch somewhere.
Further, playing around with rfkill might help.
Regards
- -- tomás
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