Re: no wifi on jessie install

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

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.

Lisi