Re: no wifi on jessie install
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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