-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAladO38ACgkQBcgs9XrR2kaOBgCfTcPfAQDlIR+r2O9j9L9SsxPC Q+EAni6nDBYYgrNxel7+V9uYl5Mpf+57 =QNDp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----