Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless - Laptops

2012-02-15 Thread Liam Proven
On 15 February 2012 11:11, Sean Miller wrote: > I have two laptops that are both Currys brands (Advent and e-Machines) and > they always used to run Ubuntu fine. > > Lately, though, there's no wireless at all... doesn't detect anything at > all, so I assume it's a driver issue of some sort. > > As

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless - Laptops

2012-02-15 Thread Barry Drake
On 15/02/12 11:45, Sean Miller wrote: If I get the machine onto an RJ45 lead is there a possibility the OS could still do this? Very probably. I had to do this with my old Dell netbook which had a Broadcom card. Once you are on a wired connection, you can open the 'additional drivers' app a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless - Laptops

2012-02-15 Thread Andy Braben
On 15 February 2012 11:45, Sean Miller wrote: > On 15 February 2012 11:24, Simon Greenwood wrote: > >> need either ndiswrapper or the firmware loading for them - I seem to >> recall that this has been taken out of Ubuntu recently. >> > > That was the sort of thing I thought it would probably be.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless - Laptops

2012-02-15 Thread Sean Miller
On 15 February 2012 11:24, Simon Greenwood wrote: > need either ndiswrapper or the firmware loading for them - I seem to > recall that this has been taken out of Ubuntu recently. > That was the sort of thing I thought it would probably be... the developers making things "cleaner" by removing stu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless - Laptops

2012-02-15 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 15 February 2012 11:11, Sean Miller wrote: > I have two laptops that are both Currys brands (Advent and e-Machines) and > they always used to run Ubuntu fine. > > Lately, though, there's no wireless at all... doesn't detect anything at > all, so I assume it's a driver issue of some sort. > > A

[ubuntu-uk] Wireless - Laptops

2012-02-15 Thread Sean Miller
I have two laptops that are both Currys brands (Advent and e-Machines) and they always used to run Ubuntu fine. Lately, though, there's no wireless at all... doesn't detect anything at all, so I assume it's a driver issue of some sort. As I am not currently anywhere near a wired connection I can'