First thing to check is that the "Wifi button" is set to on. Sometimes it's very easy to accidently bump them to "off" without even realising.
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 2:18 PM, William Bennett <wrbennet...@gmail.com>wrote: > I'm sure someone has seen this before: there doesn't seem to be a problem > posted that nobody knows. > > > I have a Toshiba Satellite A660, running Ubuntu 14.04 > > > In the past, I've been able to :-- > > > 1. tether my smartphone to the laptop > > 2. go to a coffeeshop that has a WiFi and pick it up with the laptop. > > > Now I can't. > > > I can click on the “fan” and whilst it will open, nothing WiFi registers. > Not evne when the smartphone swears it's emulating a portable hotspot. > > > Took the laptop to the local computer shop. Was asked whether I'd had > Windows on the laptop in the past. Answer yes. Well, since the switch is a > Window switch, it might be a vagrant piece of Window leftover that turned > it off. > > > This sounds like Olde Stuffe. > > > Nevertheless, I can't pick up any WiFi. And Fn-F8 doesn't turn on > anything. > > > I'm reluctant to believe this is a Toshiba peculiarity (as I've also been > told). I've had it working with earlier versions of Ubuntu. > > > Any suggestions will be gratefully acted upon. > > > William Bennett. > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
