On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 10:16:20 +0100 Ron Leach <[email protected]> wrote:
> List, a testing difficulty. > > Installed F14 RC3 XFCE from the CD-sized image released by Kevin on > Sept 30. Netbook is Samsung NB30, and dual boots F14 RC3 or XPhome. > WiFi is built-in; there is no physical on/off button for it, but a > softkey combination, 'Function key' and F9, switch WiFi off and on in > Windows XPhome. > > Under F14, Network manager does not seem to recognise any WiFi access > points and, after adding some, still does not see them to connect to. > The 'network icon' in the panel has a 'red cross' against it. > > I have also tried F13 XFCE spin (live CD) and F13 does not find the > wireless system, either. > > If I connect a wired Ethernet cable, the network connects using the > wired system. I wonder if the WiFi module is not switching on, or > being switched on? What wireless card is it? lspci and/or lsusb should tell you. > On a different netbook, Acer AspireOne (on which F13 XFCE is > installed), while F13 does find the inbuilt wireless system and > lights a WiFi LED, the F14 RC3 XFCE liveCD does not find the > wireless, and the WiFi LED on the AspireOne does not light. > > I'll do some more checks of dmesg to see how far F14 gets in finding > the WiFi system. Are there other files I should check? I would first look at lspci/lsusb to figure out what card it is, then go from there. dmesg might also be informative. kevin
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