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On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:41:31 +0000 bad apple wrote: > On 05/01/12 16:18, Philip Hudson wrote: > > On 5 Jan, 2012, at 2:01 pm, Gordon Henderson wrote: > > > >> I guess you have a laptop that has a Wi-Fi sticker on the outside, > >> but no Wi-Fi visible to Linux? > > > > Precisely. It also has a "WiFi" hardware button above the keyboard, > > as Mat mentioned; no discernible difference after pushing it. > > > > -- > > Phil Hudson http://hudson-it.no-ip.biz > > @UWascalWabbit PGP/GnuPG ID: 0x887DCA63 > > > > > > Ok, not a good start: Packard Bell... They are infamous for a lot of > (bad) reasons, including the habit of reusing the > chassis/plastics/fascia from different models, even including the > "wifi ready" logos on models which don't have wifi. I have an old > Toshy Satellite Pro with the same issue - reused casing with > wifi-equipped logos all over it and even a button to turn > wifi/bluetooth on. Problem is, there is no bluetooth or wifi hardware > inside the damn thing. > > Anyway, it looks like it should have a ralink chipset inside: > > http://forums.driverguide.com/showthread.php?t=57198 > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/ralink-wireless-lan-card-v2-not-working-in-fedora-7-a-581101/ > > Could you post the output of dmesg? Best way to be sure. If you do > have wifi looks like you're going to be having some fun with > ndiswrapper. > > Cheers, > > Mat Haha! My wife used to have an Acer like that. Hers had a physical sliding switch for WiFi and a separate one for Bluetooth, which was fun considering it didn't have built-in Bluetooth! Oh, the joys of laptops. :) Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq