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On 26/01/2016 15:38, Simon Avery wrote: > Look closely at the front and side edges of the laptop, and around the > screen and under it, and at the top of the keyboard. > > Quite often there's a button or slider that disables wifi. On some > laptops it's very easy to nudge this by mistake. > > > > On 26 January 2016 at 13:25, Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:46:37 +0000 > Ben Whorwood <ml-devcornlinuxgrp@xxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:ml-devcornlinuxgrp@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > It can be easy for a never-used Fn+other key combination to be > > pressed and the person not realise. Especially if a cat or other > > creature has decided to take a dance on the keyboard. > > She does have three cats!! > > > > > I would prepare a bootable live operating system as well so you can > > quickly rule out software configuration or driver issues. > > > The laptop does boot up as normal, it is just the wifi not working. > > Neil > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq > > > > I find a Live Linux like Knoppix a great help to determine if it is hardware related as Knoppix has a very good hardware finder and offers a reasonable way to set up wifi. But FIRST connect it by ethernet, then align the wifi. -- regards Eion MacDonald -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq