Re: Model??

On some Thinkpad models the detailed info label is inside the battery 
compartment: If it's not on the bottom of the case and the machine has a 
removable battery at the back, take it out and look underneath it.

On 8/4/19 6:35 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: Beartooth <[email protected]>
>
> | 	Hmmm.... Would E570 in the extreme upper right corner of the rim
> | around the keyboard be a model number?
>
> E570 would be the model number.
>
> On the bottom there should be a label with a more detailed "type"
> number.  That would actually tell us about your notebook's hardware as
> shipped.
>
> If you go to Lenovo's support site, it probably expains where to find
> this information.
>
> The command lshw (for LiSt HardWare) would tell you tonnes of stuff.
> You may have to install this package.
>
> The command dmesg would tell you what the kernel is seeing.
> Unfortunately, it's not at all clear to the uninitiated.
>
> The command "journalctr -b" will show you the system log ("-b" means "since last
> boot).  It will include the kernel log and the daemon logs.
> Unfortunately, it's not at all clear to the uninitiated.
>
> | > My crystal ball says it has nothing to do with hardware,
> |
> | 	Well, that may save me a (possibly futile) trip to the shop. Any
> | ideas what else might be wrong? Offhand, I recall only a little of what
> | I've installed besides Fedora 30: Alpine, Pan, and pretty much every
> | browser available via dnf, plus Vivaldi and Opera.
>
> It's unlikely that any of those would cause networking to fail.
>
> But, in case you've mucked something up, trying a live system booted from
> a USB stick might be a good test.
>
> ================
>
> Wired ethernet is usually the least tricky to set up.  If possible,
> start there.
>
> Most North Americal residential internet services (cable internet
> (DOCSIS) and phone wire internet (*DSL)) are provided through a
> combination modem / router and they usually have about four wired
> ports and one wireless one.
>
> How is it that you have such a tough time finding an ethernet socket
> connected to your router?  Perhaps you set them up a while ago and
> have forgotten.
>
> How is it that you have multiple WLANs (Wireless Local Areal Network)?
> Normally that would be through additional devices that you installed
> but you don't seem to know about them.  Some might belong to your
> neighbours.
>
> ================
>
> If you get a wired connection going, the first thing to do might be to
> run "sudo dnf update".  Sometimes that fixes bugs and it is an easy
> thing to do.
>
> ================
>
> Last week, I found my Lenovo Yoga 2 pro running Fedora 30 could not
> connect to one hotel's WLAN.  Nor could Win10 on that notebook.  But a
> different notebook runing Fedora 30 could and so could our Android
> phones.  I never solved that problem.
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