Re: WiFi problem.

Hi Will,

+1 again on below. Just what I was going to say.
However it may not just be a hard switch.

I've had "switches" that are not a button as such. They detect your 
finger swiping over them.
Such that is there somewhere on your laptop that has "lights" that you 
run your finger over and it will turn on/off whatever soft switch is 
under the plastic. The surface is smooth. You just move your finger over 
it to turn off/on anything under it. Run your finger around all the 
smooth plastic bits of the laptop. (while switched on of course ;-)

Ben


On 22/05/14 14:39, David wrote:
> +1
>
> I've made this mistake several times
>
> On my lapdog the hardware switch is small and obscure and easy to not 
> even realise it's there.
>
>
>
> On 22/05/14 14:37, David Lyon wrote:
>> 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 
>> <[email protected]>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.
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