Re: WiFi problem.

sometimes its a soft switch too
Fn + Fsomething (F6 as i recall seems to be the default)


On 22/05/14 19:30, Ben Donohue wrote:
> 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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