On Monday 18 January 2016 18:42:23 Bob Holtzman wrote: > Finally got around to installing jessie (clean install) on a thinkpad > 420 and all seemes to go well except there is no wireless, only ethernet. > > lsmod shows iwlwifi but I can't get the radio to turn on. > > Installed firmware-linux-nonfree with no results. > > Any help appreciated.
Mea culpa. It says. Thinkpad 420. Is there a wireless hardware switch which is turned off? Or for some hardware, the wi-fi toggles on and off via one of the function keys. I.e., wi-fi might be turned off some way at the hardware level. Lisi
