21 May 2012 at 21:46 #1 xpcpu xpcpu Associate Joined 2 Jan 2004 Posts 1,082 Location Hatfield, Herts i've just installed Ubuntu onto an HP5000 laptop but cannot seem to get the wifi working it states i need to turn the wifi swith on but when i press the wifi button nothing happens any advice would be appreciated.
i've just installed Ubuntu onto an HP5000 laptop but cannot seem to get the wifi working it states i need to turn the wifi swith on but when i press the wifi button nothing happens any advice would be appreciated.
22 May 2012 at 23:48 #2 melvis melvis Associate Joined 2 May 2012 Posts 565 Location /dev/null whats the terminal output of sudo lshw -C network Click to expand... ?
23 May 2012 at 00:15 #3 xpcpu xpcpu Associate OP Joined 2 Jan 2004 Posts 1,082 Location Hatfield, Herts sorry, gave up and installed windows i needed a driver for the HP buttons to get the wifi turned on.
23 May 2012 at 16:46 #4 melvis melvis Associate Joined 2 May 2012 Posts 565 Location /dev/null ah fair enough