WiFi in Ubuntu 10.04

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Have windows Vista and Ubuntu 10.04 on SAME hard drive in a Gateway T-1620 laptop, Vista uses Wifi but in Ubuntu it Fails and states message "Wireless is Disabled" Mt question is "How do I enable IT {wifi}. 60 year old Linux Newbie w/Experience looking for Answer

Answer 1

It sounds like your Ubuntu installation doesn't have the required drivers for your wireless card. Try running lspci.

You'll get output like the below but one of which will be your wireless card, you can then google for instructions to get it working on Ubuntu.

02:00.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE]
02:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 02)
02:03.0 USB Controller: VMware Inc Abstract USB2 EHCI Controller

Assuming you can get it online using the Ethernet then you can probably use apt-get to install a proprietary driver (you may need to add a repository first though).

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