On 9 October 2011 12:04, Jason White <jason@jasonjgw.net> wrote:
Daniel Dalton <d.dalton@iinet.net.au> wrote:

> But it seems to have no effect on my Dell. The wifi hot key on the
> laptop does not seem to work either (from the console).

Is there a hardware switch somewhere on the laptop, perhaps underneath, to
turn the wifi on and off? On my Lenovo laptop, there is a switch. If it's off
and you try to bring up the wireless interface, you get the most obscure error
message that I've read in a very long time.


I had the same thought and was just looking at the manuas on the Dell web site.  As far as I can see there isn't one.  There's a group of three buttons on the right above the keyb and the left most of those is labelled "Windows Mobility Center" which may be the closest but of course is not likely to work under linux.  It looks like one of those soft-keys rather than a switch.

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