But ubuntu has an add firmware option built into one of the software manager apps. Didn't it exist in ubuntu 10? I'd have thought so. Keith BAINBRIDGE keithrbau@gmail.com +61447 667 468 Sent from my Apad On Tue., 14 Apr. 2020, 19:46 'stripes theotoky' via mlug-au, < mlug-au@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Hello to all,
Have a problem with a very old Dell XPS M1330. The box is 12 years old (2008) and runs Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. It has only been used recently to play frozen bubble as it has a very good keyboard.
The problem: It does not pick the wifi. The switch on the side of the box doesn't seem to be working. I have checked the BIOS and both wifi and blue tooth seem to be turned on there (ENABLED).
I tried iwconfig which listed the following interfaces and that nothing was wifi capable
lo eth1 vboxnet0
I tried sudo ifconfig vboxnet0 up and sudo ifconfig vboxnet0 down
which show I can turn the vboxnet0 interface on and off. With it turned on I again tried iwconfig and still there are no wifi capable interfaces.
This happens with the Ubuntu that is on this box and with Mint 17 booted from a USB key.
Any ideas? Is the wifi internal card dead? old system?
Thanks in advance, Take care and be safe
J.
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