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Wifi stopped working after installing Ubuntu

Asked by Michel Brassard

Installed Ubuntu 11.04 with Wubi on a Lenovo ideapad S12 running Windows XP and the wifi quit working I uninstalled Ubuntu but this did not fix, wifi still not working.

The wifi switch is on and a check of paramaters shows nothing changed

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José Antonio Rey (jose) said : 		#1

Have you checked if there is any driver to be installed in Additional Drivers?

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#2

where isn't the wifi working? in ubuntu or in windoze?

if it's in ubuntu, right click on the wireless icon then click enable networking.

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Michel Brassard (michelsurlelarge) said : 		#3

Sorry I could not reply earlier, no access to the net.

Wifi stopped in both environments.
Tried a few time to disable and enable in Windows and uninstalled Ubuntu still nothing.

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Michel Brassard (michelsurlelarge) said : 		#4

Downloaded pilot from Lenovo site and installed and still no wifi.

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Saptarshi Ghosh (ghoshsaptarshi7) said : 		#5

Open Terminal and type these commands:
"sudo rfkill list all"
This will list the Wireless hardware in your computer.
If the Wifi shows not enabled or somthing like that then type:
"sudo rfkill unblock all"
Pls report if it works or not.

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Michel Brassard (michelsurlelarge) said : 		#6

Open Terminal and type these commands:
"sudo rfkill list all"
This will list the Wireless hardware in your computer.
If the Wifi shows not enabled or somthing like that then type:
"sudo rfkill unblock all"
Pls report if it works or not.

Is this to be done under Ubuntu? I have uninstalled Ubuntu and am trying to restore under Windows first.
Under Windows I do not know where to find terminal ?

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Saptarshi Ghosh (ghoshsaptarshi7) said : 		#7

You need to do this in ubuntu, not in Windows. In ubuntu press Alt+F2 and type "gnome-terminal" (quotes) and hit enter to open terminal. Then follow the above instructions.

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