Matt, As far as i know if the wireless works in win7, it will work in ubuntu. Check in System -> Admin -> hardware drivers in Ubuntu. Some drivers esp brodcomm are not enabled default in ubuntu.
==================== Biju, Please check this post online. Try the steps i asked matt to do, or the steps pasted below. I am not sure with the laptop, so i cannot give a definite answer. check this post. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1049530 ---- BIJU -- Steps sent by david 1. press <alt> F2 together in main desktop 2. type " gnome-terminal " with out the quotation marks 3. type " sudo su " --this will make you get all administrator privelages. 4. type the following --- ( David chetan wrote this for an acer laptop so need to verify with him ) On May 12, 9:35 am, David John <[email protected]> wrote: > This process enables wireless till the next reboot > > sudo service network-manager stop > sudo rmmod acer_wmi > sudo modprobe acer_wmi > sudo rfkill unblock all > (Checked that everything was unblocked) > sudo service network-manager start > > Now, instead of "Wireless is disabled by the hardware switch" status > in NM, the message will be "wireless is disabled" > Enable wireless from NM > sudo rmmod -f acer_wmi > > Wireless networks will be detected and connected -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
