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 [email protected] +61447 667 468 Sent from my Apad On Tue., 14 Apr. 2020, 19:46 'stripes theotoky' via mlug-au, < [email protected]> 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. > > -- > Stripes Theotoky > > -37 .713869 > 145.050562 > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mlug-au" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mlug-au/CAEZu4cWgLu3Ga0TXvzc3JwVO0Ks2XCmbway%3DVqS54JyvCfT-dA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mlug-au/CAEZu4cWgLu3Ga0TXvzc3JwVO0Ks2XCmbway%3DVqS54JyvCfT-dA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . >
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