I'm sure someone has seen this before: there doesn't seem to be a problem posted that nobody knows.
I have a Toshiba Satellite A660, running Ubuntu 14.04 In the past, I've been able to :-- 1. tether my smartphone to the laptop 2. go to a coffeeshop that has a WiFi and pick it up with the laptop. Now I can't. I can click on the “fan” and whilst it will open, nothing WiFi registers. Not evne when the smartphone swears it's emulating a portable hotspot. Took the laptop to the local computer shop. Was asked whether I'd had Windows on the laptop in the past. Answer yes. Well, since the switch is a Window switch, it might be a vagrant piece of Window leftover that turned it off. This sounds like Olde Stuffe. Nevertheless, I can't pick up any WiFi. And Fn-F8 doesn't turn on anything. I'm reluctant to believe this is a Toshiba peculiarity (as I've also been told). I've had it working with earlier versions of Ubuntu. Any suggestions will be gratefully acted upon. William Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
