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    HP8510w : Wifi light OFF on Ubuntu 7.10.

    Discussion in 'HP' started by makikata, Oct 8, 2007.

  1. makikata

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    Hello everyone!

    I have received my new laptop 8510w and I can say I'm really satisfied for everything but one thing:

    On Vista the wifi is working perfectly.

    On Ubuntu (7.04 & 7.10) I have several issues with this chipset 4965 (Intel, AGN):

    1. On Ubuntu, I am not able to activate the wifi "blue light"... when I touch the Wifi Icon on the laptop, the led stays off. This button must be working perfectly because the other buttons are working perfectly on Ubuntu (and Vista)

    2. It seems that on Ubuntu Gusty (7.10, beta), the driver for the Wifi chipset has already been installed. And sometimes, I can even detect some wireless networks (and the light stays OFF). Still, I can't get any connection.

    3. I tried sudo modprobe iwl4965 but I still can't get my Internet connection on Ubuntu.

    Thanks in advance, and sorry for the english, I'm french :)
     
    makikata, Oct 8, 2007
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