[xubuntu-users] New laptop running v 13.04 - and wifi

[Neil]

 > Does your hardware have a hardware button to activate the wifi 
adapter? > My hardware does! > Should have thought of that. I will 
check. It could be that simple. Neil
>> OK, so I have now checked it out, and it was indeed as simple as that.
>> The wifi was switched off!! It is now working fine.
>>
>> I wonder why a new laptop comes with that switched off. No I am not
>> making excuses, just wondering. I should have thought of that.
>>
>> Neil
>>
> oh, oops, what, you didn't read the manual???<G> we all read the manual
> thoroughly before firing up a new toy, er laptop, right?? I have never
> had one with a switch like that ( all Dell laptops here) but my daughter
> had one.. HP I think.. I have run linux ( all flavors) on all my Dell
> laptops. The biggest issue I had was with Debian and the wireless
> drivers that had to be installed at boot time, it was always a pain!
> IPW2200 I think they were..
>
Perhaps I should have mentioned that it is not a physical switch,, that 
is a button to press. This keyboard has an Fn button on it and I had to 
use a keyboard shortcut. It was the key combination Fn + F11. I did read 
the booklet that came with it but it was mainly about Windows 8. And the 
information that I needed was included in a fold up sheet in several 
languages, so it was easy to miss. In fact the Fn key does a lot on this 
machine, so I need to get to know how it all works.

Neil