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Need help Wireless not seen - Dell Laptop 10.10

Hey all,

I am running (or trying to...) run 10.10 (64 bit) on my Dell XPS M1330. I am having problems with my Wireless connection I have recently installed Ubuntu 10.10 on an HP laptop, and everything went fine, including finding the wireless network connection (i.e. I can see the wireless router I want to connect too). Now, doing the same on my laptop, I cannot find the wireless connection (I can see other connections of the neighbors...). I have reinstalled twice, and rebooted both computer and wireless router. I have even tried setting up the connection manually, but to no avail.

Edit: For emphasis I can see other wireless connections but not my own

Thanks for all the help thus far

Help, if any, will be much appreciated!

Posted Dec 28, 2010, 9:29 PM UTC · edited

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sPunDuck•

Install while hard wired. My Ubuntu Dell laptop did same thing. Now works great.

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SelfImmolationOP•

haha oh gosh, okay Lemme give this a go, but I am still open to other suggestions :D

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sPunDuck•

bet it works. GL

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SelfImmolationOP•

Okay attempting the install now. Cheers!

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SelfImmolationOP•

Unfortunately it did not work... I can see other wireless connections but not my own

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sPunDuck•

um got me then, ull get it im sure

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immrlizard•

I have had a lot of the same experiences with all Linux versions.

Usually there is a proprietary driver that needs to be installed for it to work.

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sPunDuck•

im sure ur right just found reinstall clean and fairly quick. seems to affect my dell, didnt bother 2 desk tops builds that use a usb wifi

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immrlizard•

What I have seen is that you don't always have to do a reinstall for it to work if it detected your wired connection. That can save you some time

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netbich•

This is not one bit helpful to your situation but it made me think of this Eddie Izzard clip. If nothing else, hope you get a laugh out of it.

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SelfImmolationOP•

hahahha that was awesome! That got a few laughs out of me :) Izzard is the man.

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cwayne18•

What kind of wireless card do you have? "lspci | grep Network"

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SelfImmolationOP•

0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)

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cwayne18•

try sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-wireless

while plugged in obviously

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SelfImmolationOP•

Thanks, I will give it a go after the fresh install. I will post back on the progress

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daengbo•

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic

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SelfImmolationOP•

$ sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-wireless Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package linux-backports-modules-wireless

That's what I got in return...

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SelfImmolationOP•

I need to push F12 in the beginning to enter the BIOS :)

Do you know which two were supposed to be active? Thanks for the response

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sedaak•

The problem is not in your laptop.

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