Hi Mike; On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 13:35 -0400, Mike wrote: > On October 31, 2009, William Case wrote: > > > Here is the problem: > > > > * I can't get my friend's wireless connected and working. > > * I don't have his laptop here now so I can only say it is a new > > (purchased in the last four months) HP. Obviously, one of their > > more expensive models. I will get the hardware details when I go > > over to his place later. > > * The laptop has a led that is red when it does not have a > > wireless connection; blue when a connection has been established > > -- led remains annoyingly and constantly red. > > * I am using NetworkManager; the tooltip for the icon in the task > > bar says it is connected. NetworkManager services for all > > runlevels are enabled and running according to the services gui > > and the command line. > > * lsmod doesn't seem to show me a wireless driver; but that could > > be because I don't know what I am looking for. > > * lspci doesn't help either. > > * On ping I get no output other than the ping help message. Just > > realized as I was typing; I misused ping. I will try it again > > properly. > > * His wireless connection is easily established in Windows Vista > > > > Which model HP and wireless card? I will check when I visit him again in a day or two. But very new. > > On some moels the wireless is disabeled if a wired connection is present. I > think it is a BIOS setting. > I don't think it is the BIOS. I had the laptop up and running. After I plugged in the eth0 wire and then changed NetworkManager from wlan to eth0, everything worked. > Do you see it detected on boot up? check dmesg Didn't check; good idea! > > > On my HP (nc4400) I also have bluethooth controled by the same button and have > to toggle it to get the wireless to work otherwise the bluetooth is turned on > instead. led/button won't toggle on or off for me. -- Regards Bill Fedora 11, Gnome 2.26.3 Evo.2.26.3, Emacs 23.1.1