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Casey Bralla via plug on 17 Dec 2022 05:15:55 -0800
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[PLUG] Dell E6540 Wireless. Doh!
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- From: Casey Bralla via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
- To: "PLUG Philadelphia Linux Users Group" <PLUG@Lists.PhillyLinux.org>
- Subject: [PLUG] Dell E6540 Wireless. Doh!
- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 08:15:45 -0500
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Doh! I was tearing my hair out (what little I have left) because my old
but trusty Dell E6540 laptop suddenly stopped using the internal
wireless card. Naturally, I blamed Gentoo which I love, but which often
throws me for a loop when I upgrade.
Turned out to be the tiny little hardware switch on the side of the
laptop got bumped and turned off the internal card. I'm not an
electrical engineer, but I now realize that recompiling the kernel will
NOT flip the mechanical switch on the side of a laptop!
Enjoy my pain!
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