Ubuntu, Wireless, and my laptop

[jherald]

Hello... I recently downloaded ubuntu for desktop and installed it on my
> > laptop. My laptop is an Emachines M6805. Once I installed Ubuntu, I
> > tried to get the wireless to work. I couldn't. Then I realized that the
> > "radio" for my wireless wasn't turned on, and to do so, I have to press
> > the function button and the F2 button at the same time. Well, under
> > Ubuntu, this didn't work. I don't know if the drivers in Ubuntu wouldn't
> > work with my keyboard, or they wouldn't work with my internal wireless
> > card. Could you possibly look into this and let me know how I might be
> > able to get my laptop to connect wireless under ubuntu?