Vista kills Ubuntu wireless

[Nils Kassube]

Accessys at smart.net wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Young wrote:
> > I just got my first laptop (Dell Studio 1737), and wanted to do it
> > up right with Ubuntu. Before I even let Vista run, I forced it to
> > boot from the Ubuntu 9.04 i386 live CD and it *worked fine,
> > including the wireless*. So I, of course, think I'm home free.
>
> easy solution, delete vista.

No, it's not a solution as long as wireless doesn't work with Ubuntu.

@Young: Do you have a key or key combination to switch on/off wireless? 
And if you have it, did you try to enable it again after you booted 
Ubuntu. The second thing to try: In the BIOS of my laptop (not a Dell 
machine) I have a "wireless default setting" which can be enabled or 
disabled. It has to be enabled for Ubuntu. And I remember I have seen 
another machine which had the options "disabled" and "no change" where 
the "no change" option worked, IIRC. If you have such a setting, play 
with it to find out if it makes a change.


Nils