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Thread: Wireless is disabled by hardware switch

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i have old compaq presario cq50 installed ubuntu on. however, wireless won't work. light should blue when it's on orange (for off), , says wireless disabled hardware switch under wireless networks. have tried things sudo rfkill unblock all, no avail, have tried go additional drivers , switched broadcom corporation: bcm4312 802.11b/g "do not use device" using broadcom, doesn't @ all. if knows how can fix problem i'd appreciate it, in advance!

i have old compaq presario cq50 installed ubuntu on. however, wireless won't work. light should blue when it's on orange (for off), , says wireless disabled hardware switch under wireless networks. have tried things sudo rfkill unblock all, no avail, have tried go additional drivers , switched broadcom corporation: bcm4312 802.11b/g "do not use device" using broadcom, doesn't @ all. if knows how can fix problem i'd appreciate it, in advance!


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