I've set up a Lenovo laptop with Kubuntu 13.10 for my roommate. Fortunately, it runs fast enough even on this old hardware. The model:
Lenovo 3000 C Series C200(89222FU)
Unfortunately, the wireless networking isn't working. I ran it plugged in via an ethernet cable -- the wired networking runs fine. But when I pull out the cable, I just get a red X. If I click on the icon in the panel there, it lists the wired networking info, but none of the wireless networks here.
On my Kubuntu laptop, you can see our two networks (one for the computers and another for the TV) and a few networks that belong to the neighbors. Doesn't happen when I click on the network icon for this Lenovo that we just got. There's a switch on the front to turn on the wireless card. I made sure it was in the on position. I tried it in each position. There's also a function key (F5) that appears to have a networking icon. I tried Fn+F5 to no avail.
I've been googling and googling trying to find a Linux wireless driver for this thing and am at the point of pulling my hair out. Here are just a few of the driver pages I've found for this laptop:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/rese...ID=MIGR-66351o
http://support.lenovo.com/en_SE/down...cID=MIGR-63623
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/rese...DocID=HT072952
They all only list Windows drives. Is there simply no Linux driver for this thing's wireless card? Or is there someplace I haven't looked yet that has it?
If it doesn't exist, I could move on to Plan B, which is simply to get a wireless card that you plug in. Of course there are USB-based ones. This laptop also has that older port that was often used. I forget the name of it, but it was wide and a rectangular shaped card would plug in. There's a yellow kind of push pin that you press to get a rectangular piece of plastic to pop out, which protects the port. I forget the name of the port.
In any event, is it time to go with Plan B and shop for a wireless networking card or is there actually some way to get this thing's existing driver to work?
I did look at that site someone suggested in the other thread where you could check hardware's Linux compatibility. There appeared to be some wireless cards there, so perhaps that's where I should get one. Hopefully wireless cards aren't too expensive these days (if I need one).
Btw, I did install Kubuntu with the 3rd-party software option checked, the one that installs proprietary stuff.
Maybe there's such a thing as a program like Driver Genius for Windows? On any Windows PC that I work on, I run Driver Genius and it goes out and finds all my drivers for me. It's really slick.
Lenovo 3000 C Series C200(89222FU)
Unfortunately, the wireless networking isn't working. I ran it plugged in via an ethernet cable -- the wired networking runs fine. But when I pull out the cable, I just get a red X. If I click on the icon in the panel there, it lists the wired networking info, but none of the wireless networks here.
On my Kubuntu laptop, you can see our two networks (one for the computers and another for the TV) and a few networks that belong to the neighbors. Doesn't happen when I click on the network icon for this Lenovo that we just got. There's a switch on the front to turn on the wireless card. I made sure it was in the on position. I tried it in each position. There's also a function key (F5) that appears to have a networking icon. I tried Fn+F5 to no avail.
I've been googling and googling trying to find a Linux wireless driver for this thing and am at the point of pulling my hair out. Here are just a few of the driver pages I've found for this laptop:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/rese...ID=MIGR-66351o
http://support.lenovo.com/en_SE/down...cID=MIGR-63623
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/rese...DocID=HT072952
They all only list Windows drives. Is there simply no Linux driver for this thing's wireless card? Or is there someplace I haven't looked yet that has it?
If it doesn't exist, I could move on to Plan B, which is simply to get a wireless card that you plug in. Of course there are USB-based ones. This laptop also has that older port that was often used. I forget the name of it, but it was wide and a rectangular shaped card would plug in. There's a yellow kind of push pin that you press to get a rectangular piece of plastic to pop out, which protects the port. I forget the name of the port.
In any event, is it time to go with Plan B and shop for a wireless networking card or is there actually some way to get this thing's existing driver to work?
I did look at that site someone suggested in the other thread where you could check hardware's Linux compatibility. There appeared to be some wireless cards there, so perhaps that's where I should get one. Hopefully wireless cards aren't too expensive these days (if I need one).
Btw, I did install Kubuntu with the 3rd-party software option checked, the one that installs proprietary stuff.
Maybe there's such a thing as a program like Driver Genius for Windows? On any Windows PC that I work on, I run Driver Genius and it goes out and finds all my drivers for me. It's really slick.
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