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IBM Thinkpad T30 runnung Ubuntu 12.04 doesn't see DWL-G650 D-Link wireless cardbus adapter

Asked by Ron Meek

IBM Thinkpad T30 runnung Ubuntu 12.04 doesn't see DWL-G650 D-Link wireless cardbus adapter. iwconfig detects no wireless extensions. sudo lshw -C network shows only the ethernet interface and dmesg also doesn't show the card. Am sure this card was picked up and configured automatically with earlier versions of Ubuntu?

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Ron Meek (ron-in-calgary) said : 		#1

card function strange now
sudo iwconfig lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"TELUS6720"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 20:76:00:03:0B:04
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=58/70 Signal level=-52 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:60 Missed beacon:0

irda0 no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

but it's working, kind of.

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Ron Meek (ron-in-calgary) said : 		#2

Well, it's still working, but only out of one slot, and not the way it's supposed to work, so I guess combo of old laptop, old card, and new o/s... and really, I've been trying to make this thing work for a long time. Guess it was just waiting to make a fool of me. Sorry to trouble you, thanks for your patience... but if it stops again, I'll be back.