A few months ago a 'friend' install linuxMint 11 on my computer. Everything worked great. Weeks later I could not connect, all the wireless lables were grayed out. My friend is very good with computers/linux but this one had him stumped. He re-installed linux (katya) and I'm back in buisness. However, again a few weeks later, no connection, wireless labels all grayed out. I hate to keep brothering my friend and hoped to cure this myself. Originally had winXp, 32bit installed.

Anyone willing to point me in the right direction? Remember, I am a true Newbie. The only thing I now about versions is the '11'. I'm not even sure what my wireless card is, or even how to find out. So how about a gentle clue, maybe I can do this myself.


I was reminded to check the wireless button. Daaa, I feel kind of stupid, that was the problem...

try to establish connection with command line,
to find out your adapter name
an than to power up adapter.

yooy, I used your commands and this is the results. However I'm not to sure what to do next...

entering 'iwconfig' terminal response is...

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lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
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entering 'sudo ifconfig wlan0 up' terminal response is...
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Operation not possible due to RF-KILL
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Ummm, did I say that I was a Newbie?