[00:20] <Unit193> Not sure about Xfce, but pretty sure there's Xubuntu ones.
[18:41] <GPK> I'm trying to enable the wireless on an i3 laptop I'm considering installing xubuntu on to replace windows10 and it doesn't seem to want to allow itself to be selected running the live image.  is there a trick?
[18:50] <arraybolt3> GPK: By "it doesn't seem to want to allow itself to be selected", do you mean you can't enable WiFi in the Xubuntu live environment?
[18:50] <arraybolt3> (Just trying to make sure I understand right)
[18:51] <GPK> yes, that's correct...I'm trying to take it for a test drive but I can't enable the wifi adapter
[18:52] <GPK> It's a fairly old acer i3 (2.3Ghz)
[18:54] <arraybolt3> GPK: Hmm. Can you pop open a terminal with Ctrl+Alt+T?
[18:54] <arraybolt3> Usually this is the result of a missing WiFi driver.
[18:54] <arraybolt3> GPK: Once you have the terminal open, run "lspci | grep Broadcom" and tell me if you see anything.
[18:54] <arraybolt3> (The | is a pipe character, it's usually on the same key as Backslash. Also, leave the quotes out of the command.)
[18:56] <GPK> lol I have to run to another part of the house...I'm downstairs in my office and it's upstairs...I didn't plan this very well smh apologies
[18:56] <arraybolt3> GPK: No problem :) I'm doing other stuff at the same time anyway so I'm in no rush.
[19:22] <GPK> took a while to get the keyboard right in settings, and then there was the honeydew request as I passed by, but:
[19:23] <GPK> ETH controller Netlink BCM57785 GigE Eth PCIe
[19:25] <GPK> nothing broadcom for wireless
[19:30] <GPK> "wifi is disabled by hardware switch" when i click on a networking icon in the toolbar at the top of the screen, and it won't allow me to enable wifi in the checkbox...
[19:36] <GPK> however:  just a plain lscpi in terminal brings forth "Network Controller: Intel Corp Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak]"
[19:37] <rfm> GPK, is there an Fn key for enabling/disabling WiFi?  It would have a little radio antenna icon...
[19:37] <GPK> yeah...I tried it
[19:37] <GPK> but I'll give it another shot
[19:39] <rfm> GPK, maybe also check around in the BIOS Setup to see if the WiFi is disabled (although I'd expect it not to show in lspci then.)
[19:47] <GPK> the Fn buttun you suggest only works one way - as a hardware switch to disable wifi.  I'm hopng arraybolt3 comes back with further input
[19:51] <rfm> GPK, at least on my ancient Acer netbook it's a toggle.  Have you booted Windows recently to see if it still works there?  The Linux driver support for the Intel chips is pretty good (not so much for Broadcom, which is why arraybolt3 was checking for one) 
[19:54] <arraybolt3> GPK: Hey, here I am.
[19:55] <arraybolt3> GPK: Hmm... try doing "lspci | grep Realtek".
[19:55] <arraybolt3> That's another WiFi chip that frequently doesn't work out of the box.
[19:55] <arraybolt3> (wifi chip manufacturer I mean)
[19:55] <arraybolt3> The Intel thing from earlier *might* be it but it doesn't look quite like how I'm used to Intel WiFi chips looking.
[19:56] <arraybolt3> Hmm... but that looks like it's in after all.
[19:56] <arraybolt3> GPK: What does "rfkill" show?