<div dir="ltr"><div>@James:</div><div><br></div><div>It probably is quite "blob-like" . . . in nature, it is set up via the "Add'l Drivers" app. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm happy to get the machine out and check that "dmesg" out . . . but, it's been awhile since I did any checks on dmesg. I recall it is usually quite large, would there be some specific command to run to show specific errors??</div><div><br></div><div>I'm in Debian right now and ran a few commands to try to check it, and so far nothing is working . . . ??? It'll take a few minutes to drag the laptop out and plug it in to ethernet, etc.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 9:53 AM James Lockie <<a href="mailto:bjlockie@lockie.ca">bjlockie@lockie.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u> <div> <div dir="auto"> <div dir="auto">I think Broadcom wifi driver is a binary blob (closed source). </div><div dir="auto">Does dmesg show anything? </div><div dir="auto"><br></div> <div id="gmail-m_-1331266584246525749aqm-original" style="color:black"> <div> <div style="color:black"> <p style="color:black;font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif;margin:8pt 0px">On March 6, 2021 11:37:41 Fritz Hudnut <<a href="mailto:este.el.paz@gmail.com" target="_blank">este.el.paz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p> <blockquote type="cite" class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.75ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(128,128,128);padding-left:0.75ex"> <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div> Maybe a driver issue. I'd go back and look at all the packages that were<br> upgraded, narrow down the list to those affecting networking in any way,<br> downgrade them all, confirm you have everything back to normal, and then<br> upgrade them one by one until you find the problem child.<br> <br> </div>@wxl:<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Just to follow up on this situation, since I have so many distros to "care for" and since this was done through apt, I see that as an "apt problem" as far as having capacity to find the packages needed to keep the system viable . . . even "worse" since I was using wifi to download and upgrade the system. It's not like I was going "off book" and trying to install my own network management app, or something like that, where, if I messed it up, then, yes, it's on me to go through the packages and find "the problem child," etc.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm essentially an "end user" . . . looking for basic function of the GUI, and I run apt and follow the prompts to maintain a system. In this case there were a few, "is it OK to restart packages???" and I said, "Yes," . . . but nothing showed up at the end of the process pointing to "E: wifi has been damaged, we don't know why, it just happened."</div><div><br></div><div>The laptop I am using for schlepper to work locations needs wifi to be functional, but as far as going through "any packages associated with networking" . . . somewhat loathe to put good time after bad on it. I have Lu 21.04 installed on my desktop as well, and looks like tomorrow it will be up for the daily driver, I'll run apt on it and see what happens with it, if anything shows up that might point to a problem . . . I can test wifi on it as well. Possibly this is a "Mac wifi card issue"????</div><div><br></div><div>I checked the Add'l Drivers app in the laptop and "Broadcom xxxxxx" was checked, so the drivers for it should have "registered"?????<br></div><div> </div></div></div> <div>-- </div> <div>Lubuntu-devel mailing list</div> <div><a href="mailto:Lubuntu-devel%40lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Lubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a></div> <div>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-devel</a></div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div><div dir="auto"><br></div> </div></div> </blockquote></div>