[lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 17.04 New Install

[Aere Greenway]

On 05/08/2017 06:11 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 7 May 2017 at 18:43, Michael Hrons <stmichael0509 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is there any reason why I cannot get WiFi working?as I have 17.04 installed
>> on another PC and it works fine with the same USB Dongle Realtek.Problem is
>> the Plus Net Password is not accepted?
>
> I have never heard of typing speed being a problem!
>
> Suggestions: connect via a cable, do a full update, add the
> lubuntu-restricted-extras package. This often gets things working.
>

In one or more prior releases, wireless would fail to connect if I 
didn't quickly enter the password (which was hard in my case, as it was 
lengthy).  It seems if it once failed, it would continue to fail, over 
and over again.

I avoided the problem by typing the passphrase first in a Leafpad editor 
window, then select and copy it, then select the wireless to connect-to, 
pasting the copied text into it and (quickly) telling it to connect.

There is a new, different problem with 17.04, where USB wireless will 
not connect at all (and how fast you do it has no effect).

There is a configuration-file work-around for this new problem.

-- 
Sincerely,
Aere