Hi Folks,<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 August 2010 09:02, Alan Pope <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alan@popey.com">alan@popey.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div class="im"><br> <br> On 15 Aug 2010, at 08:27, John Stevenson <<a href="mailto:john@jr0cket.com">john@jr0cket.com</a>> wrote:<br> <br> > sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade<br> ><br> <br> </div>I would recommend "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" not "sudo apt-get upgrade".<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sadly it was installing the updates that triggered the trouble in the first place. I eventually tracked it down to the nm-applet, which was failing to start. Manually running this restored the wireless, although it remained very unstable. </div> <div><br></div><div>As far as the admin privileges go, I tried creating a new admin user (once I'd eventually found the relevant command), and logged in as that user - without any problems. So I assume that somewhere down the line it was my own user settings that were at fault.</div> <div><br></div><div>When I initially upgraded to 10.04, I reformatted my / partition, but not my /home partition, so I decided on a completely fresh install, reformatting all the relevant partitions, and I now have a fully functioning system again. </div> <div><br></div><div>The most irritating thing about the whole process was having to find the blasted network cable... :) Anyhow, al fixed now. Thanks for your feedback! </div><div><br></div><div>Gus</div><div><br></div><div> <br></div></div></div>