no network (eth0/wlan0) after reinstall of 15.10

robert rottermann robert at redcor.ch
Tue Jan 12 20:29:15 UTC 2016


thanks again
On 12.01.2016 18:39, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:35:48 +0100, robert wrote:
>> On 12.01.2016 10:39, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>> On Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:03:37 +0100, robert wrote:
>>>> there is only /sys/class/net/lo
>>> So   ip link   just shows the loopback device?
>>>
>>> Is the hardware shown by   lspci   or   lsusb   ?
>> yes.
>> lspci shows among others:
>> 06:00.0 Network Controller: Broadcom ... Wireless Adapter (rev 03)
> Then most likely the module needs to be loaded. Perhaps
> special firmware is required.
>
> Use the search of of
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/
> https://askubuntu.com/
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/
>
> or simply use
>
> https://www.google.com/
>
> or better
>
> https://www.startpage.com/
>
> Google, respl. Start Page usually provide good results, unfortunately
> the search is much better than DuckDuckGo and others.
>
> Most likely there are several easy to use howtos provided by the Ubuntu
> help pages and by ask Ubuntu.
>
>
I finally just reinstalled ubuntu.
Fortunately I still had an windos partition ont which I coud do a backup of my 
stuff, as there was no way outside access.

everything is fine again ..

robert





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