Wireless will load and then drop signal

[Richard Barmann]

On 01/23/2016 04:48 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 22:02:56 -0500, Richard Barmann wrote:
>> Can  you look at the file above or do I need to paste it in an Email.
>> Thanks for the knowledge. I will try to remember it. But I must admit
>> that at 83 my memory is slipping.
>> Thanks Dick
>
> Hi Dick,
>
> I can't help you with wireless networks, especially not for a default
> Ubuntu, that likely uses Network Manager or a similar tool, but I'll
> try to explain you, how to post the information generated by
> wireless-info to the list.
>
> Open a Terminal [1], in the Terminal run
>
>    cd /home/richard/
>    ls -hAl wireless-info*
>
> there likely is a file named
>
>    wireless-info.txt
>
> available. If not run
>
>    tar xzf wireless-info.tar.gz
>
> after running the above command, there likely is a file named
>
>    wireless-info.txt
>
> or a directory
>
>    wireless-info/YOU
>
> available. Run
>
> ls -hAl wireless-info*
>
> again. Perhaps you need to run
>
>    cd wireless-info/
>    ls -hAl wireless-info*
>
> Assumed there should be a file
>
>    wireless-info.txt
>
> be available, read [2]. Open the file  wireless-info.txt  with an
> editor. Regarding [3] the default editor seems to be Gedit, so run
>
>    gedit wireless-info.txt
> *At this point I get "There seems to be a problem opening the file 
> /home/richard/wireless-info.txt"*
*THE FILE YOU OPENED HAS SOME INVALID CHARACTERS. iF YOU CONTINUE 
EDITING THIS FILE YOU COULD CORRUPT THE DOCUMENT.
yOU COULD ALSO CHOOSE ANOTHER cHARECTER   ENCODING AND TRY AGAIN.
Charecter Encoding Current Locale (UFT-8
*
> With your web browser open one of the paste pages, e.g.
>
>    http://paste.ubuntu.com/
>
> In the editor push the shortcut
>
>    Ctrl + a
>
> to select the text and then
>
>    Ctrl + c
>
> to copy the text. In the web browser select the "Content" box and paste
> the text by the shortcut
>
>    Ctrl + v
>
> Add a "Poster" name and for the "Syntax" stay with "Plain Text", resp.
> chose it, if something else should be selected.
>
> Push the "Paste" button, select the provided link, copy it and paste it
> to the email you'll send to this mailing list.
>
> [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal#Starting_a_Terminal
> [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Pastebin
> [3] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/gedit
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
>
>

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