Part 2 of: networking disabled on laptop running ubuntu 16.04 LTS

[Colin Law]

On 12 November 2016 at 17:16, M. Fioretti <mfioretti at nexaima.net> wrote:

> Short version: the SAME distro running from the USB stick CAN, indeed use
> the Ethernet
>
> Long version, answering Peter first:
>
>> All I see is you 'try ubuntu' and it hangs after 30 minutes
>> do you mean:
>>   -- nothing happenned for 30 minutes and then you gave up looking at
>> purple screen?
>>
>
> yes, this. In case it matters, (compare this with what I write below)
> this is what happened when I just let the live distro boot
> normally, it presented me with the two big buttons "try ubuntu"
> and "install ubuntu, and I chose the first.
>
> Now answering to Colin:
>
> First, I rebooted hit the ESC key, and chose the "Check disc for defects"
> option.
> It reported NO defects.
> Next, I selected the "Try Ubuntu without installing" option, and
> this time it both loaded and went online without problems. I have right
> now the home page of an Italian newspaper, updated 4 minutes ago,
> filling the laptop monitor. So now the issue is if/how it is possible
> to bring the Ubuntu on the hard disk to the same state (networking-wise)
> as the one on the live CD, which is the solution I'd prefer,
> or if it makes more sense to just reinstall from the CD.
>

Given the mess that you seem to have got the machine into somehow it pains
me to say it (this not being Windows) that you might be better to cut your
losses and re-install.

Colin
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