[xubuntu-users] Sudden loss of WiFi during updating

[JMZ]

Hi David,

Type lspci | less and see if the network card shows up on the list. Look 
for a term like "Network Controller" or similar.

Jordan

On 08/12/2015 06:19 PM, Michele Mor wrote:
> Hi David.
> If you don't have much personal data, or if you can do a backup I 
> would simply use a new version of Xubuntu and reinstall everything 
> formatting the HD.
>
> I know that it's quite drastic, but probably quicker than trying to 
> fix things!
>
> Michele
>
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 9:26 AM, David Walland 
> <davidwalland at googlemail.com <mailto:davidwalland at googlemail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi All,
>
>     I was updating my Xubuntu this morning when it announced that it
>     had failed to download and stopped. Since then I haven't been able
>     to reconnect to WiFi.  It continually tries then asks for the
>     password for the wifi, repeated ad nauseum.
>
>     Now I have two identical laptops, so, knowing the other has a
>     perfect, identical, wifi board, I swapped the HDDs over, only to
>     discover:
>
>     a) The other machine with the Xubuntu SSD transplanted now can't
>     connect to WiFi, although it could when it was running Win XP
>
>     and
>
>     b) the computer that couldn't connect under Xubuntu, happily
>     connects when running Win XP!
>
>     So the problem *has* to lie in the Xubuntu system. This is my
>     "Notebook" and I will need it running next Monday and Tuesday, as
>     I'm on a course then.
>
>     Here's the system details:
>
>     The machine is a Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 (yes I know it's
>     virtually scrap - that's why I can use it as my Workbook, it's not
>     even worth stealing!)
>     It has been upgraded to a Pentium 4 and has 1 GB memory and an 80
>     GB SSD.
>
>     The WiFi Board is an Intel 2200 one.
>
>     The system is running Xubuntu 12.04 (personal taste).
>
>     I'm still a fairly new newbie and would appreciate fullest
>     explanations of how to sort this out (please talk down to me!!!)
>     and how to generate any further information the list might need to
>     help me.
>
>     I am wondering if the drivers have been corrupted and if so, how
>     to remove and re-install them.  The system runs fine on a wired
>     connection.
>
>     Thanks in anticipation,
>
>     David Walland
>
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