<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi David.<br></div>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.<br><br></div>I know that it's quite drastic, but probably quicker than trying to fix things!<br><br></div>Michele<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 9:26 AM, David Walland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davidwalland@googlemail.com" target="_blank">davidwalland@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Now I have two identical laptops, so, knowing the other has a perfect, identical, wifi board, I swapped the HDDs over, only to discover:</div><div><br></div><div>a) The other machine with the Xubuntu SSD transplanted now can't connect to WiFi, although it could when it was running Win XP</div><div><br></div><div>and</div><div><br></div><div>b) the computer that couldn't connect under Xubuntu, happily connects when running Win XP!</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Here's the system details:</div><div><br></div><div>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!)</div><div>It has been upgraded to a Pentium 4 and has 1 GB memory and an 80 GB SSD.</div><div><br></div><div>The WiFi Board is an Intel 2200 one.</div><div><br></div><div>The system is running Xubuntu 12.04 (personal taste).</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in anticipation,</div><div><br></div><div>David Walland</div></div>
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