<div dir="ltr">Dear Jordan,<div><br></div><div>I've since done this and it does show up. I'm using 12.04 because I both like it and it runs better than 14.04 on these machines, but on the Ubuntu support area there's someone who had the same problem - also with an Intel 2200 board - on 14.04 and followed the suggestions as far as I could without success.</div><div><br></div><div>I wish I understood all the various commands, but as yet, I've not really got my head round them (it takes so much longer when you are older).</div><div><br></div><div>The update was downloading/installing Google chrome major update (10s of MB download) when the wifi suddenly failed. As I say, the wifi board works perfectly under Win XP (indeed I'm using the actual computer now with the XP HDD in it to write this).</div><div><br></div><div>I assume that something has corrupted the driver(s) and I need to reload these.</div><div><br></div><div>When I click on the eternally running attempt to link with either our (Virgin Superwimp) hub or the repeater, the system sees it perfectly but can't link with it. It behaves as though the password is absent.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>David</div><div><br></div><div>PS Michelle, I've spent some time getting the machine loaded and exactly as I want it and I'm reluctant to reload from scratch, which was my first thought.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 August 2015 at 23:42, JMZ <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:florentior@gmail.com" target="_blank">florentior@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hi David,<br>
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Type lspci | less and see if the network card shows up on the list.
Look for a term like "Network Controller" or similar.<br>
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Jordan<div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>On 08/12/2015 06:19 PM, Michele Mor
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<div>Hi David.<br>
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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>
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I know that it's quite drastic, but probably quicker than
trying to fix things!<br>
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Michele<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 9:26 AM, David
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<div dir="ltr">Hi All,
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<div>and</div>
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<div>b) the computer that couldn't connect under Xubuntu,
happily connects when running Win XP!</div>
<div><br>
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<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>
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<div>Here's the system details:</div>
<div><br>
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<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>
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</div>
<div>The WiFi Board is an Intel 2200 one.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>The system is running Xubuntu 12.04 (personal taste).</div>
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<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>
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<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>
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<div>Thanks in anticipation,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>David Walland</div>
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