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Yes I agree Petter that my path of thought is convoluted (it almost
always is). Still, it is not a bad idea to back up sources.list and
maybe also the directory sources.list.d before
'do-release-upgrade'. <br>
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Jordan<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/13/2015 05:22 AM, Petter Adsen
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JMZ <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:florentior@gmail.com"><florentior@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi David,
One peril of running a (what I think is a) no-longer-supported version
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You are wrong. 12.04 is still supported, until well into 2017.
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<pre wrap="">Try this. It's a bit risky and convoluted, but I can help you out if
the computer gets stuck.
Pre-steps. ----> Go to your terminal.
-------------------> I like ROXTerm (shameless plug). Type 'sudo
apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install roxterm' to try it.
1) copy /etc/apt/sources.list to another file. ie. go to x:x/$ (your
root directory) and type 'sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list
08132015-sources.list' or however you like to organize your backup files.
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Nononononono. Don't. If you do want to upgrade, then take the
'do-release-upgrade' route, as that will take care of everything you
need to think about. While doing it this way might work, I wouldn't
recommend it to a newbie. And there might be newer kernels available
that have the drivers you need, take a look at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack</a>
That is if the kernel is the problem at all. What might have happened
is that your system upgraded to a newer kernel that has some problem
with your wifi adapter. What you could do to determine this is to
reboot with your previous kernel, it should still be installed.
Reboot, and select "Advanced" from the Ubuntu boot menu. There you
should be able to select your previous kernel (if there are many,
select the one with the next-highest version number). See if that fixes
your problem before you try anything else.
Petter
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