Re: Wireless Stopped Working on Ubuntu / XP Dual Boot

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Author: Eric Cope
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Wireless Stopped Working on Ubuntu / XP Dual Boot
I'll check tonight. I tried rolling back kernels and it didn't help, so I
suspect its an update issue...
I'll keep you posted.

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Craig White <> wrote:

> On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 09:14 -0700, Eric Cope wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > I have an IBM A31 laptop that I dual boot Ubuntu and XP. My wireless
> > was working great up to a couple of days ago. When I boot into
> > Windows, it works fine.When I boot into Ubuntu, it sees the network,
> > but fails to connect. I have tried rebooting my router and my laptop
> > to no avail. Any ideas?
> ----
> logs?
>
> assuming that you are connecting via NetworkManager as 'user' try going
> into command line as user and executing 'ifup wlan0' and/or 'ifdown
> wlan0' (or whatever interface your wireless is set to be).
>
> It's possible some updates might have changed the interface from
> NM_CONTROLLED=yes to something else
>
> Craig
>
>
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