networking down

Stephen cryptworks at gmail.com
Sat Jul 21 18:29:13 MST 2012


Not sure about what happened unless some updates came in. And yes lspci
should demystify the wifi chip .
On Jul 21, 2012 6:08 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> lspci to get the wifi chip??
> also
> What happened to the driver.... I didn't do anything different than I
> usually do beside turning the computer off.
>
> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That looks to be the issue. Best fix i can think of is to Google your
>> wifi chip and see what drivers you cab find
>>  On Jul 21, 2012 4:46 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I wonder if my network driver got hosed?I'm looking at the 'Wireless
>>> Network Drivers' window and nothing is listed under 'Currently Installed
>>> Windows Drivers:' When I click 'Configure Network' Network Connections
>>> window and nothing is listed. Everything is grayed out. When I click 'add'
>>> everything is grayed out.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeahhh thanks Stepan. Which file do I inspect? Was 'lofs' a missepell
>>>> of 'logs'?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Most any Ubuntu or its relatives uses /var/logs
>>>>> On Jul 21, 2012 3:23 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I can't find the logs.... where are they, please?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> lofs?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I did not know that part. I wojld look into lofs. They will likely
>>>>>>>> have clues and answers
>>>>>>>> On Jul 21, 2012 3:17 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> but the network was up for a week.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> logs are going to be your best bet of finding out anything. to me
>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>> sounds like your upgrade ate your wlan drivers.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Michael Havens <
>>>>>>>>>> bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> > Everything was working great on my laptop and then I up graded.
>>>>>>>>>> Well,
>>>>>>>>>> > everything ran great still for about a month but then I shut my
>>>>>>>>>> computer
>>>>>>>>>> > down and then the next day I start my computer again but as it
>>>>>>>>>> is booting am
>>>>>>>>>> > told 'waiting for network configuration...' Then 'Waiting up to
>>>>>>>>>> 60 more
>>>>>>>>>> > seconds for network configuration...' Then the login screen
>>>>>>>>>> appears. I login
>>>>>>>>>> > but the network is still down until I open a terminal and type:
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > ifconfig wlan0 up
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > Well, The little blue networking light comes on when I type
>>>>>>>>>> ifconfig but no
>>>>>>>>>> > pages will load and I can't rsync so I guess it doesn't work
>>>>>>>>>> still. I know
>>>>>>>>>> > it isn't the card because another OS I have on the computer
>>>>>>>>>> acts normally
>>>>>>>>>> > when it is loaded.
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > Could someone tell me what is going on?
>>>>>>>>>> >
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