networking down

[Michael Havens]

well, thanks for the info on the NetworkManager.state file. Unfortunately,
that wasn't the problem

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:

> Any chance you put the computer to sleep and the battery ran out, or it
> wasn't allowed to come out of sleep properly for some other reason such as
> crashed on wakup.
>
> The reason I ask is that there was/is (I think it's been fixed in newer
> releases though) a bug in network-manager that if your computer wasn't let
> out of sleep properly that it would turn off the networking and it make it
> extremely difficult to get it turned back on.
>
> If this is what happened, simply delete this file and reboot:
> /var/lib/NetworkManager/**NetworkManager.state
>
> It's safe to delete that file no matter what, it will be recreated and
> hopefully if that is what was wrong all the "fixes" didn't break the
> networking more. :)
>
> Brian Cluff
>
>
> On 07/22/2012 12:21 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
>
>> Yeah.... I just checked and nothing appears to be blocked
>> How do I give you enough info,  Brian?
>>
>> As for restarting the computer after the update I didn't really update
>> it. I burned an install disk and did a fresh install preserving /home.
>>
>> As for the wireless chip it is a:
>> Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
>>
>> but it can't only be the card because the ethernet is not working
>> either. No Networking seems to have been setup.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com
>> <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Not having enough info, here's my stab in the dark...
>>     Have you checked to see if the radio got turned off?
>>
>>     To check, run as root:
>>     rfkill list all
>>
>>     If it says they are soft blocked, just run:
>>
>>     rfkill unblock all
>>
>>     If it says they are hard blocked, then you have a switch on your
>>     laptop that got turned off, just turn it back on.
>>
>>     Brian Cluff
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 07/21/2012 12:07 PM, Michael Havens 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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