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Re: [LUG] Wifi and wired networking have stopped running

 

Thanks Grant

Is it possible that the WiFi has been turned off? Most laptops have either a physical on/off switch or a virtual one that can be toggled with a combination of Fn key + some other key.

It had but it made no difference when I switched it back on.

Have you done any upgrades lately? It might be that you were previously using modules ("drivers") that aren't present in your new kernel.
I have been adding packages not upgrading.

Can you post the outputs of "ifconfig -a", "lsmod" and "lshw" (all should be run as root, and lshw may not be installed yet).

Here it is:
wild-woods@wildwoods-Satellite:~$ sudo ifconfig -a
[sudo] password for wild-woods: 
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:c0:9f:c9:a5:d7  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:2144 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2144 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:170416 (170.4 KB)  TX bytes:170416 (170.4 KB)

wild-woods@wildwoods-Satellite:~$ sudo lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
joydev                 17162  0 
snd_intel8x0           33107  2 
snd_ac97_codec        105652  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus               12671  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                80235  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_midi           13133  0 
snd_rawmidi            25383  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event     14476  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                51281  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
parport_pc             31969  0 
pcmcia                 39545  0 
snd_timer              24412  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
ppdev                  12818  0 
rfcomm                 37277  0 
microcode              18210  0 
snd_seq_device         14138  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
bnep                   17708  2 
bluetooth             183270  10 rfcomm,bnep
snd                    62146  11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
binfmt_misc            17261  1 
soundcore              14600  1 snd
psmouse                84878  0 
snd_page_alloc         14037  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
serio_raw              13032  0 
sbs                    13336  0 
yenta_socket           27096  0 
pcmcia_rsrc            18192  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            21506  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
sbshc                  13515  1 sbs
i915                  457241  2 
mac_hid                13038  0 
drm_kms_helper         47304  1 i915
ext2                   67205  1 
lpc_ich                16926  0 
drm                   238811  3 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit           13198  1 i915
shpchp                 32190  0 
video                  18895  1 i915
lp                     13300  0 
parport                40754  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
8139too                23072  0 
8139cp                 26620  0 
wild-woods@wildwoods-Satellite:~$ sudo lshw
wildwoods-satellite       
    description: Notebook
    product: Satellite PRO L10
    vendor: TOSHIBA
    version: PSL15E-00U003EN
    serial: 95030292W
    width: 32 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.31 dmi-2.31
    configuration: boot=oem-specific chassis=notebook uuid=00C8D2FE-A789-D811-AC93-00C09FC9A5D7
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: Satellite PRO L10
       vendor: TOSHIBA
       physical id: 0
       version: Rev 1.0
       serial: 95030292W
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: TOSHIBA
          physical id: 0
          version: V2.40
          date: 06/22/2005
          size: 107KiB
          capacity: 448KiB
          capabilities: isa pci pcmcia pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb smartbattery biosbootspecification
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor         1.60GHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 4
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 6.13.8
          slot: uFCPGA2
          size: 1600MHz
          capacity: 1600MHz
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 400MHz
          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx up bts
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: 8
             slot: L1 Cache
             size: 32KiB
             capacity: 32KiB
             capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: 9
             slot: L2 Cache
             size: 1MiB
             capacity: 1MiB
             capabilities: burst external write-back
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 10
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 1GiB
          capacity: 3GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: DIMM SRAM Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
             physical id: 0
             slot: DIMM 0
             size: 512MiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: DIMM SRAM Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
             physical id: 1
             slot: DIMM 1
             size: 512MiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 02
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
          resources: irq:0
        *-generic:0 UNCLAIMED
             description: System peripheral
             product: 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 0.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:00.1
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master
             configuration: latency=0
        *-generic:1 UNCLAIMED
             description: System peripheral
             product: 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 0.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:00.3
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master
             configuration: latency=0
        *-display:0
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
             resources: irq:6 memory:e8000000-efffffff memory:e0000000-e007ffff ioport:1800(size=8)
        *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
             description: Display controller
             product: 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:f0000000-f7ffffff memory:e0080000-e00fffff
        *-usb:0
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:6 ioport:1820(size=32)
        *-usb:1
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:6 ioport:1840(size=32)
        *-usb:2
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.7
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:10 memory:e0100000-e01003ff
        *-pci
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1e
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
             version: 83
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
             resources: ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:e0200000-e04fffff memory:40000000-43ffffff
           *-pcmcia
                description: CardBus bridge
                product: PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller
                vendor: Texas Instruments
                physical id: 1
                bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
                version: 02
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192
                resources: irq:10 memory:e0400000-e0400fff ioport:3000(size=256) ioport:3400(size=256) memory:40000000-43ffffff memory:48000000-4bffffff
           *-network:0
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 2
                bus info: pci@0000:02:02.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 10
                serial: 00:c0:9f:c9:a5:d7
                size: 10Mbit/s
                capacity: 100Mbit/s
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=64 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
                resources: irq:6 ioport:3800(size=256) memory:e0401800-e04018ff
           *-network:1 UNCLAIMED
                description: Ethernet controller
                product: IPN 2220 802.11g
                vendor: InProComm Inc.
                physical id: 4
                bus info: pci@0000:02:04.0
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
                configuration: latency=64 maxlatency=32 mingnt=32
                resources: ioport:3c00(size=32) memory:e0401c00-e0401c1f memory:e0401000-e04017ff
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master
             configuration: latency=0
        *-ide
             description: IDE interface
             product: 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: ide bus_master
             configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
             resources: irq:6 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:1810(size=16) memory:44000000-440003ff
        *-serial UNCLAIMED
             description: SMBus
             product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: ioport:1860(size=32)
        *-multimedia
             description: Multimedia audio controller
             product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_intel8x0 latency=0
             resources: irq:11 ioport:1c00(size=256) ioport:1880(size=64) memory:e0100c00-e0100dff memory:e0100800-e01008ff
        *-communication UNCLAIMED
             description: Modem
             product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.6
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm generic cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: ioport:2400(size=256) ioport:2000(size=128)
     *-scsi:0
          physical id: 1
          logical name: scsi0
          capabilities: emulated
        *-disk
             description: ATA Disk
             product: TOSHIBA MK4025GA
             vendor: Toshiba
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sda
             version: KA10
             serial: 85OP6126T
             size: 37GiB (40GB)
             capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
             configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=000c4562
           *-volume:0
                description: Linux filesystem partition
                vendor: Linux
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sda1
                logical name: /boot
                version: 1.0
                serial: 0d1e28bb-d7b0-407f-82b5-56755d6adf92
                size: 243MiB
                capacity: 243MiB
                capabilities: primary bootable ext2 initialized
                configuration: filesystem=ext2 modified=2013-05-14 18:37:55 mount.fstype=ext2 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=continue state=mounted
           *-volume:1
                description: Extended partition
                physical id: 2
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                logical name: /dev/sda2
                size: 37GiB
                capacity: 37GiB
                capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
              *-logicalvolume
                   description: Linux LVM Physical Volume partition
                   physical id: 5
                   logical name: /dev/sda5
                   serial: KHWimo-eAhj-3nXY-17gF-wX3v-2vq2-OOGJM3
                   size: 37GiB
                   capacity: 37GiB
                   capabilities: multi lvm2
     *-scsi:1
          physical id: 2
          logical name: scsi1
          capabilities: emulated
        *-cdrom
             description: DVD reader
             product: UJDA760 DVD/CDRW
             vendor: MATSHITA
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/cdrom
             logical name: /dev/cdrw
             logical name: /dev/dvd
             logical name: /dev/sr0
             version: 1.51
             capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
             configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
  *-battery
       description: Lithium-Ion Battery
       product: Sanyo
       vendor: Sanyo
       physical id: 1
       slot: Right Side
       capacity: 4400mWh
       configuration: voltage=14.8V
wild-woods@wildwoods-Satellite:~$ 

Hope that helps. Thanks

Rich



On 14 May 2013 18:05, Grant Phillips-Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 14 May 2013 17:06, Richard Brown <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi All

Two days ago I had a perfectly happy Toshiba connecting to both wired and wireless networks. Now the Network Manager applet is blank. It has a tick in the enable networking box and it allows access to the edit box. When I click on the edit box it shows all my previous connections but I cannot connect. 

If I run iwconfig it says there are no wireless extensions. 

Any ideas please?

Thanks

Rich

Is it possible that the WiFi has been turned off? Most laptops have either a physical on/off switch or a virtual one that can be toggled with a combination of Fn key + some other key.

Have you done any upgrades lately? It might be that you were previously using modules ("drivers") that aren't present in your new kernel.

Can you post the outputs of "ifconfig -a", "lsmod" and "lshw" (all should be run as root, and lshw may not be installed yet).

Grant.

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