Heck... I'm going to do a new distro. Actually it is the distro I was using when networking worked graphically using nautilus. Well, I wonder what happens next!
I you're wondering, the distro is called Mepis and I read a review of the current version and it was very positive! It said that they don't do a lot of the stupid stuff Ubunt does (like full screening windows that are dragged to the top).
Well.... I'm going to do the windows fix.... let's reinstall it! but at least I grt yo preserve my home directory :)On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Stephen <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
Hmm there is a chance that it did not detect either well. See this bug for the bugreport as a number of people are having the same issue.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/944354
However this seems to be helping folks to get online.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1645716
Probably a similar set of needs for the Ethernet drivers.
They might be easier to resolve.
On Jul 22, 2012 12:22 AM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1@gmail.com> 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@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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