... and I can connect wirelessly while on the DVD On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Jack Chastain <[email protected]> wrote:
> Additional info - I just booted from the 14.04.1 DVD and ifconfig looks a > lot more like what I would expect - but networking ins't quite there yet on > the DVD - probably just not correctly set up form LiveCD but only just > discovered it so not sure. Also found that on the DVD I also see wireless. > > eth0 is present but has no address - not terribly surprising I suppose, at > least it is there. > > JC > > On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Jack Chastain <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> It was "whatever the system wanted" - based on upgrade notices normally >> given... so not something I did "intentionally" - just the flow of things. >> I only know that it is not stating 14.04 LTE (note - I don't see 14.04.1 - >> though that is what I am downloading to DVD at the moment.) >> >> ifconfig looks ... short to me - but I don't look at it often enough to >> know on the laptop. If I am reading it correctly, only "lo" is showing >> up.Loopback isn't going to do me any good (not at all sure why no wireless >> either but I suspect it is related). >> >> BTW: I also changed wires and physical ports - and went directly to my >> main router as well - all nothing. >> >> I did try "sudo restart network-manager" and it just comes back the same >> way. Tells me I am offline. >> >> Looking in dmesg for net-based items (anything specific I need to look >> for? "et.." data? This is why I never really was successful on the Linux >> side - my Unix is pretty damn good - but Linux still confuses me ;-) - I >> find these few things... >> >> NET: Registered protocol family 16 >> ... >> NET: Registered protocol family 2 >> [several TCP and UDP lines - nothing like errors or anything I recognise] >> NET: Registered protocol family 1 (others later as well) >> ... >> nothing else obvious - however the last line in dmesg reads (paraphrased >> here, will try to copy the entire thing if necessary to here): >> >> systemd-hostname[2887]: Warning: nss-myhostname is not installed. >> Changing the local hostname might make it unresolvable. Please install >> nss-myhostname. >> >> No clue if that is imporatant. >> >> Should I try to drop you the entire dmesg? >> >> [add: I just ran "dmesg | grep -i net" - see this mongst a few other >> things: "audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)"] >> >> Thanks! >> >> Jack >> >> On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 7:38 PM, Sean Dague <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> What did you upgrade to? was it just a minor update to 14.04 LTS, or >>> was it the upgrade to 14.10? >>> >>> On the networking front: >>> >>> Does `ifconfig -a` return a set of interfaces that you would expect? >>> >>> Does `dmesg` list your device getting loaded and registered (which might >>> just mean a device mapping issue). >>> >>> I recently did the 14.10 update and because of the switch to systemd >>> needed to: >>> >>> rm -f /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules because the device that >>> was living as eth1 for the last year was now being mapped to eth0, but it >>> took a delete of the persistence rules to get everything to reset. >>> >>> -Sean >>> >>> >>> On 11/28/2014 06:17 PM, Jack Chastain wrote: >>> >>> HI folks. >>> >>> Ubuntu had a bad upgrade - or maybe I just had an upgrade failure - >>> and one of the effects appears to have been to take out my network - so I >>> can't do any of the "apt-get" fixes I am finding on my ancient Windows >>> station to actually fix it. >>> >>> the system boots fine, looks mostly normal save that networking is >>> gone and my Logitech Unity adapter is n[t seen any longer as well (one >>> possibility was to disable third party stuff - which I could do but without >>> network, I don't really see the point ... yet. ) >>> >>> If I pull down a new copy of Ubuntu, can I repair from that without >>> completely erasing what I have on my laptop? I am going to do some backing >>> up just in case I am stuck with a wipe and reinstall - but would love to >>> not have to do that. >>> >>> And yeah - I know all this happens just before the Backup Solutions >>> meeting. Karma. >>> >>> Jack >>> >>> -- >>> Google Voice: (914) 468-4552 >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> Prov. 12:15 >>> >>> Eschew obfuscation and pompous prolixity. >>> >>> Light a man a fire, he is warm for the night. >>> Light a man afire, he is warm for the rest of his life. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group >>> http://mhvlug.orghttps://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug >>> >>> Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College * >>> Dec 3 - Home Disaster Recovery >>> Jan 7 - When Will Then Be Now? 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Soon. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Google Voice: (914) 468-4552 >> ---------------------------------------- >> Prov. 12:15 >> >> Eschew obfuscation and pompous prolixity. >> >> Light a man a fire, he is warm for the night. >> Light a man afire, he is warm for the rest of his life. >> > > > > -- > Google Voice: (914) 468-4552 > ---------------------------------------- > Prov. 12:15 > > Eschew obfuscation and pompous prolixity. > > Light a man a fire, he is warm for the night. > Light a man afire, he is warm for the rest of his life. > -- Google Voice: (914) 468-4552 ---------------------------------------- Prov. 12:15 Eschew obfuscation and pompous prolixity. Light a man a fire, he is warm for the night. Light a man afire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
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