On Mon, 2015-09-14 at 17:32 -0400, Jim wrote: > Dan > > Thanks for replying. As I mentioned the WiFi on the same box runs fine > from Ubuntu or from Windows. > > Here are the lspci and lsusb > > Jim$lspci ... > 08:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE > 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01)
So you have a Realtek 8188CE device. > In addition, here is lsmod > Jim$lsmod > Module Size Used by > i915 958755 3 > i2c_algo_bit 13250 1 i915 > drm_kms_helper 93604 1 i915 > crct10dif_pclmul 14307 0 > crc32_pclmul 13133 0 > crc32c_intel 22094 0 > drm 300858 5 i915,drm_kms_helper > ghash_clmulni_intel 13230 0 > r8169 71639 0 > mii 13527 1 r8169 > video 19825 1 i915 > sunrpc 279333 1 This shows there is no kernel driver loaded for your device. Yes, r8169 is a realtek driver, but it's for ethernet devices not wifi. I'd expect to see an rtl81xx (maybe rtl8192) or similar module. Next step is: dmesg | grep rtl and lets see what we get. Dan > > On 09/14/2015 03:17 PM, Dan Williams wrote: > > On Mon, 2015-09-14 at 14:10 -0400, JimR wrote: > >> Fedora Core 21, KDE spin, all patches up to date. > >> > >> Have run for many months using WiFi almost exclusively. Started using > >> OpenVPN a couple of months ago with a commercial VPN provider. (Not sure > >> if that matters). That has worked fine. > >> > >> Got notification from Apper that some packages needed updating, including > >> kernel. Performed the update from the Apper UI. I don't know if > >> Networkmanager was in the list. > >> > >> After reboot, WiFi no longer works, in fact, the whole WiFi interface has > >> disappeared from ifconfig and from the NetworkServices UI. I plugged in an > >> ethernet cable, and it works fine. Machine is triple-boot, FC21, Win7 and > >> Ubuntu LTS 14.04. WiFi works fine in Win and Ubu. > >> > >> I tried re-adding the interface, wlp8s0 using the Connection Editor. > >> Seemed happy, but it still won't start nor list in ifconfig > > If the device isn't listed in ifconfig the the kernel cannot see it, and > > thus NetworkManager can't see it. It seems like there is either a > > hardware problem with your wifi device, or the kernel has been updated > > and no longer recognizes the wifi device. What is the output of 'lsusb' > > and 'lspci' when those commands are run in a terminal on your machine? > > > > Dan > > > >> I found this in the messages log around the time of the failure, but > >> googling this does not produce any meaningful help: > >> > >> Sep 12 23:16:04 KD1YV1 NetworkManager[733]: <info> (wlp8s0): device state > >> change: activated -> deactivating (reason 'removed') [100 110 36] > >> Sep 12 23:16:04 KD1YV1 NetworkManager[733]: <info> NetworkManager state is > >> now CONNECTED_LOCAL > >> Sep 12 23:16:04 KD1YV1 NetworkManager[733]: <info> (wlp8s0): device state > >> change: deactivating -> unmanaged (reason 'removed') [110 10 36] > >> Sep 12 23:16:04 KD1YV1 NetworkManager[733]: <info> (wlp8s0): deactivating > >> device (reason 'removed') [36] > >> > >> Help! > >> JimR > >> _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list > >> mailing list [email protected] > >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > > _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
