Installed 16.04 LTS via flash drive to new hard drive. Only took a few minutes! Previous DVD installs took much, much longer. Anyhow, so far, no network. Sadly, my Linux memory has become very foggy, so please forgive the noobie type questions. I don't seem to be finding eth0. Using lspci, I find the info for the onboard Broadcom Ethernet adapter, but under 'Capabilities' it says "<access denied>. Running ifconfig does not show eth0, but it does show enp3s0. If I try "sudo ifup eth0" I get "Unknown interface eth0."
I'm kind of surprised at the minimum of questions and the speed of the install. I wonder what else will not be working? Thanks for your comments, Michael On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Michael Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > I figured the quickest and easiest was probably to start all over. It > looks like all my files, pictures, documents, etc. are still intact. I'll > just stick in a new hard drive, install 16.04 LTS from scratch, then copy > what I need from the old drive to the new one. Thanks for everyone's > comments. > > Michael > > > On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 12:51 AM, Nat Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> instead of comparing xorg files, I'd want to get it to try to >> automagically >> configure stuff fresh, maybe with a *sudo dpkg-reconfigure xorg* and a >> *sudo >> apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt dist-upgrade* >> Maybe try dpkg-reconfiguring your window manager (unity?) >> -- did it disable the universe or multiverse for the upgrade and do you >> need to reenable it? >> Check your /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ >> >> Did you do the upgrade to 16.04 by manually editing the sources, or did >> you >> use the tool in the Software Center, or did you do-release-upgrade from >> the >> command line? >> >> On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Michael Barnes <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > Yeah, I got to thinking after I started I shouldn't have done that. >> > Everything has been packed away for almost a year. It seems I've >> forgotten >> > more than I remember. A new hard drive is probably in order. I'll have >> to >> > compare Xorg files and look at drivers loaded between the two versions. >> > Just have to remember how to do all that. >> > >> > Michael >> > >> > >> > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Edward Koenig <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > Michael >> > > If the new version boots and you can ssh to log in, then most likely >> > > either X.org or a GPU driver did not update fully or correctly. This >> is >> > > very typical for proprietary nvidia drivers, or any proprietary >> hardware >> > > drivers that install a kernel module. You might try using the command >> > line >> > > tools to reinstall the GPU and X bits. I'm not sure it Ubuntu >> switched >> > to >> > > wayland with this release so perhaps check on that. Remember to read >> the >> > > release notes etc before clicking "upgrade" >> > > >> > > Nuking from orbit, as Dick suggests after backup, will certainly work. >> > > Personally run a Linux distribution to avoid such "windowesque" fixes. >> > > >> > > Ed >> > > >> > > >> > > > On May 12, 2017, at 11:36 AM, Dick Steffens <[email protected]> >> > > wrote: >> > > > >> > > >> On 05/12/2017 11:24 AM, Michael Barnes wrote: >> > > >> I rebooted again and at the grub screen chose 14.04LTS. Everything >> > came >> > > up >> > > >> normally. After login, I get a pop-up window that says 14.04 is out >> > > dated >> > > >> and no longer supported. Anyhow, display and everything works, so I >> > > know at >> > > >> least the hardware is okay. Shutdown and restart, let grub screen >> > choose >> > > >> default and back to blank screens. I can ssh in and shutdown from >> > remote >> > > >> session. Screens give Ubuntu shutdown splash just before power off. >> > > > >> > > > Having been on this list a fairly long time, I've followed the >> advice >> > of >> > > > others who say one should not use the "upgrade" path to move from >> one >> > > > Ubuntu release to another, but should start with a fresh install. I >> > have >> > > > gone from Ubuntu 10 to 12 to 14, and am slowly moving to 16. Each >> time >> > I >> > > > had the luxury of being able to at least put in a fresh hard drive >> for >> > > > the new version, and then mount the old hard drive to be able to >> copy >> > > > files as needed. I don't think any of the episodes has been >> painless, >> > > > since it seems there's always something big that changes so that it >> > > > doesn't work the way it did in the previous version, but I have >> always >> > > > been able to get past it, often with the help of folks on this list. >> > > > >> > > > So, in your case, I'd recommend using Grub to boot to your previous >> > > > version, find a way to back up all your important files, and >> install 16 >> > > > from scratch. Better would be to have two machines, but not everyone >> > has >> > > > that luxury. I'm happy that I do have that option this time, because >> > > > there are a handful of things I have yet to be able to figure out >> how >> > to >> > > > do in 16 that I need on at least a weekly basis, if not a daily one. >> > > > >> > > > -- >> > > > Regards, >> > > > >> > > > Dick Steffens >> > > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ >> > > > PLUG mailing list >> > > > [email protected] >> > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > PLUG mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > PLUG mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
