On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:40:47 -0700 Russel Caldwell <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a HP Compaq 6710b laptop with Ubuntu 10 installed. A few weeks > ago the network connection just stopped working. There's a button on > the top of the keyboard that turns the Internet connection on and off > when you press it. It basically just stopped functioning. I > reinstalled Ubuntu and it started working again for a few weeks but > now it's down again. When I mount a live CD it works. Does anybody > know how I can get it working again without reinstalling? Wired? Wireless? Chipset? Driver? Ubuntu 10.4 "good buddy" or Ubuntu 10.10 "mendacious meerkat"? Many wireless devices use proprietary binary blobs, which can be buggy. Often removing the device driver and reloading it will clear those. As root: rmmod foo && modprobe foo where foo is the name of the device driver module. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
