Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi
On 06/03/17 10:33, Peter wrote: On 05/03/17 19:56, Andrew wrote: Hard blocked means you need to press a button. -- Andrew. Thanks Andrew rfkill list gives acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Yes. I tried rfkill unblock acer-wireless: Wireless LAN and unblock acer:wireless. In each case I get Bogus unblock argument. I don't use the terminal very much and I'm obviously doing something wrong. Peter From my experience nothing else is going to work until you can get it to say both hard and soft blocked: no. I can't remember if rfkill has to be run as root in order to unblock. if it does then you could try: sudo rfkill unblock 0 It's been a while, I can't remember if the sudo was needed or not. I have had a laptop which required soft unblocking every time I rebooted and another where it ended up hardware blocked and wouldn't unblock! I forget how I solved that. I think I used an ethernet cable and then stopped using the machine when the backlight died! -- Andrew. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-04-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi
On 08/03/17 20:21, Peter wrote: On 08/03/17 11:23, Ralph Corderoy wrote: If you have problems, a link to what guidance you are following would be useful. Cheers, Ralph. I've followed https://chirath02.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/installing-realtek-rtl8723be-driver-for-ubuntu-16-04/ right through but rtl8723 still does not see wifi. I will keep on looking for a solution. I will also follow up any suggestions. Cheers Peter. Have you tried it with wpa_supplicant? This is the note that I wrote about getting wireless working on my Raspberry Pi as it does not have the driver for the zyxel stick that I use. It's got my notes in with my comments as I did it, so maybe not as simple to read as it could be. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1p3KpQjkeIEuN4kbaXCSHBlAlPfzVZd8finpMrkwVXwA Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-04-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi
On 08/03/17 11:23, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. My PCI ID is 10ec:b723 and various postings suggest modifying /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8273be.conf. I think you mean /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf with the 2 and 7 transposed. :-) This file does not exist. Do I need to create one and if so how? Yes, it's quite normal for it not to exist; that means no options are being changed by default. It depends how much text you have to put in the file. If it's just a few words then a common way is echo these are the words | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf sudo will ask for your user's password so it can become the root user and have sufficient permissions to create the file in that directory. tee does the work of creating the file, copying its standard input to both its standard output, so you'll see `these are the words' appear on the screen, and its arguments. You can do just the echo command without the `| ...' to check they look OK on the screen first. You can also view the file once it's been created to ensure it has the right contents, e.g. `cat /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf'. If you have problems, a link to what guidance you are following would be useful. Cheers, Ralph. I've followed https://chirath02.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/installing-realtek-rtl8723be-driver-for-ubuntu-16-04/ right through but rtl8723 still does not see wifi. I will keep on looking for a solution. I will also follow up any suggestions. Cheers Peter. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-04-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meeting Tonight, Tuesday 2017-03-07.
On Wed, 2017-03-08 at 11:50 +, PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: > A couple of things about what I was discussing: > Family History/genealogy > The only program designed for Linux for managing the data is one > called gramps. There's also a web application, www.webtrees.net. It's what became of phpGedView. Tim. */ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-04-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meeting Tonight, Tuesday 2017-03-07.
A couple of things about what I was discussing: Family History/genealogy The only program designed for Linux for managing the data is one called gramps. It is available for M$ and Mac, and data is interchangeable between matching versions. This is only possible by exporting the whole of your database and importing it into the other device, changes cannot be communicated. and for nice viewing of your data, use the 'graph view' gramplet. I appreciate the help on other matters discussed. Peter On 07/03/17 00:03, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi, It's the pub meet tonight at The Broadway, 8pm-ish. For those that haven't been before look out for a flip of laptops, or Terry's stuffed penguin, if it's returned to him. http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings%3Apub http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=members#terry_coles We are often to the far left of the bar in the corner, near a mains socket, though that can get a blast of chilly stale smoke from the gaspers out in the cold when the door opens. Or we might be in the pub's "snug", a small room off the right end of the bar. We like corners. See you there. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-04-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi
Hi Peter, > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration > > Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. My PCI ID is 10ec:b723 > and various postings suggest modifying /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8273be.conf. I think you mean /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf with the 2 and 7 transposed. :-) > This file does not exist. Do I need to create one and if so how? Yes, it's quite normal for it not to exist; that means no options are being changed by default. It depends how much text you have to put in the file. If it's just a few words then a common way is echo these are the words | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf sudo will ask for your user's password so it can become the root user and have sufficient permissions to create the file in that directory. tee does the work of creating the file, copying its standard input to both its standard output, so you'll see `these are the words' appear on the screen, and its arguments. You can do just the echo command without the `| ...' to check they look OK on the screen first. You can also view the file once it's been created to ensure it has the right contents, e.g. `cat /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf'. If you have problems, a link to what guidance you are following would be useful. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-04-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
