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1448063	2018-04-03 17:47:00	Running Linux Mint and my WSKY WiFi adapter, it takes me a few - several times, really - boot-ups to get it to finally run instead of flashing it's Morse Code blinks that tells me that it is in distress and won't work this time, try again . :waughh: When I open the WiFi Manager, I get a report that tells my I used my WiFi 9, 13 and 21 days ago . That's a lie . I can see a list of available WiFi routers around me - some are over a mile away, so there's something to be said about the short antenna on that little device - right? OK - I ran a query to Linux asking for what it had as RF Kills (as follows) joseph@SurfersMintu1 ~/Desktop $ rfkill list all 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no joseph@SurfersMintu1 ~/Desktop $ I attempt this and get no answer: joseph@SurfersMintu1 ~/Desktop $ lsmod | grep iwl joseph@SurfersMintu1 ~/Desktop $ I HEAR that using this Terminal command will work - but so far I have shied away from it : sudo service network-manager restart OK - while beating myself - a daily experience with this WSKY hang-up, I actually tried the above command and got a list of wireless networks that appear under the wireless icon, but even if it says I am connected to one of them I am unable to access internet at that moment . I tried to ping 8 . 8 . 8 . 8 which shows a 100% packet loss when I cannot get on, otherwise it gets me this: joseph@SurfersMintu1 ~/Desktop $ ping 8 . 8 . 8 . 8 PING 8 . 8 . 8 . 8 (8 . 8 . 8 . 8) 56(84) bytes of data . . . . when I am on WiFy and it's running correctly . . . . like right this minute . Oh yeah - you might have noticed that I added a Bluetooth stubby-mini USB adapter and I can report that is running just fine and dandy - it even installed everything it needed immediately when I plugged it it . That was a kick in the head! Love it . Now on to the WiFi issue that really bugs me although with persistence and effort each morning - only takes a few more minutes to boot up multiple times to get things all up-n-running . Should I try running a VPN? Any thoughts?	SurferJoe46 (51)
1448064	2018-04-03 17:58:00	Addendum: I asked another question here: joseph@SurfersMintu1 ~/Desktop $ lspci 00:00 . 0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:02 . 0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) 00:02 . 1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) 00:1c . 0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1c . 1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) 00:1d . 0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d . 1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d . 2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d . 3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) 00:1d . 7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e . 0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) 00:1f . 0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f . 2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 01) 00:1f . 3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01) 02:00 . 0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 03) 0a:0a . 0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CMI8738/CMI8768 PCI Audio (rev 10) joseph@SurfersMintu1 ~/Desktop $ That was mostly just for kicks 'n giggles, really . I don't think it is germane to my OP .	SurferJoe46 (51)
1448065	2018-04-03 18:37:00	Trying to anticipate any responses to my question, I ran an update and asked for the version of my Mint distro: joseph@SurfersMintu1 ~/Desktop $ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists . . . Done Building dependency tree Reading state information . . . Done Calculating upgrade . . . Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-3 . 13 . 0-141 linux-headers-3 . 13 . 0-141-generic linux-headers-3 . 13 . 0-142 linux-headers-3 . 13 . 0-142-generic Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them . The following packages will be upgraded: base-files chromium-browser chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra dbus dbus-x11 firefox firefox-locale-en grub-common grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub2-common icedtea-7-jre-jamvm libdbus-1-3 libdbus-1-3:i386 libgbm1 libicu52 libssl1 . 0 . 0 libssl1 . 0 . 0:i386 libtiff5 libtiff5:i386 openjdk-7-jre openjdk-7-jre-headless openjdk-7-jre-lib openssl thunderbird thunderbird-gnome-support thunderbird-locale-en thunderbird-locale-en-us xserver-xorg-core-lts-vivid 29 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded . Need to get 195 MB of archives . After this operation, 1,313 kB disk space will be freed . Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 . usinternet . com/mint/packages/" target="_blank">mirrors . usinternet . com rosa/upstream firefox amd64 59 . 0 . 2+linuxmint2+rosa [44 . 5 MB] Get:2 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main base-files amd64 7 . 2ubuntu5 . 5 [67 . 5 kB] Get:3 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main libssl1 . 0 . 0 i386 1 . 0 . 1f-1ubuntu2 . 24 [783 kB] Get:4 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main libssl1 . 0 . 0 amd64 1 . 0 . 1f-1ubuntu2 . 24 [829 kB] Get:5 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main libdbus-1-3 i386 1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 5 [132 kB] Get:6 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main libdbus-1-3 amd64 1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 5 [132 kB] Get:7 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main libtiff5 i386 4 . 0 . 3-7ubuntu0 . 9 [146 kB] Get:8 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main libtiff5 amd64 4 . 0 . 3-7ubuntu0 . 9 [147 kB] Get:9 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/universe chromium-browser amd64 65 . 0 . 3325 . 181-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1 [51 . 8 MB] Get:10 . usinternet . com/mint/packages/" target="_blank">mirrors . usinternet . com rosa/upstream firefox-locale-en amd64 59 . 0 . 2+linuxmint2+rosa [813 kB] Get:11 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/universe chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra amd64 65 . 0 . 3325 . 181-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1 [1,016 kB] Get:12 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main libgbm1 amd64 10 . 1 . 3-0ubuntu0 . 6 [19 . 0 kB] Get:13 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main libicu52 amd64 52 . 1-3ubuntu0 . 8 [6,751 kB] Get:14 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main dbus amd64 1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 5 [232 kB] Get:15 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main openssl amd64 1 . 0 . 1f-1ubuntu2 . 24 [489 kB] Get:16 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main dbus-x11 amd64 1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 5 [19 . 2 kB] Get:17 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main grub-pc amd64 2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 14 [174 kB] Get:18 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main grub-pc-bin amd64 2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 14 [882 kB] Get:19 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main grub2-common amd64 2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 14 [501 kB] Get:20 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main grub-common amd64 2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 14 [1,679 kB] Get:21 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/universe openjdk-7-jre-lib all 7u171-2 . 6 . 13-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 2 [38 . 4 kB] Get:22 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main icedtea-7-jre-jamvm amd64 7u171-2 . 6 . 13-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 2 [431 kB] Get:23 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main openjdk-7-jre amd64 7u171-2 . 6 . 13-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 2 [171 kB] Get:24 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main openjdk-7-jre-headless amd64 7u171-2 . 6 . 13-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 2 [39 . 5 MB] Get:25 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main thunderbird-locale-en amd64 1:52 . 7 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1 [469 kB] Get:26 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main thunderbird amd64 1:52 . 7 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1 [41 . 8 MB] Get:27 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main thunderbird-gnome-support amd64 1:52 . 7 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1 [8,534 B] Get:28 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main thunderbird-locale-en-us all 1:52 . 7 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1 [9,416 B] Get:29 . ubuntu . com/ubuntu/" target="_blank">archive . ubuntu . com trusty-updates/main xserver-xorg-core-lts-vivid amd64 2:1 . 17 . 1-0ubuntu3 . 1~trusty1 . 1 [1,292 kB] Fetched 195 MB in 5min 3s (642 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages . . . (Reading database . . . 320296 files and directories currently installed . ) Preparing to unpack . . . /base-files_7 . 2ubuntu5 . 5_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking base-files (7 . 2ubuntu5 . 5) over (7 . 2ubuntu5 . 3) . . . Processing triggers for mintsystem (8 . 1 . 6+1) . . . Processing triggers for plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text (0 . 8 . 8-0ubuntu17 . 1) . . . update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for install-info (5 . 2 . 0 . dfsg . 1-2) . . . Processing triggers for cracklib-runtime (2 . 9 . 1-1build1) . . . Processing triggers for man-db (2 . 6 . 7 . 1-1ubuntu1) . . . Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0 . 103ubuntu4 . 10) . . . update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd . img-4 . 4 . 0-116-generic Warning: No support for locale: en_US . utf8 Setting up base-files (7 . 2ubuntu5 . 5) . . . Configuration file '/etc/issue' ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation . ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version . What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: Y or I : install the package maintainer's version N or O : keep your currently-installed version D : show the differences between the versions Z : start a shell to examine the situation The default action is to keep your current version . *** issue (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? i Installing new version of config file /etc/issue . . . Configuration file '/etc/issue . net' ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation . ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version . What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: Y or I : install the package maintainer's version N or O : keep your currently-installed version D : show the differences between the versions Z : start a shell to examine the situation The default action is to keep your current version . *** issue . net (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? i Installing new version of config file /etc/issue . net . . . Configuration file '/etc/lsb-release' ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation . ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version . What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: Y or I : install the package maintainer's version N or O : keep your currently-installed version D : show the differences between the versions Z : start a shell to examine the situation The default action is to keep your current version . *** lsb-release (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? i Installing new version of config file /etc/lsb-release . . . Installing new version of config file /etc/os-release . . . Processing triggers for mintsystem (8 . 1 . 6+1) . . . Processing triggers for plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text (0 . 8 . 8-0ubuntu17 . 1) . . . update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0 . 103ubuntu4 . 10) . . . update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd . img-4 . 4 . 0-116-generic Warning: No support for locale: en_US . utf8 (Reading database . . . 320296 files and directories currently installed . ) Preparing to unpack . . . /libssl1 . 0 . 0_1 . 0 . 1f-1ubuntu2 . 24_amd64 . deb . . . De-configuring libssl1 . 0 . 0:i386 (1 . 0 . 1f-1ubuntu2 . 23) . . . Unpacking libssl1 . 0 . 0:amd64 (1 . 0 . 1f-1ubuntu2 . 24) over (1 . 0 . 1f-1ubuntu2 . 23) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /libssl1 . 0 . 0_1 . 0 . 1f-1ubuntu2 . 24_i386 . deb . . . Unpacking libssl1 . 0 . 0:i386 (1 . 0 . 1f-1ubuntu2 . 24) over (1 . 0 . 1f-1ubuntu2 . 23) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /libdbus-1-3_1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 5_amd64 . deb . . . De-configuring libdbus-1-3:i386 (1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 3) . . . Unpacking libdbus-1-3:amd64 (1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 5) over (1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 3) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /libdbus-1-3_1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 5_i386 . deb . . . Unpacking libdbus-1-3:i386 (1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 5) over (1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 3) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /libtiff5_4 . 0 . 3-7ubuntu0 . 9_amd64 . deb . . . De-configuring libtiff5:i386 (4 . 0 . 3-7ubuntu0 . 8) . . . Unpacking libtiff5:amd64 (4 . 0 . 3-7ubuntu0 . 9) over (4 . 0 . 3-7ubuntu0 . 8) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /libtiff5_4 . 0 . 3-7ubuntu0 . 9_i386 . deb . . . Unpacking libtiff5:i386 (4 . 0 . 3-7ubuntu0 . 9) over (4 . 0 . 3-7ubuntu0 . 8) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /chromium-browser_65 . 0 . 3325 . 181-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking chromium-browser (65 . 0 . 3325 . 181-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) over (64 . 0 . 3282 . 167-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_65 . 0 . 3325 . 181-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra (65 . 0 . 3325 . 181-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) over (64 . 0 . 3282 . 167-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /libgbm1_10 . 1 . 3-0ubuntu0 . 6_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking libgbm1:amd64 (10 . 1 . 3-0ubuntu0 . 6) over (10 . 1 . 3-0ubuntu0 . 5) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /libicu52_52 . 1-3ubuntu0 . 8_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking libicu52:amd64 (52 . 1-3ubuntu0 . 8) over (52 . 1-3ubuntu0 . 7) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /dbus_1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 5_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking dbus (1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 5) over (1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 3) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /openssl_1 . 0 . 1f-1ubuntu2 . 24_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking openssl (1 . 0 . 1f-1ubuntu2 . 24) over (1 . 0 . 1f-1ubuntu2 . 23) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /dbus-x11_1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 5_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking dbus-x11 (1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 5) over (1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 3) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /firefox_59 . 0 . 2+linuxmint2+rosa_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking firefox (59 . 0 . 2+linuxmint2+rosa) over (59 . 0 . 1+linuxmint1+rosa) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /firefox-locale-en_59 . 0 . 2+linuxmint2+rosa_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking firefox-locale-en (59 . 0 . 2+linuxmint2+rosa) over (59 . 0 . 1+linuxmint1+rosa) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /grub-pc_2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 14_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking grub-pc (2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 14) over (2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 3) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /grub-pc-bin_2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 14_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking grub-pc-bin (2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 14) over (2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 3) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /grub2-common_2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 14_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking grub2-common (2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 14) over (2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 3) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /grub-common_2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 14_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking grub-common (2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 14) over (2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 3) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /openjdk-7-jre-lib_7u171-2 . 6 . 13-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 2_all . deb . . . Unpacking openjdk-7-jre-lib (7u171-2 . 6 . 13-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 2) over (7u151-2 . 6 . 11-2ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /icedtea-7-jre-jamvm_7u171-2 . 6 . 13-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 2_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking icedtea-7-jre-jamvm:amd64 (7u171-2 . 6 . 13-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 2) over (7u151-2 . 6 . 11-2ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /openjdk-7-jre_7u171-2 . 6 . 13-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 2_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking openjdk-7-jre:amd64 (7u171-2 . 6 . 13-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 2) over (7u151-2 . 6 . 11-2ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /openjdk-7-jre-headless_7u171-2 . 6 . 13-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 2_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64 (7u171-2 . 6 . 13-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 2) over (7u151-2 . 6 . 11-2ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /thunderbird-locale-en_1%3a52 . 7 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking thunderbird-locale-en (1:52 . 7 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) over (1:52 . 6 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /thunderbird_1%3a52 . 7 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking thunderbird (1:52 . 7 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) over (1:52 . 6 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /thunderbird-gnome-support_1%3a52 . 7 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking thunderbird-gnome-support (1:52 . 7 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) over (1:52 . 6 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /thunderbird-locale-en-us_1%3a52 . 7 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1_all . deb . . . Unpacking thunderbird-locale-en-us (1:52 . 7 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) over (1:52 . 6 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) . . . Preparing to unpack . . . /xserver-xorg-core-lts-vivid_2%3a1 . 17 . 1-0ubuntu3 . 1~trusty1 . 1_amd64 . deb . . . Unpacking xserver-xorg-core-lts-vivid (2:1 . 17 . 1-0ubuntu3 . 1~trusty1 . 1) over (2:1 . 17 . 1-0ubuntu3 . 1~trusty1) . . . Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0 . 13-1) . . . Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0 . 22-1ubuntu1 . 1) . . . Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3 . 10 . 1-0ubuntu2) . . . Processing triggers for mime-support (3 . 54ubuntu1 . 1) . . . Processing triggers for man-db (2 . 6 . 7 . 1-1ubuntu1) . . . Processing triggers for ureadahead (0 . 100 . 0-16) . . . ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot Processing triggers for mintsystem (8 . 1 . 6+1) . . . Processing triggers for install-info (5 . 2 . 0 . dfsg . 1-2) . . . Setting up libssl1 . 0 . 0:i386 (1 . 0 . 1f-1ubuntu2 . 24) . . . Setting up libssl1 . 0 . 0:amd64 (1 . 0 . 1f-1ubuntu2 . 24) . . . Setting up libdbus-1-3:i386 (1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 5) . . . Setting up libdbus-1-3:amd64 (1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 5) . . . Setting up libtiff5:i386 (4 . 0 . 3-7ubuntu0 . 9) . . . Setting up libtiff5:amd64 (4 . 0 . 3-7ubuntu0 . 9) . . . Setting up chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra (65 . 0 . 3325 . 181-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) . . . Setting up chromium-browser (65 . 0 . 3325 . 181-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) . . . Setting up libgbm1:amd64 (10 . 1 . 3-0ubuntu0 . 6) . . . Setting up libicu52:amd64 (52 . 1-3ubuntu0 . 8) . . . Setting up dbus (1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 5) . . . Installing new version of config file /etc/dbus-1/system . conf . . . Setting up openssl (1 . 0 . 1f-1ubuntu2 . 24) . . . Setting up dbus-x11 (1 . 6 . 18-0ubuntu4 . 5) . . . Setting up firefox (59 . 0 . 2+linuxmint2+rosa) . . . Please restart all running instances of firefox, or you will experience problems . Setting up firefox-locale-en (59 . 0 . 2+linuxmint2+rosa) . . . Setting up grub-common (2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 14) . . . Installing new version of config file /etc/grub . d/00_header . . . Installing new version of config file /etc/grub . d/30_uefi-firmware . . . Setting up grub2-common (2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 14) . . . Setting up grub-pc-bin (2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 14) . . . Setting up grub-pc (2 . 02~beta2-9ubuntu1 . 14) . . . Installing for i386-pc platform . Installation finished . No error reported . Generating grub configuration file . . . Warning: Setting GRUB_TIMEOUT to a non-zero value when GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is set is no longer supported . Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4 . 4 . 0-116-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd . img-4 . 4 . 0-116-generic Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4 . 4 . 0-112-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd . img-4 . 4 . 0-112-generic Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3 . 19 . 0-32-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd . img-3 . 19 . 0-32-generic Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+ . elf Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+ . bin No volume groups found done Setting up openjdk-7-jre-lib (7u171-2 . 6 . 13-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 2) . . . Setting up openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64 (7u171-2 . 6 . 13-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 2) . . . Installing new version of config file /etc/java-7-openjdk/security/java . security . . . Setting up icedtea-7-jre-jamvm:amd64 (7u171-2 . 6 . 13-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 2) . . . Setting up openjdk-7-jre:amd64 (7u171-2 . 6 . 13-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 2) . . . Setting up thunderbird (1:52 . 7 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) . . . Setting up thunderbird-locale-en (1:52 . 7 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) . . . Setting up thunderbird-gnome-support (1:52 . 7 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) . . . Setting up thunderbird-locale-en-us (1:52 . 7 . 0+build1-0ubuntu0 . 14 . 04 . 1) . . . Setting up xserver-xorg-core-lts-vivid (2:1 . 17 . 1-0ubuntu3 . 1~trusty1 . 1) . . . Processing triggers for libc-bin (2 . 19-0ubuntu6 . 14) . . . joseph@SurfersMintu1 ~/Desktop $ cat /etc/*release DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint DISTRIB_RELEASE=17 . 3 DISTRIB_CODENAME=rosa DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 17 . 3 Rosa" NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION="14 . 04 . 5 LTS, Trusty Tahr" ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 14 . 04 . 5 LTS" VERSION_ID="14 . 04" HOME_URL=" . ubuntu . com/"" target="_blank">www . ubuntu . com SUPPORT_URL=" . ubuntu . com/"" target="_blank">help . ubuntu . com BUG_REPORT_URL=" . launchpad . net/ubuntu/"" target="_blank">bugs . launchpad . net cat: /etc/upstream-release: Is a directory joseph@SurfersMintu1 ~/Desktop $ uname -a Linux SurfersMintu1 4 . 4 . 0-116-generic #140~14 . 04 . 1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 16 09:25:20 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux joseph@SurfersMintu1 ~/Desktop $ uname -i x86_64 joseph@SurfersMintu1 ~/Desktop $ exit	SurferJoe46 (51)
1448066	2018-04-04 04:44:00	1.If you are experiencing issues with a USB wifi adapter lspci won't tell you anything useful. Try lsusb instead 2.In the past when having issues with network-manager I have used wicd instead, it is an alternative to network-manager and is sometimes better at making and maintaining a connection it is available in synaptic I think, not using Mint today so haven't checked that. If you decide to try it you should disable network-manager, not remove it, instructions to do so are in the second post in this Mint forum thread forums.linuxmint.com that way if wicd is no better you can re-enable network-manager, also removing n-m apparently breaks cinnamon	KarameaDave (15222)
1448067	2018-04-04 05:12:00	Hey Joe, None of that information gave us much. When dealing with WiFi usb adapters, the most useful information for us is the chip they used in the device. This can then be checked whether it has built in support from the kernel or whether the manufacturer has released the drivers for it. Another thing to understand is whether you run it directly off the computer and to know that it is getting enough power to run it. So to figure out what chip is used, the easiest is to unplug the device, then plug it back in and do: dmesg | tail It should list specific information about that USB device, if you could post the output on that, it should help. If nothing USB related showed, it may not be detected, possibly under powered too, try another port if possible and do the above command. The output of lsusb may help too after the dmesg command.	Kame (312)
1448068	2018-04-04 07:52:00	joseph@SurfersMintu1 ~/Desktop $ dmesg | tail [50239.669564] RTL871X: set group key camid:5, addr:00:22:3f:9e:66:b8, kid:1, type:TKIP [50839.450297] RTL871X: send eapol packet [50839.461735] RTL871X: set group key camid:6, addr:00:22:3f:9e:66:b8, kid:2, type:TKIP [51140.307670] systemd-hostnamed[32585]: Warning: nss-myhostname is not installed. Changing the local hostname might make it unresolveable. Please install nss-myhostname! [51439.456516] RTL871X: send eapol packet [51439.471937] RTL871X: set group key camid:5, addr:00:22:3f:9e:66:b8, kid:1, type:TKIP [52039.384754] RTL871X: send eapol packet [52039.397116] RTL871X: set group key camid:6, addr:00:22:3f:9e:66:b8, kid:2, type:TKIP [52639.296164] RTL871X: send eapol packet [52639.308289] RTL871X: set group key camid:5, addr:00:22:3f:9e:66:b8, kid:1, type:TKIP joseph@SurfersMintu1 ~/Desktop $ ..... and ......... joseph@SurfersMintu1 ~/Desktop $ lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0a5c:21e8 Broadcom Corp. BCM20702A0 Bluetooth 4.0 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 005: ID 046d:c51b Logitech, Inc. V220 Cordless Optical Mouse for Notebooks Bus 004 Device 006: ID 04fc:0c25 Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd SATALink SPIF225A Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0781:b6b7 SanDisk Corp. Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0bda:a811 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0451:2046 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB2046 Hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub joseph@SurfersMintu1 ~/Desktop $ Notice the powered USB HUB, in which the WSKY is installed.	SurferJoe46 (51)
1448069	2018-04-04 12:46:00	Ahh, I see in your update information that it wants to remove kernels not needed. This would suggest you updated your kernel but your driver (which I assume you built) would need to be recreated again. If you go to the location where you build the drivers, you should do: make clean make make install I'm not sure what the module is called that you just created but you will need to do: sudo modprobe <drivers modules goes here> That should hopefully fix the issue, normally will reoccur if you do another kernel update, so you may need to remember these steps each time it gets in distress.	Kame (312)
1448070	2018-04-06 00:31:00	1.If you are experiencing issues with a USB wifi adapter lspci won't tell you anything useful. Try lsusb instead 2.In the past when having issues with network-manager I have used wicd instead, it is an alternative to network-manager and is sometimes better at making and maintaining a connection it is available in synaptic I think, not using Mint today so haven't checked that. If you decide to try it you should disable network-manager, not remove it, instructions to do so are in the second post in this Mint forum thread forums.linuxmint.com that way if wicd is no better you can re-enable network-manager, also removing n-m apparently breaks cinnamon Hey Joe, None of that information gave us much. When dealing with WiFi usb adapters, the most useful information for us is the chip they used in the device. This can then be checked whether it has built in support from the kernel or whether the manufacturer has released the drivers for it. Another thing to understand is whether you run it directly off the computer and to know that it is getting enough power to run it. So to figure out what chip is used, the easiest is to unplug the device, then plug it back in and do: dmesg | tail It should list specific information about that USB device, if you could post the output on that, it should help. If nothing USB related showed, it may not be detected, possibly under powered too, try another port if possible and do the above command. The output of lsusb may help too after the dmesg command. Ahh, I see in your update information that it wants to remove kernels not needed. This would suggest you updated your kernel but your driver (which I assume you built) would need to be recreated again. If you go to the location where you build the drivers, you should do: make clean make make install I'm not sure what the module is called that you just created but you will need to do: sudo modprobe <drivers modules goes here> That should hopefully fix the issue, normally will reoccur if you do another kernel update, so you may need to remember these steps each time it gets in distress. OK youse guys! This time I followed all the information here and guess what? IT'S FIXED!!!!! (not gonna c/p 'happy happy' x 200 etc this time). Kame: I think you think that I have a lot more under my belt with Linux - I'm on it - but I am still in the n00b stage (with a lot of help from youse guys! )	SurferJoe46 (51)
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