Wifi worked during install, now doesn't

aqui · 2017-02-23 04:11:06

Wifi on an Acer Aspire One ZG5 with ath5k driver worked fine during install, and now says the interface is unmanaged. I commented out all lines except:

auto lo

iface lo inet loopback

as per instructions at https://eldebiandepepe.wordpress.com/20 … estionado/ .

Now the network manager says wireless is disabled by hardware switch. There is a hardware switch, and it seems to do nothing.

System is in Spanish. I would happily change it to English while troubleshooting, but don't know how.

thanks in advance.

hhh · 2017-02-23 04:31:10

During install but not after booting into your new OS, or was working after install and then went out?

Also, how did you install, by using our ISO or by our script?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-02-23 07:31:13

Does the wireless connection work if you load up the "live" ISO image?

This will help eliminate hardware failure.

aqui wrote:

System is in Spanish. I would happily change it to English while troubleshooting, but don't know how.

To get commands to output in English, prepend:

LC_ALL=C

For example:

sudo LC_ALL=C apt update

roger72 · 2017-02-23 07:53:02

Hi I had a similar problem with a HP Pavilion x365.
Solution was to blacklist acer_wmi module. Since you have an acer this may not be a solution for you, but try to rmmod acer_wmi as of
http://askubuntu.com/questions/758804/a … ng-my-wifi
and see if it starts working.

aqui · 2017-02-23 20:49:54

hhh wrote:

During install but not after booting into your new OS, or was working after install and then went out?
Also, how did you install, by using our ISO or by our script?

Wifi worked during install, install finished, rebooted without USB stick, no wifi.

Installed from ISO that I dd'ed to a USB stick. 32-bit PAE, downloaded a few days ago.

aqui · 2017-02-23 20:52:43

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Does the wireless connection work if you load up the "live" ISO image?
This will help eliminate hardware failure.

What do you mean 'load up the "live ISO" image'? Plug in the USB stick that I used for install, and boot from it again?

aqui · 2017-02-23 20:58:23

I see in the thread "Post your system specs" https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=159 that two users have functional installs with the ath5k driver (jamesyo0304 and wagmic), and one of them is an Acer Aspire One, and maybe two. I don't see a way to @ mention them nor a way to private message them.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-02-23 21:14:46

aqui wrote:

What do you mean 'load up the "live ISO" image'? Plug in the USB stick that I used for install, and boot from it again?

When you boot up the USB stick (that you used for the installation), there should be an option in the menu that says "live session" (or so) — this will load up the desktop and let you test things.

aqui · 2017-03-05 02:05:19

When I boot from the USB into a live session, the WiFi connection works. I have the computer running the USB live session and it's connected to WiFi. How do I find out what's making it work?

thanks for your help!

aqui · 2017-03-05 02:21:13

I ran the UbuntuForums wireless-info script while running the live USB session and connected to wifi, and pasted the results at http://paste.ubuntu.com/24114678

aqui · 2017-03-05 02:26:45

Hey! I took the USB out and booted from the HDD install of BunsenLabs, and now the wifi works! I ran the wireless-info script again to see if there's any difference, and posted it at http://paste.ubuntu.com/24114723

dhalgren · 2017-03-07 01:07:11

I fixed this problem this way:

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

and then deleting everything except

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

and save...
Hope it works for you.

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