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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/8/19 9:19 PM, Michael Paoli wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:20190108211916.15723pe6rlni0dyc@webmail.rawbw.com">
<blockquote type="cite">From: "James Stockford"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jim@well.com"><jim@well.com></a>
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Subject: Re: [sf-lug] thanks for the help
<br>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 19:04:25 -0800
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snip<br>
<br>
And peeking a bit, even if you are, in fact, running Ubuntu 18.04,
<br>
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He has done his updates. I determined that at the meeting.<br>
Lots of snips.<br>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:20190108211916.15723pe6rlni0dyc@webmail.rawbw.com">rather
than 18.04.1, not too horrible, it's at least still supported
<br>
thus far:
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases</a>
<br>
But if you want to stay with the LTS track,
<br>
you'd probably want to upgrade to 18.04.1 (security, bug fixes)
<br>
<br>
What model of gizmo?
<br>
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Stated in his lspci.<br>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:20190108211916.15723pe6rlni0dyc@webmail.rawbw.com"><br>
And if the Wi-Fi hardware is in fact confirmed dead,
<br>
what exactly are you trying establish Wi-Fi connectivity through?
...
<br>
Specifically between the (presumed) Ubuntu 18.04 host and the
<br>
Access Point (AP)?
<br>
<br>
root@UltraLap-6440:~# lspci
<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation
Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core
<br>
Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08)
<br>
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD
Graphics 620
<br>
(rev 07)
<br>
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP
USB 3.0 xHCI
<br>
Controller (rev 21)
<br>
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation
Sunrise Point-LP
<br>
Thermal subsystem (rev 21)
<br>
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise
Point-LP
<br>
CSME HECI #1 (rev 21)
<br>
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP
SATA
<br>
Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 21)
<br>
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI
Express Root
<br>
Port (rev f1)
<br>
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI
Express Root
<br>
Port #5 (rev f1)
<br>
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI
Express Root
<br>
Port #6 (rev f1)
<br>
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d4e (rev 21)
<br>
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise
Point-LP PMC (rev 21)
<br>
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD
Audio (rev 21)
<br>
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus (rev
21)
<br>
3a:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co.,
Ltd.
<br>
RTL8411B PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
<br>
3a:00.1 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
<br>
RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
(rev 12)
<br>
3b:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 2526</blockquote>
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That last line- Intel Corporation Device 2526 (rev 29)is the<br>
WiFi device from 'duckduckgo'-ing aka the Gizmo which is most<br>
likeliy not dead.<br>
<br>
As I wrote to Jim it worked fine with the copy of Ubunto Studio<br>
I had at the meeting and which was loaned to him.<br>
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cite="mid:20190108211916.15723pe6rlni0dyc@webmail.rawbw.com">
<br>
Don't presume the bus or bus type of the Wi-Fi. Sure, PCI or the
like is
<br>
common, but that's not the only place these things show up.
<br>
<br>
Caveat: viruses may cause snarkiness and other malfunctions,
mostly a non-
<br>
issue for Linux (at least reasonably cared for), the
human(s),
<br>
however ...
<br>
<br>
HAL: Well, I don't think there is any question about it. It can
only be
<br>
attributable to human error. This sort of thing has cropped
up before,
<br>
and it has always been due to human error.
<br>
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Bad connection between operator and interface, HAL, shutdown
now!<br>
<br>
bliss - good night<br>
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