Re: [ubuntu-uk] Surprising Wi-Fi Problem Cure

[Antonius Angelus]

Thank you for your insights, Nige,

I'm sorry that manners were lacking in the reply you received and hope you 
would share anything else in the future. Not everyone has been a linux user 
since time immemorial and there are bound to be stumbles and moments of gaining 
experience that the veterans know of only too well.


Keep at it,

Anthony



On 26/10/2018 3:20 pm, Nigel Verity wrote:
I thought the idea of mailing lists such as this was to share knowledge rather 
than belittle others for having gaps in theirs. I was not actually asking a 
question but you have clearly taken it as an opportunity to show all the 
readers of this forum how clever and experienced you are. I bow to your obvious 
superiority.

That aside I am genuinely grateful for the pointers to the use of these key 
combinations which I am sure will come in handy in the future.

Nige

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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:15:39 +
From: Nigel Verity 
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Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Surprising Wi-Fi Problem Cure
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Hi

I have an Acer laptop on which I run Xubuntu 18.04. Recently I've been having 
increasing problems with the wi-fi. At first it kept randomly dropping the 
connection, but allowed me to reconnect. The frequency of these dropouts 
increased and a few days ago it got to the point where not only could I not 
reconnect at all, the available wi-fi networks were not even being detected.

My assumption was a failing wi-fi adaptor. Having identified the type I went on 
to the Intel website only to find that support for it has been dropped (the 
laptop is a few years old). It did suggest, however, that combinations of the 
Fn and function keys might provide a hardware switch for the wi-fi, as might 
Ctrl + Alt plus a function key. Really it was clutching at straws but I tried 
it anyway, with little hope given that the instructions were aimed at Windows 
users.

To cut a long story short Ctrl + Alt + F1 took me instantly out of the GUI to a 
command line login prompt. After logging in I ran "startx" to fire up the GUI 
and that took me to the "first use" screen you get when installing Xfce - no 
task bar, menu or anything else pre-defined. Fearing I may have royally screwed 
up my user interface I did a hard shutdown with the power button and then 
rebooted. Up came the GUI exactly as I am used to seeing it, with wi-fi working 
fine and no dropouts since.

I've found nothing in either the Xubuntu or Acer documentation about this 
particular key combination but it's worked wonders. May just be worth others 
bearing in mind in case of wi-fi or, possibly, other driver issues.

Nige
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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:25:00 +0200
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Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Surprising Wi-Fi Problem Cure
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Surprising Wi-Fi Problem Cure

[Nigel Verity]

I thought the idea of mailing lists such as this was to share knowledge rather 
than belittle others for having gaps in theirs. I was not actually asking a 
question but you have clearly taken it as an opportunity to show all the 
readers of this forum how clever and experienced you are. I bow to your obvious 
superiority.

That aside I am genuinely grateful for the pointers to the use of these key 
combinations which I am sure will come in handy in the future.

Nige

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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:15:39 +
From: Nigel Verity 
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Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Surprising Wi-Fi Problem Cure
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Hi

I have an Acer laptop on which I run Xubuntu 18.04. Recently I've been having 
increasing problems with the wi-fi. At first it kept randomly dropping the 
connection, but allowed me to reconnect. The frequency of these dropouts 
increased and a few days ago it got to the point where not only could I not 
reconnect at all, the available wi-fi networks were not even being detected.

My assumption was a failing wi-fi adaptor. Having identified the type I went on 
to the Intel website only to find that support for it has been dropped (the 
laptop is a few years old). It did suggest, however, that combinations of the 
Fn and function keys might provide a hardware switch for the wi-fi, as might 
Ctrl + Alt plus a function key. Really it was clutching at straws but I tried 
it anyway, with little hope given that the instructions were aimed at Windows 
users.

To cut a long story short Ctrl + Alt + F1 took me instantly out of the GUI to a 
command line login prompt. After logging in I ran "startx" to fire up the GUI 
and that took me to the "first use" screen you get when installing Xfce - no 
task bar, menu or anything else pre-defined. Fearing I may have royally screwed 
up my user interface I did a hard shutdown with the power button and then 
rebooted. Up came the GUI exactly as I am used to seeing it, with wi-fi working 
fine and no dropouts since.

I've found nothing in either the Xubuntu or Acer documentation about this 
particular key combination but it's worked wonders. May just be worth others 
bearing in mind in case of wi-fi or, possibly, other driver issues.

Nige
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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:25:00 +0200
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On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 at 13:16, Nigel Verity  wrote:

> To cut a long story short Ctrl + Alt + F1 took me instantly out of the GUI to 
> a command line login prompt. After logging in I ran "startx" to fire up the 
> GUI and that took me to the "first use" screen you get when installing Xfce - 
> no task bar, menu or anything else pre-defined. Fearing I may have royally 
> screwed up my user interface I did a hard shutdown with the power button and 
> then rebooted. Up came the GUI exactly as I am used to seeing it, with wi-fi 
> working fine and no dropouts since.
>
> I've found nothing in either the Xubuntu or Acer documentation about this 
> particular key combination but it's worked wonders. May just be worth others 
> bearing in mind in case of wi-fi or, possibly, other driver issues.

Are you a novice to Linux?

I can only say you did not Google hard enough.

E.g.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Surprising Wi-Fi Problem Cure

[Liam Proven]

On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 at 13:16, Nigel Verity  wrote:

> To cut a long story short Ctrl + Alt + F1 took me instantly out of the GUI to 
> a command line login prompt. After logging in I ran "startx" to fire up the 
> GUI and that took me to the "first use" screen you get when installing Xfce - 
> no task bar, menu or anything else pre-defined. Fearing I may have royally 
> screwed up my user interface I did a hard shutdown with the power button and 
> then rebooted. Up came the GUI exactly as I am used to seeing it, with wi-fi 
> working fine and no dropouts since.
>
> I've found nothing in either the Xubuntu or Acer documentation about this 
> particular key combination but it's worked wonders. May just be worth others 
> bearing in mind in case of wi-fi or, possibly, other driver issues.

Are you a novice to Linux?

I can only say you did not Google hard enough.

E.g.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/157617/reverting-from-ctrl-alt-f1

Which I got from "Linux ctr alt f1"

This is a standard feature of all Linux distros with GUIs and has been
for 25 years.

Ctrl-Alt-F1 to F6 takes you to virtual consoles -- the text login
screen you see before the graphical desktop loads.

No you can't load the desktop, because it is already loaded and still running.

To get back to the desktop, press Ctrl-Alt-F7.


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[ubuntu-uk] Surprising Wi-Fi Problem Cure

[Nigel Verity]

Hi

I have an Acer laptop on which I run Xubuntu 18.04. Recently I've been having 
increasing problems with the wi-fi. At first it kept randomly dropping the 
connection, but allowed me to reconnect. The frequency of these dropouts 
increased and a few days ago it got to the point where not only could I not 
reconnect at all, the available wi-fi networks were not even being detected.

My assumption was a failing wi-fi adaptor. Having identified the type I went on 
to the Intel website only to find that support for it has been dropped (the 
laptop is a few years old). It did suggest, however, that combinations of the 
Fn and function keys might provide a hardware switch for the wi-fi, as might 
Ctrl + Alt plus a function key. Really it was clutching at straws but I tried 
it anyway, with little hope given that the instructions were aimed at Windows 
users.

To cut a long story short Ctrl + Alt + F1 took me instantly out of the GUI to a 
command line login prompt. After logging in I ran "startx" to fire up the GUI 
and that took me to the "first use" screen you get when installing Xfce - no 
task bar, menu or anything else pre-defined. Fearing I may have royally screwed 
up my user interface I did a hard shutdown with the power button and then 
rebooted. Up came the GUI exactly as I am used to seeing it, with wi-fi working 
fine and no dropouts since.

I've found nothing in either the Xubuntu or Acer documentation about this 
particular key combination but it's worked wonders. May just be worth others 
bearing in mind in case of wi-fi or, possibly, other driver issues.

Nige
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