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Ubuntu 18.04 - after some software repairs the Wi-Fi does not work

Asked by michael doran

Ubuntu 18.04 - just got some patching done on the software here and now the Wi-Fi is not working. Just finished doing an fsck command on the system since it wasn't booting up, repaired some broken and orphaned inodes and a few other things. Now that the system 18.04 is working enough for me to be doing this, I have to use a hard-wire instead of Wi-Fi since the Wi-Fi does not work. It worked before - it is built into the laptop but the system doesn't seem to see it.
What must I do?

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

Please follow https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WirelessTroubleshootingProcedure

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michael doran (mkdoran9) said : 		#2

opened terminal console, clicked on "Edit" and the word "profile" is not there. Instead I can choose "select all" or "preferences".
So I opened "preferences" and found "scrolling" as a tab choice and I opened that tab
There is no "unlimited scrolling" available as a choice.
However, there is a "limit scrollback to:" choice which offers 10000 lines + or - as a start.
OR
I can disable this limit by unchecking the box at the beginning of this choice.
But is this what I should do?
This is denoted as an unnamed profile and I could add and name a new profile which would start with default settings.
Again I am uncertain as my set-up doesn't match the troubleshooting guide's description....

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

To be honest, I haven't checked the details of the troubleshooting guide in the recent past, and it may well be the case, that some details do no more totally fit to updated programs.

In your case I recommend removing the tick mark besides "limit scrollback ..." in the unnamed profile, and this should stick for all new terminal windows (unless overwritten by a different setting later).

The background for that setting is that the output to be checked may be quite long, and if the limit is set to a too small number, then the first part of the output may be cut off. 10,000 lines should be enough anyhow.

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michael doran (mkdoran9) said : 		#4

OK here goes - I did respond "yes" to continue at some point - maybe this fixed it? We'll see- anyway here is the readout:
el-ruach@elruach-HP-EliteBook-8540p:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install debian-security-support usbutils pciutils hwinfo grep rfkill; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scan | grep -Ei 'chan|ssid'; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net; lsusb; nmcli g; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; sudo updatedb; dmesg | grep -E '02:00|80211|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rror|rtl|RTL|rt2|RT2|rt3|RT3|rt5|RT5|rt6|RT6|rt7|RT7|usb|witch|wl';sudo dmidecode|grep -E 'anufact|roduct|erial|elease'; iwconfig; grep -E '80211|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|wmi|witch|wl' /etc/modprobe.d/*; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; ps -aux|grep -E 'wpa|icd|etwork'; netstat -rn ; cat /etc/resolv.conf; ls -lia /boot; grep tmpfs /etc/fstab; ubuntu-security-status; check-support-status ; sudo update-pciids; sudo lsmod
[sudo] password for el-ruach:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for el-ruach:
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  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 19
       bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
       logical name: enp0s25
       version: 05
       serial: 88:ae:1d:b3:3a:6e
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=3.2.6-k duplex=full firmware=0.12-3 ip=192.168.1.9 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:33 memory:d7400000-d741ffff memory:d742a000-d742afff ioport:6020(size=32)
0: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes
2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

enp0s25 Interface doesn't support scanning.

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS"
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10ea] (rev 05)
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection [103c:1521]
 Kernel driver in use: e1000e
 Kernel modules: e1000e
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04f2:b15e Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 138a:0007 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS451 Fingerprint Reader
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 03f0:231d Hewlett-Packard Broadcom 2070 Bluetooth Combo
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
STATE CONNECTIVITY WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
connected full enabled disabled enabled enabled
H/W path Device Class Description
=======================================================
                             system HP EliteBook 8540p (WH252UT#ABA)
/0 bus 1521
/0/a memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/0 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU M 620 @ 2.67GHz
/0/0/1 memory 4MiB L3 cache
/0/0/3 memory 256KiB L2 cache
/0/0/2 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/4 memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/4/0 memory 2GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
/0/4/1 memory 2GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
/0/100 bridge Core Processor DRAM Controller
/0/100/1 bridge Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port
/0/100/1/0 display GT216M [NVS 5100M]
/0/100/1/0.1 multimedia GT216 HDMI Audio Controller
/0/100/16 communication 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller
/0/100/16.3 communication 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset KT Controller
/0/100/19 enp0s25 network 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection
/0/100/1a bus 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
/0/100/1a/1 usb1 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1a/1/1 bus Integrated Rate Matching Hub
/0/100/1a/1/1/1 communication HP Integrated Module
/0/100/1a/1/1/3 generic VFS451 Fingerprint Reader
/0/100/1a/1/1/5 multimedia HP Webcam [2 MP Macro]
/0/100/1b multimedia 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio
/0/100/1c bridge 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2
/0/100/1c.7 bridge 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 8
/0/100/1c.7/0 bus uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller
/0/100/1c.7/0/0 usb3 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1c.7/0/1 usb4 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d bus 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
/0/100/1d/1 usb2 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d/1/1 bus Integrated Rate Matching Hub
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/6 bus R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/100/1e/6.1 generic R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter
/0/100/1e/6.2 generic R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter
/0/100/1e/6.3 generic xD-Picture Card Controller
/0/100/1e/6.4 bridge RL5c476 II
/0/100/1f bridge QM57 Chipset LPC Interface Controller
/0/100/1f.2 storage 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
/0/100/1f.6 generic 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem
/0/101 bridge Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers
/0/102 bridge Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder
/0/103 bridge Core Processor QPI Link 0
/0/104 bridge 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor QPI Physical 0
/0/105 bridge 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved
/0/106 bridge 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 500GB Samsung SSD 860
/0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 465GiB EXT4 volume
/0/2 scsi1 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD RW AD-7721H
/1 power TD08055
Linux elruach-HP-EliteBook-8540p 5.4.0-89-generic #100~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 29 10:59:42 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] DMI: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8540p/1521, BIOS 68CVD Ver. F.0A 06/22/2010
[ 0.012241] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.078603] APIC: Switch to symmetric I/O mode setup
[ 0.099082] Spectre V2 : Spectre v2 / SpectreRSB mitigation: Filling RSB on context switch
[ 0.099082] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls
[ 0.245400] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.731431] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.731431] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.731431] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.745415] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc-early
[ 0.759452] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 7 devices
[ 1.312686] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input1
[ 1.312702] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 1.570840] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002, bcdDevice= 5.04
[ 1.570843] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.570846] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 1.570848] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 5.4.0-89-generic ehci_hcd
[ 1.570849] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.0
[ 1.571169] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.590818] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002, bcdDevice= 5.04
[ 1.590822] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.590824] usb usb2: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 1.590826] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 5.4.0-89-generic ehci_hcd
[ 1.590828] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 1.591141] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.591909] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002, bcdDevice= 5.04
[ 1.591910] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.591911] usb usb3: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1.591912] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 5.4.0-89-generic xhci-hcd
[ 1.591913] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:44:00.0
[ 1.592203] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.594978] usb usb4: We don't know the algorithms for LPM for this host, disabling LPM.
[ 1.595000] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003, bcdDevice= 5.04
[ 1.595001] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.595002] usb usb4: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1.595003] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 5.4.0-89-generic xhci-hcd
[ 1.595003] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:44:00.0
[ 1.595144] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.604361] RAS: Correctable Errors collector initialized.
[ 1.659863] ima: No architecture policies found
[ 1.677888] x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
[ 1.688676] x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
[ 1.814490] sdhci-pci 0000:45:06.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 25)
[ 1.910662] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 1.930674] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 1.961282] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GT/s:Width x1) 88:ae:1d:b3:3a:6e
[ 1.961284] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
[ 1.961333] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: MAC: 9, PHY: 10, PBA No: 2052FF-0FF
[ 1.962286] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 enp0s25: renamed from eth0
[ 2.067061] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0020, bcdDevice= 0.00
[ 2.067064] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.067638] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.087478] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0020, bcdDevice= 0.00
[ 2.087482] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.087822] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.314755] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc
[ 2.354655] usb 1-1.1: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[ 2.471762] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=03f0, idProduct=231d, bcdDevice= 3.06
[ 2.471766] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.471768] usb 1-1.1: Product: HP Integrated Module
[ 2.471770] usb 1-1.1: Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp
[ 2.550689] usb 1-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[ 2.660741] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=138a, idProduct=0007, bcdDevice= 0.72
[ 2.660745] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.660748] usb 1-1.3: SerialNumber: 3311dfdd1001
[ 2.738702] usb 1-1.5: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
[ 2.885734] usb 1-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=04f2, idProduct=b15e, bcdDevice=85.54
[ 2.885738] usb 1-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.885741] usb 1-1.5: Product: HP Webcam [2 MP Macro]
[ 2.885743] usb 1-1.5: Manufacturer: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
[ 3.870778] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30
[ 4.217792] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 4.240611] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 4.519070] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: CPU TDP doesn't match expected value (found 25, expected 29)
[ 4.528604] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
[ 4.564617] hp_accel: hardware type NC854xx found
[ 4.565346] lis3lv02d: 8 bits sensor found
[ 4.817750] yenta_cardbus 0000:45:06.4: CardBus bridge found [103c:1521]
[ 4.890270] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: Handle vga_switcheroo audio client
[ 4.978871] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 5.034497] input: HDA Intel MID Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input15
[ 5.034797] input: HDA Intel MID Line as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input16
[ 5.034877] input: HDA Intel MID Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input17
[ 5.034985] input: HDA Intel MID Dock Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input18
[ 5.180055] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device HP Webcam [2 MP Macro] (04f2:b15e)
[ 5.223179] ACPI Warning: \_SB.PCI0.PEGP.DGFX._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20190816/nsarguments-66)
[ 5.223601] fb0: switching to nouveaufb from VESA VGA
[ 5.228337] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[ 5.237044] input: HP Webcam [2 MP Macro]: HP Webc as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.5/1-1.5:1.0/input/input19
[ 5.237243] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 6.227695] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 200x56
[ 6.275209] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input20
[ 6.275304] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input21
[ 6.275386] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input22
[ 6.275458] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input23
[ 4023.186476] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nva5_fuc084 failed with error -2
[ 4023.186491] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nva5_fuc084d failed with error -2
[ 4023.186493] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: msvld: unable to load firmware data
 Release Date: 06/22/2010
  Serial services are supported (int 14h)
 Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
 Product Name: HP EliteBook 8540p
 Serial Number: CND0350KR3
 Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
 Product Name: 1521
 Serial Number: CND0350KR3
 Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
 Serial Number: CND0350KR3
 Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Samsung
 Serial Number: 93E3D991
 Manufacturer: Samsung
 Serial Number: 93E3D9BD
 Manufacturer: SANYO
 SBDS Serial Number: 0038
 SBDS Manufacture Date: 2016-11-26
lo no wireless extensions.

enp0s25 no wireless extensions.

/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf:install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf:# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf:blacklist ath_pci
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:blacklist eth1394
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by p54pci
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:blacklist prism54
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:blacklist bcm43xx
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-oss.conf:blacklist uart6850
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf:# /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf:# iwlwifi will dyamically load either iwldvm or iwlmvm depending on the
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf:# microcode file installed on the system. When removing iwlwifi, first
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf:# remove the iwl?vm module and then iwlwifi.
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf:remove iwlwifi \
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf:(/sbin/lsmod | grep -o -e ^iwlmvm -e ^iwldvm -e ^iwlwifi | xargs /sbin/rmmod) \
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf:&& /sbin/modprobe -r mac80211
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
20: PCI 19.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.378]
  Unique ID: ID95.LTXKwxWIPJ3
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:19.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:19.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Intel 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection"
  Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x10ea "82577LM Gigabit Network Connection"
  SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
  SubDevice: pci 0x1521
  Revision: 0x05
  Driver: "e1000e"
  Driver Modules: "e1000e"
  Device File: enp0s25
  Memory Range: 0xd7400000-0xd741ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xd742a000-0xd742afff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0x6020-0x603f (rw)
  IRQ: 33 (160492 events)
  HW Address: 88:ae:1d:b3:3a:6e
  Permanent HW Address: 88:ae:1d:b3:3a:6e
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d000010EAsv0000103Csd00001521bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: e1000e is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe e1000e"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
root 800 0.0 0.2 558756 9356 ? Ssl 13:05 0:00 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
root 801 0.0 0.2 170528 8040 ? Ssl 13:05 0:00 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/networkd-dispatcher --run-startup-triggers
root 827 0.0 0.0 45236 960 ? Ss 13:05 0:00 /sbin/wpa_supplicant -u -s -O /run/wpa_supplicant
el-ruach 2404 0.5 1.4 1315184 57104 tty2 SLl+ 14:11 0:55 /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --field-trial-handle=17698898974449949505,12514186718627446959,131072 --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --enable-crashpad --crashpad-handler-pid=2360 --enable-crash-reporter=,Built on Ubuntu , running on Ubuntu 18.04 --change-stack-guard-on-fork=enable --shared-files=v8_context_snapshot_data:100 --enable-crashpad
root 4395 0.0 0.1 25988 5032 ? S 16:55 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -q -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-helper -pf /run/dhclient-enp0s25.pid -lf /var/lib/NetworkManager/dhclient-2d86ebcd-0a8b-3f28-bf0d-d2b91f36c04c-enp0s25.lease -cf /var/lib/NetworkManager/dhclient-enp0s25.conf enp0s25
el-ruach 5947 0.0 0.0 14432 1112 pts/0 S+ 17:08 0:00 grep --color=auto -E wpa|icd|etwork

Command 'netstat' not found, but can be installed with:

sudo apt install net-tools

# This file is managed by man:systemd-resolved(8). Do not edit.
#
# This is a dynamic resolv.conf file for connecting local clients to the
# internal DNS stub resolver of systemd-resolved. This file lists all
# configured search domains.
#
# Run "systemd-resolve --status" to see details about the uplink DNS servers
# currently in use.
#
# Third party programs must not access this file directly, but only through the
# symlink at /etc/resolv.conf. To manage man:resolv.conf(5) in a different way,
# replace this symlink by a static file or a different symlink.
#
# See man:systemd-resolved.service(8) for details about the supported modes of
# operation for /etc/resolv.conf.

nameserver 127.0.0.53
options edns0
search Home
total 113040
12976129 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 20 20:48 .
       2 drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Oct 19 10:11 ..
12976428 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 237789 Sep 22 06:17 config-5.4.0-87-generic
12976138 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 237790 Sep 29 06:24 config-5.4.0-89-generic
12976130 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Oct 20 20:48 grub
12983465 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43288669 Sep 27 19:54 initrd.img-5.4.0-87-generic
12983584 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43289532 Oct 19 10:11 initrd.img-5.4.0-89-generic
12976133 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 182704 Jan 28 2016 memtest86+.bin
12976134 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184380 Jan 28 2016 memtest86+.elf
12976135 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184840 Jan 28 2016 memtest86+_multiboot.bin
12976427 -rw------- 1 root root 4588968 Sep 22 06:17 System.map-5.4.0-87-generic
12976132 -rw------- 1 root root 4589631 Sep 29 06:24 System.map-5.4.0-89-generic
12976431 -rw------- 1 root root 9462016 Sep 22 06:19 vmlinuz-5.4.0-87-generic
12976429 -rw------- 1 root root 9462016 Sep 29 06:26 vmlinuz-5.4.0-89-generic
ubuntu-security-status: command not found
Downloaded daily snapshot dated 2021-11-20 03:15:02
Module Size Used by
rfcomm 81920 4
wmi_bmof 16384 0
pata_pcmcia 20480 1
bnep 24576 2
intel_powerclamp 20480 0
coretemp 20480 0
kvm 659456 0
crct10dif_pclmul 16384 1
crc32_pclmul 16384 0
ghash_clmulni_intel 16384 0
aesni_intel 372736 0
crypto_simd 16384 1 aesni_intel
cryptd 24576 2 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel
glue_helper 16384 1 aesni_intel
uvcvideo 94208 0
intel_cstate 20480 0
videobuf2_vmalloc 20480 1 uvcvideo
nouveau 1900544 29
videobuf2_memops 20480 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_v4l2 24576 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_common 53248 2 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo
mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau
joydev 28672 0
videodev 221184 3 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
ttm 102400 1 nouveau
input_leds 16384 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 61440 5
pcmcia 65536 1 pata_pcmcia
mc 53248 4 videodev,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
btusb 57344 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 61440 1
btrtl 24576 1 btusb
hp_wmi 16384 0
snd_hda_codec_generic 81920 1 snd_hda_codec_idt
btbcm 16384 1 btusb
sparse_keymap 16384 1 hp_wmi
serio_raw 20480 0
btintel 24576 1 btusb
ledtrig_audio 16384 1 snd_hda_codec_generic
drm_kms_helper 188416 1 nouveau
bluetooth 544768 31 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb,rfcomm
ecdh_generic 16384 1 bluetooth
ecc 32768 1 ecdh_generic
snd_hda_intel 49152 8
snd_intel_dspcfg 28672 1 snd_hda_intel
drm 491520 20 drm_kms_helper,ttm,nouveau
snd_hda_codec 135168 4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_idt
r852 24576 0
sm_common 16384 1 r852
snd_hda_core 90112 5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_idt
snd_hwdep 20480 1 snd_hda_codec
i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 nouveau
nand 106496 2 r852,sm_common
yenta_socket 49152 0
nand_ecc 16384 1 nand
fb_sys_fops 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
pcmcia_rsrc 24576 1 yenta_socket
bch 24576 1 nand
sch_fq_codel 20480 2
r592 20480 0
syscopyarea 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
nandcore 16384 1 nand
ip6t_REJECT 16384 1
sysfillrect 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
snd_pcm 102400 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
nf_reject_ipv6 20480 1 ip6t_REJECT
sysimgblt 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
mtd 65536 2 nand,sm_common
memstick 20480 1 r592
pcmcia_core 28672 3 pcmcia,pcmcia_rsrc,yenta_socket
nf_log_ipv6 16384 5
snd_seq_midi 20480 0
snd_seq_midi_event 16384 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi 36864 1 snd_seq_midi
xt_hl 16384 22
snd_seq 69632 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
ip6t_rt 20480 3
snd_seq_device 16384 3 snd_seq,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi
tpm_infineon 16384 0
snd_timer 36864 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
hp_accel 28672 0
lis3lv02d 24576 1 hp_accel
snd 86016 27 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_rawmidi
ipt_REJECT 16384 1
input_polldev 20480 1 lis3lv02d
nf_reject_ipv4 16384 1 ipt_REJECT
mei_me 40960 0
soundcore 16384 1 snd
mac_hid 16384 0
nf_log_ipv4 16384 5
lpc_ich 24576 0
mei 102400 1 mei_me
intel_ips 28672 0
nf_log_common 16384 2 nf_log_ipv4,nf_log_ipv6
xt_LOG 20480 10
xt_limit 16384 13
xt_tcpudp 20480 18
xt_addrtype 16384 4
xt_conntrack 16384 16
ip6table_filter 16384 1
ip6_tables 32768 53 ip6table_filter
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns 16384 0
nf_conntrack_broadcast 16384 1 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns
nf_nat_ftp 20480 0
nf_nat 40960 1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack_ftp 24576 1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack 139264 6 xt_conntrack,nf_nat,nf_nat_ftp,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_broadcast,nf_conntrack_ftp
nf_defrag_ipv6 24576 1 nf_conntrack
nf_defrag_ipv4 16384 1 nf_conntrack
libcrc32c 16384 2 nf_conntrack,nf_nat
iptable_filter 16384 1
parport_pc 40960 1
bpfilter 24576 0
ppdev 24576 0
lp 20480 0
parport 53248 3 parport_pc,lp,ppdev
ip_tables 32768 9 iptable_filter
x_tables 45056 13 ip6table_filter,xt_conntrack,iptable_filter,xt_LOG,xt_tcpudp,xt_addrtype,ip6t_rt,ip6_tables,ipt_REJECT,ip_tables,xt_limit,xt_hl,ip6t_REJECT
autofs4 45056 2
firewire_ohci 40960 0
sdhci_pci 53248 0
firewire_core 65536 1 firewire_ohci
cqhci 28672 1 sdhci_pci
ahci 40960 1
crc_itu_t 16384 1 firewire_core
psmouse 151552 0
libahci 32768 1 ahci
sdhci 65536 1 sdhci_pci
e1000e 253952 0
wmi 32768 4 hp_wmi,wmi_bmof,mxm_wmi,nouveau
video 49152 1 nouveau
el-ruach@elruach-HP-EliteBook-8540p:~$

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michael doran (mkdoran9) said : 		#5

I used the "lspci -nn" command to discover the Vendor and Device ID for your wireless adapter and here's the readout for that:
el-ruach@elruach-HP-EliteBook-8540p:~$ sudo lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller [8086:0044] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port [8086:0045] (rev 02)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller [8086:3b64] (rev 06)
00:16.3 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset KT Controller [8086:3b67] (rev 06)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10ea] (rev 05)
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b3c] (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio [8086:3b56] (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3b42] (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:3b44] (rev 05)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 8 [8086:3b50] (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b34] (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation QM57 Chipset LPC Interface Controller [8086:3b07] (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3b2f] (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem [8086:3b32] (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GT216M [NVS 5100M] [10de:0a2c] (rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GT216 HDMI Audio Controller [10de:0be2] (rev a1)
44:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller [1033:0194] (rev 03)
45:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 06)
45:06.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 25)
45:06.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 14)
45:06.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 14)
45:06.4 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev bb)
ff:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers [8086:2c62] (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder [8086:2d01] (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 [8086:2d10] (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor QPI Physical 0 [8086:2d11] (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved [8086:2d12] (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved [8086:2d13] (rev 02)

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michael doran (mkdoran9) said : 		#6

I am running all this from the hard disk- not the liveCd.
And the laptop is a HP EliteBook 8540p.

And finally I'm not sure what this question is asking for:
"Please also specify the name of the wireless access point that you are trying to connect to (not the model/make of your router)."

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#7

I cannot see any WLAN device in your output.
Should it be a built-in one, or one that is connected via USB?

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michael doran (mkdoran9) said : 		#8

It should be built in - unless it burned out or something

On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 8:17 AM Manfred Hampl <
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> Manfred Hampl requested more information:
> I cannot see any WLAN device in your output.
> Should it be a built-in one, or one that is connected via USB?
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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#9

Is there somewhere a hardware switch to enable/disable the WLAN device?
Or is there anything in the BIOS setup dialog that may disable the device?

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michael doran (mkdoran9) said : 		#10

HAH!! Yes! Of Course! The Bios was the answer! Somehow it got turned off
(?) but now it is turned back on and I am using iot right now to answer
this.
Manfred - Thank You So Much!
You are living up to the true meaning of Ubuntu.
Sincerely,
Mike

On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 3:35 AM Manfred Hampl <
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> Your question #699555 on Ubuntu changed:
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> Status: Open => Answered
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> Manfred Hampl proposed the following answer:
> Is there somewhere a hardware switch to enable/disable the WLAN device?
> Or is there anything in the BIOS setup dialog that may disable the device?
>
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michael doran (mkdoran9) said : 		#11

Thank you Manfred! This solves it!
You truly live up to the meaning of Ubuntu!
Sincerely,
Mike