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Sorry for the delay in responding. @captain-sensible I am running Peppermint 7. I did: $ sudo apt-get install intel-microcode and it says already installed. sudo apt-cache pkgnames linux-firmware gives linux-firmware @dos2unix here is what you requested: nmcli dev show gives...

Thanks again captain-sensible. Here are is the output: (I ran these commands without the USB Wifi dongle inserted. The internal Wifi is the Intel Centrino.) 1: # lsmod | grep "iwlwifi" iwlwifi 200704 1 iwldvm cfg80211 565248 3 iwlwifi,mac80211,iwldvm 2 was the...

Vrai - no worries - yes, I tried turning the Wifi on and off via the function key, and it behaves consistently with that, i.e. when I turn it off the Wifi and then look at the network setting at the bottom right of the window, it says WIfi not available. When I turn it on, it shows the settings...

jglen490 - I tried that and the iwlwifi driver isn't on the system. I also tried to install it and it couldn't be found. After searching for a while, it appears that Intel has some modules that I can download, but it is late here and I can look into it more tomorrow. Thanks.

Good point captain-sensible. That is why I am trying to determine if the something happened with the driver. I would add that there is the possibility in general that the logic side of the adapter could still be working and the radio circuitry might have died.

Vrai - sorry for the confusion. I am pretty sure that nothing was updated before the problem started. I got the machine back and started trying to figure out what was going on. That is when I did the app updates, but not the kernel. (It wasn't listed in the list of updates.) Current version...

Very good question. She hadn't done any updates in the last few years, so I did all of the available app updates. There were over 150 or so. But I think the kernel is done separately and I was hesitant to do that, since the machine only has 1 GB of RAM. The current kernel is on the machine...

Thanks for the reply. See below. Just to clarify, the USB dongle is working fine. I am trying to learn how to debug the driver for the internal Wifi adapter. My friend could just buy a dongle to continue to use the Netbook, but I am trying to use this as a learning exercise for myself. The...

Hi all. I installed the Peppermint OS distro on a friend's old Netbook a few years ago. All has been working very well with the limited resources that the Netbook has, including the built in wifi adapter. Recently it appears that the adapter stopped working. I tried an external USB wifi...