[SOLVED] LM13 Cinnamon no longer connects to the Internet...

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macabu

Re: Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon no longer connects to the Interne

Post by macabu »

I think my problem is almost the same.
I boot and then I have internet connection for few seconds, then it disconnects and try forever connect on my network.

Yes, resolv.conf wasn't there, I used:

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf
Rebooted, and the resolv.conf has nameserver 127.0.0.1 but nothing has changed.

I'll try two other possible solutions and edit this post with my results.

@edit
This:

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gksudo gedit /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
...etc... didn't work.
Nor this:

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sudo resolvconf -u
@add
I ran that mintWifi script:

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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
  -- Atheros Communications Inc. AR5416 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5008 802.11(a)bgn] (rev 01)
      ==> PCI ID = 168c:0023 (rev 01)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          
eth0      no wireless extensions.

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:6c:7b:2f:69  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:44 Base address:0xe000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:64 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:64 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:3966 (3.9 KB)  TX bytes:3966 (3.9 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr b0:48:7a:a6:5e:b3  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:1454 (1.4 KB)  TX bytes:7451 (7.4 KB)

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* V. querying DHCP...
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server:		127.0.0.1
Address:	127.0.0.1#53

** server can't find google.com: REFUSED
Regards.
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Re: Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon no longer connects to the Interne

Post by Hedaja »

I just found out how to solve my problem.
I changed my Wireless router settings from WPA to WPA2 and everything just worked fine now.
Don't know why but it works
oobetimer

Re: Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon no longer connects to the Interne

Post by oobetimer »

Hedaja wrote:How can I change the resolv.conf without having it automatically change back?
sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf
mgnapp

Re: Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon no longer connects to the Interne

Post by mgnapp »

I followed this fix, but no success. Here are the results:

gnapps@gnapps ~ $ sudo gedit/etc/resolv.conf
[sudo] password for gnapps:
sudo: gedit/etc/resolv.conf: command not found
gnapps@gnapps ~ $ sudo gedit /etc/resolv.com

(gedit:2591): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: Missing callback called fullpath = /root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel

What's next? And in case I haven't mentioned, I appreciate everybody's input so far. Just a big learning adventure. When I sleep at night, I dream about this terminal as though I am stuck in the Matrix!
bbthomp

Re: Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon no longer connects to the Interne

Post by bbthomp »

Hey,

I'm having the same problem.

I am using a Dell Adamo 13 with a -- Intel 5300 WLAN 802.11n (3x3) Mini Card

I can connect to my network just fine, but I can't connect to any websites unless I'm on a wired/ethernet connection.

I'm not super tech savvy, so if one of you figures out what's going on I would greatly appreciate the newb-speak version of the solution.

Thanks,
B
gonnaditchmintsoon

Re: [SOLVED] LM13 Cinnamon no longer connects to the Interne

Post by gonnaditchmintsoon »

This could also be because your laptop is currently not plugged in with power supply and so the power management on mint screws up your wireless connection by disabling somethings.
The following thread http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=111658 pointed me to http://uselessuseofcat.com/?p=67 which solved the problem for me.
Tom Japan

Re: [SOLVED] LM13 Cinnamon no longer connects to the Interne

Post by Tom Japan »

I had a similar problem. For some reason I can not guess, I lost my internet connectivity. Rebooting computer, router, etc, nothing worked for 2 days. Found this thread, tried some things, and the one that worked is "dpkg-reconfigure resolveconf"

I choose 'yes' for a few of the options that would allow dynamic updating of the config files.

The only thing I can say is that this is a complete mystery why this would happen. I've been running this version of Mint for almost 8months with no problems. Frustrating. I'm no noobie, been using linux for years. I haven't had this kind of network trouble since the 'win modem' days.

Thanks for the thread and the help.

Love the forums.
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