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Linux Mint keeps losing internet connection
This happens a lot and especially when i open a new app/program and the internet connection just disappears and i have to reboot
Please help
Please help
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Re: Linux Mint keeps losing internet connection
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type the following command in a terminal and post the output (in code tags please).
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inxi -Fxz
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System: Host: darkchild101-RC522AA-ABU-SR1937UK-GB630 Kernel: 3.13.0-37-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: Cinnamon 2.6.13 Distro: Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela
Machine: System: Compaq Presario 061 product: RC522AA-ABU SR1937UK GB630 version: 0nx0411RE101ASTE200
Mobo: Hewleet-Packard model: Asterope2 version: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends version: 3.14 date: 05/22/2006
CPU: Dual core Intel Pentium D CPU (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 vmx) bmips: 12796.9
Clock Speeds: 1: 2400.00 MHz 2: 2400.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200/1100] bus-ID: 01:05.0
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x1024@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RC410 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-37-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
driver: 8139too ver: 0.9.28 port: e800 bus-ID: 02:05.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Ralink RT5370 Wireless Adapter driver: rt2800usb ver: 2.3.0 usb-ID: 001-004
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 250.1GB (23.9% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST3250823A size: 250.1GB
Partition: ID: / size: 229G used: 56G (26%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 1.01GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info: Processes: 158 Uptime: 3 min Memory: 451.4/938.3MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11) inxi: 1.9.17
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iwconfig
Re: Linux Mint keeps losing internet connection
I am having a similar problem of losing the connection using the same driver, rt5370. A difference seems to be that it happens intermittently without any user interaction.
My general question is what can an end user do when an update seems to cause a rock solid usb wifi device to intermittently lose connectivity other than reinstall 18.1 or perhaps 18.2?
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iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wlx7cdd90e0ba66 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"xxxxxx"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 18:1B:EB:F8:1B:53
Bit Rate=65 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=49/70 Signal level=-61 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:734 Invalid misc:357 Missed beacon:0
enp0s7 no wireless extensions.
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Wifi power management causing issues
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sudo sed -i "s/wifi.powersave = 3/wifi.powersave = 2/g" /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
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sudo systemctl restart network-manager.service
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Thank you, JeremyB!JeremyB wrote:Wifi power management causing issuesCode: Select all
sudo sed -i "s/wifi.powersave = 3/wifi.powersave = 2/g" /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
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sudo systemctl restart network-manager.service
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Here is what i got when i ran those commandsJeremyB wrote:Wifi power management causing issuesCode: Select all
sudo sed -i "s/wifi.powersave = 3/wifi.powersave = 2/g" /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
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sudo systemctl restart network-manager.service
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darkchild101@darkchild101-RC522AA-ABU-SR1937UK-GB630 ~ $ sudo sed -i "s/wifi.powersave = 3/wifi.powersave = 2/g" /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
[sudo] password for darkchild101:
sed: can't read /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf: No such file or directory
darkchild101@darkchild101-RC522AA-ABU-SR1937UK-GB630 ~ $ sudo systemctl restart network-manager.service
sudo: systemctl: command not found
darkchild101@darkchild101-RC522AA-ABU-SR1937UK-GB630 ~ $
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Re: Linux Mint keeps losing internet connection
try this
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sudo system network-manager start
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Spearmint2 wrote:try this
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sudo system network-manager start
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darkchild101@darkchild101-RC522AA-ABU-SR1937UK-GB630 ~ $ sudo system network-manager start
[sudo] password for darkchild101:
sudo: system: command not found
darkchild101@darkchild101-RC522AA-ABU-SR1937UK-GB630 ~ $ sudo system network-manager start
sudo: system: command not found
darkchild101@darkchild101-RC522AA-ABU-SR1937UK-GB630 ~ $
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Re: Linux Mint keeps losing internet connection
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aptitude show network-manager
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Package: network-manager
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.3
Priority: optional
Section: net
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Dev Team <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: i386
Uncompressed Size: 2036 k
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.0.2), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.88),
libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 146), libmm-glib0 (>=
0.7.991), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7),
libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnm-glib4 (>= 0.9.8.0), libnm-util2 (>=
0.9.6.0+git201212071413.8a9759a), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99),
libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.26.1), libsystemd-login0 (>= 31), sysv-rc (>=
2.88dsf-24) | file-rc (>= 0.8.16), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), wpasupplicant
(>= 0.7.3-1), dbus (>= 1.1.2), udev, isc-dhcp-client (>= 4.1.1-P1-4),
iproute2, dnsmasq-base, policykit-1, iputils-arping
PreDepends: multiarch-support
Recommends: network-manager-pptp, network-manager-gnome |
plasma-widget-networkmanagement | plasma-nm, ppp (>= 2.4.5),
iptables, modemmanager, systemd-services, crda
Suggests: avahi-autoipd, python
Conflicts: connman
Breaks: network-manager-gnome (< 0.9), network-manager-kde (< 1:0.9),
network-manager-openconnect (< 0.9), network-manager-openvpn (< 0.9),
network-manager-pptp (< 0.9), network-manager-vpnc (< 0.9),
plasma-widget-networkmanagement (< 0.9~), ppp (< 2.4.5)
Description: network management framework (daemon and userspace tools)
NetworkManager is a system network service that manages your network devices
and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available.
It manages ethernet, WiFi, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, and
provides VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services.
This package provides the userspace daemons and a command line interface to
interact with NetworkManager.
Optional dependencies:
* ppp: Required for establishing dial-up connections (e.g. via GSM).
* avahi-autoipd: Used for IPv4LL, a protocol for automatic Link-Local IP
address configuration.
Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
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Re: Linux Mint keeps losing internet connection
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sudo system network-manager start
sudo: system: command not found
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No its been installed like 2 years or soSpearmint2 wrote:You are using a version 17 and that command should have worked. I think you have a bad install. Was this installed recently? Did you check the sha256sum of the install ISO you downloaded?Code: Select all
sudo system network-manager start sudo: system: command not found
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Re: Linux Mint keeps losing internet connection
I don't know what you did to lose it, maybe removed some package it was considered a dependency for and elected to have all those files removed too.
You need to reinstall it. It says it's installed, but maybe doing the reinstall will restore what's missing (dependencies) with it.
Or can do using the Package Manager instead.
You need to reinstall it. It says it's installed, but maybe doing the reinstall will restore what's missing (dependencies) with it.
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sudo apt-get install network-manager
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Also the mouses freezes once every three times i use the computer and i have to reboot. I think maybe the install was a poor one. Is there a way of repairing it without a fresh install
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darkchild101@darkchild101-RC522AA-ABU-SR1937UK-GB630 ~ $ sudo apt-get install network-manager
[sudo] password for darkchild101:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
network-manager is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 44 not upgraded.
darkchild101@darkchild101-RC522AA-ABU-SR1937UK-GB630 ~ $
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Re: Linux Mint keeps losing internet connection
You can do a fresh install, or a dirty install, similar to when one installs windows on top of itself. It's your choice. Just make sure if you install it on top of itself, you backup your home profile to a FAT32 partition (avoids permission and owner problems later), then allow the dirty install to overwrite all files, make sure you use same user name on install, then be careful of what you add back into the profile folder. I would advise only adding one thing at a time in case something there cause the problem. That way if things go badly again when one is added back, you know where the problem was. Most would advise a clean install however from a known good ISO, an ISO that passed the sha256sum check.
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Thank you very much. This solved my problem. But what does the first command (sudo sed...) actually do?JeremyB wrote: ⤴Sat Nov 11, 2017 8:20 am Wifi power management causing issuesCode: Select all
sudo sed -i "s/wifi.powersave = 3/wifi.powersave = 2/g" /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
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sudo systemctl restart network-manager.service
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That disables Network Managers ability to enable wifi power management as it usually causes problems