Help! Can't update software with update manager

[aletave]

haha you know far more than I do
I will try know see if it works

[aletave]

ok have done them all. know what is next? to early to open the champagne?

[gm10]

ok have done them all. know what is next? to early to open the champagne?

Well, we *should* be good now. This should list only the -111 kernel and whatever the latest version you installed now (plus the few unversioned files caught in this search):

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dpkg-query -W -f '${Package}\n' | grep "^linux-"

and this shouldn't do anything now:

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sudo apt-get install -f -y

If yes to both, reboot to your new kernel and hopefully your wifi works again as well.

[aletave]

It worked thanks you. However still cant see the wifi or bluetooth tethering or my mobile tethering. I have updated software with no problems

[gm10]

It worked thanks you. However still cant see the wifi or bluetooth tethering or my mobile tethering. I have updated software with no problems

That's at least half good news. Finally I dare say for that kernel mess.

As to the wifi, make sure you didn't put your laptop into airplane mode or otherwise turned the radio off. Run

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rfkill

to check if the devices are present at all and if they're blocked or not. If Mint 17 has inxi, also this:

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inxi -n

Also it's possible you had a driver module added to the kernel via ndiswrapper? The previous output seemed to indicate that, referring to the /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/make.log log file. Maybe something went wrong there. Try

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sudo dkms autoinstall
sudo dkms status

and maybe check that log, or if you still know what driver you were using, just try to re-install it.

[aletave]

thanks
first output

Usage: rfkill [options] command
Options:
--version show version (0.5-1ubuntu1 (Ubuntu))
Commands:
help
event
list [IDENTIFIER]
block IDENTIFIER
unblock IDENTIFIER
where IDENTIFIER is the index no. of an rfkill switch or one of:
<idx> all wifi wlan bluetooth uwb ultrawideband wimax wwan gps fm nfc

[aletave]

second output

Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: 68:f7:28:7e:70:e4
Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter
IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A

[aletave]

third output

bash: /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/make.log: No such file or directory

[aletave]

and last one

virtualbox-guest, 4.3.36, 4.4.0-111-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
virtualbox-guest, 4.3.36, 4.4.0-112-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
virtualbox-guest, 4.3.36, 4.4.0-116-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
virtualbox-guest, 4.3.36, 4.4.0-119-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
virtualbox-guest, 4.3.36, 4.4.0-121-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
virtualbox-guest, 4.3.36, 4.4.0-124-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
virtualbox-guest, 4.3.36, 4.4.0-127-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)

[gm10]

first output

Ok, I guess the Mint 17 version has mandatory parameters, so it would have been rfkill list.

However, seems your card's driver isn't getting loaded, anyway:

Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter
IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A

We need some more details, please run:

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uname -r

and

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lspci -v | grep AR9565 -A10

and

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lsmod | grep 211

and finally

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dmesg | grep ath9k

You could also try loading the driver manually and see if that helps:

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sudo modprobe ath9k

and last one

Guess we forgot to clean up the old dkms stuff. Whatever, might do it later for style points.

[aletave]

hey thanks

output for uname -r

4.4.0-111-generic

[aletave]

modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:556 kmod_search_moddep() could not open moddep file '/lib/modules/4.4.0-111-generic/modules.dep.bin'

[gm10]

hey thanks

output for uname -r

4.4.0-111-generic

Let me stop you right there. So you're still on the old kernel. You should have installed the latest kernel version in one of the previous posts. Did it not install? Check:

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dpkg-query -W -f '${Package}\n' | grep "^linux-image-"

If it did, did you not reboot yet? If you didn't, do it now. Otherwise reboot again and try to switch kernels manually via GRUB menu (hold shift after BIOS screen, go Advanced options and select the new kernel). The new kernel should be the default option though unless you're in a multi-boot or something.

If you don't have the latest kernel installed, go Update Manager > View > Linux kernels and install the latest version yourself (let's celebrate that you don't need my terminal commands anymore ). Reboot.

Check wifi with the latest kernel.

[aletave]

I'm really lost now as the kernel that the command you ask me to run showed 4.4.0-111-generic . I tried the hold shift after bio but nothing happened so whent to update manager and it shows 4.4.0-98-generic as the latest kernel available to download, but i remember that yesterday there were problems with kernel 4.4.0-124-generic and 127?
Any ideas?

[gm10]

I'm really lost now as the kernel that the command you ask me to run showed 4.4.0-111-generic . I tried the hold shift after bio but nothing happened so whent to update manager and it shows 4.4.0-98-generic as the latest kernel available to download, but i remember that yesterday there were problems with kernel 4.4.0-124-generic and 127?
Any ideas?

Erm, no, that's too weird for me to understand as well. Maybe your selected mirror is dead? Go to Mint menu > Software Sources (or run mintsources) and select a different base mirror. Latest kernel for your system should be 4.4.0.134.114: https://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/linu ... lts-xenial

[aletave]

changed mirros 2 times still showing 98 as the latest

[gm10]

changed mirros 2 times still showing 98 as the latest

Hmm. what does it say if you do

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get linux-image-extra-4.4.0-134-generic

Or just upgrade to Mint 19 already.

[aletave]

how do i upgrade to 19?
i updated as you suggested and it seemed to go ok i rebooted and cheked to see if it was fine but this is the output

linux-image-4.4.0-111-generic
linux-image-4.4.0-98-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-111-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-98-generic

[aletave]

tried again this is the ouput

sudo apt-get linux-image-extra-4.4.0-134-genericE: Invalid operation linux-image-extra-4.4.0-134-generic

I dispair

[gm10]

tried again this is the ouput

sudo apt-get linux-image-extra-4.4.0-134-genericE: Invalid operation linux-image-extra-4.4.0-134-generic

I dispair

Sorry, that was my goof, like this:

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sudo apt-get install linux-image-extra-4.4.0-134-generic

how do i upgrade to 19?

Ideally not at all, just clean install 19.

See here for a current anecdote (not a guide) on how to go the upgrade route: viewtopic.php?f=60&t=277741&p=1529413

So, yeah, read that and then agree with me on clean install please, I don't want to talk you through that mess of an upgrade.