I upgraded my laptop, a Dell Iinspiron 1305, from Kubuntu 12.10 to 13.04 about two days ago. Since then, I've started experiencing a multitude of errors.
First, when the laptop is loading, the boot stalls while loading network connections. The message will move onto "Waiting an additional 60 seconds for network connections," then finally load. The whole process, which used to take maybe a minute, now usually takes a minimum of five to get up and running.
When the desktop finally shows, I have no network configurations. My wireless does not work at all, though looking in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections, I see entries for all of the wireless networks that I've used. I can access the internet by turning on the computer with an ethernet cable plugged in, but removing the cable or trying to plug it in after the laptop has been turned on crashes the system.
I've tried doing lspci, which shows both the wired network interface and the wireless. Similarly, in Additional Drivers, the Broadcom driver is installed and running. However, when running iwconfig, I only see eth0, eth1, and lo, none of which has wireless extensions. In addition, the last time my wi-fi had issues, I was able to plug in my Android phone and tether it to my wi-fi to perform repairs. This does not work now, though the usb0 device shows up in iwconfig.
It is also impossible for me to run any sudo commands. Attempting to run one will cause Konsole to hang. I'm never asked for a password, and have to close Konsole to be able to do anything else from the command line. I've also tried running su, which asks for a password, but no matter what I try to enter in, I receive an Authentication Failure message.
Finally, I cannot turn off the computer without forcing it off. When attempting to turn off the computer, it hangs at the black screen showing the Kubuntu logo. If I press Esc to bring up the command line, I see that there is a fatal error with some kind of stack trace. However, the trace is too long to read what the error says. Anytime this happens, I have to hod down the power button to restart the computer, and then have to run a check disk on it after.
So I have no idea where to even begin fixing these. I've tried to repair the wireless to no avail, checking various /etc and /run directories to verify settings, all of which looked okay. If anyone could give me an idea on where to start, I would appreciate it.
First, when the laptop is loading, the boot stalls while loading network connections. The message will move onto "Waiting an additional 60 seconds for network connections," then finally load. The whole process, which used to take maybe a minute, now usually takes a minimum of five to get up and running.
When the desktop finally shows, I have no network configurations. My wireless does not work at all, though looking in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections, I see entries for all of the wireless networks that I've used. I can access the internet by turning on the computer with an ethernet cable plugged in, but removing the cable or trying to plug it in after the laptop has been turned on crashes the system.
I've tried doing lspci, which shows both the wired network interface and the wireless. Similarly, in Additional Drivers, the Broadcom driver is installed and running. However, when running iwconfig, I only see eth0, eth1, and lo, none of which has wireless extensions. In addition, the last time my wi-fi had issues, I was able to plug in my Android phone and tether it to my wi-fi to perform repairs. This does not work now, though the usb0 device shows up in iwconfig.
It is also impossible for me to run any sudo commands. Attempting to run one will cause Konsole to hang. I'm never asked for a password, and have to close Konsole to be able to do anything else from the command line. I've also tried running su, which asks for a password, but no matter what I try to enter in, I receive an Authentication Failure message.
Finally, I cannot turn off the computer without forcing it off. When attempting to turn off the computer, it hangs at the black screen showing the Kubuntu logo. If I press Esc to bring up the command line, I see that there is a fatal error with some kind of stack trace. However, the trace is too long to read what the error says. Anytime this happens, I have to hod down the power button to restart the computer, and then have to run a check disk on it after.
So I have no idea where to even begin fixing these. I've tried to repair the wireless to no avail, checking various /etc and /run directories to verify settings, all of which looked okay. If anyone could give me an idea on where to start, I would appreciate it.
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