Re: [PLUG] Networking on desktop computer down after upgrade ubuntu 22.04 -> 24.04 Solved

[Douglas Lentz via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Solved, kind of.

Reverted to a previous kernel.

Anyone have a better way to do this?


Quoting Douglas Lentz via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>:

> Members of this group have been very helpful in the past. I am  
> merely a home desktop user, so I have to do troubleshooting  
> infrequently. Could I get some guidance on this?
>
>
> 1. Did a do-release-upgrade from ubuntu 22.04 LTS to 24.04 LTS. The  
> upgrade seemed to go through without any problem (once I removed a  
> suspect PPA).
>
> 2. Immediately after, installed the recommended NVIDIA updates from  
> the ubuntu repository.
>
> 3. Immediately after that, lost all network connectivity, ethernet and wifi
>
> Checked all connections.
>
> NetworkManager status is active and running
>
> nmcli general status shows:
>
> STATE        CONNECTIVITY  WIFI-HW  WIFI     WWAN-HW  WWAN
> disconnected unknown       missing  enabled  missing  enabled
>
> lshw -c shows:
>
> owner@ASRock-B550M:~$ sudo lshw -c network
>
>   *-network UNCLAIMED
>        description: Ethernet controller
>        product: RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet  
> Controller
>        vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>        physical id: 0
>        bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
>        version: 15
>        width: 64 bits
>        clock: 33MHz
>        capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list
>        configuration: latency=0
>        resources: ioport:f000(size=256) memory:fc604000-fc604fff  
> memory:fc600000-fc603fff
>   *-network UNCLAIMED
>        description: Network controller
>        product: Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak]
>        vendor: Intel Corporation
>        physical id: 0
>        bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
>        version: 10
>        width: 64 bits
>        clock: 33MHz
>        capabilities: pm msi pciexpress cap_list
>        configuration: latency=0
>        resources: memory:fc500000-fc501fff
>
> Does this mean the ethernet drivers have somehow become unloaded?
>
> Going to /lib/modules/$(uname  
> -r)/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek I see two files
>
> 8139cp.ko.zst
> 8139too.ko.zst
>
> modinfo gives a description of "Realtek RTL-8139C+ Series 10/100/  
> PCI Ethernet Driver" for both files.
>
> So I sudo modprobe'd both of them. Did a sudo systemctl restart  
> NetworkManager. Rebooted. No change. Unsure on where to go from here.
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Doug Lentz
> dlentz@dca.net
>
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