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Re: No network device after latest update
« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2021, 06:18:45 AM »
 

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I thought that was the right solution, but I found that I had to fix it after each successive update.

So I simply went into the package manager and selected everything with "5.8.0" in the name and completely uninstalled all the packages.

I have been through countless updates since I did that, and it works :)

If you don't remove all and everything related to that kernel, it will haunt your installation upon each update.
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Re: No network device after latest update
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2021, 05:19:56 AM »
 

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EDIT with the solution :

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sudo apt clean && sudo apt install --reinstall linux-modules-extra-5.8.0-38-generic and the network device worked in 5.8.0-38 after a reboot, hurray! :D


Thanks a lot for the solution, I have about 50 computers with the same problem after updating it yesterday. I thought I would have to reinstall everything again with Clonezilla server and configure them again.
 

Re: No network device after latest update
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2021, 07:41:53 AM »
 

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If you are booting using Grub - and why would you not? then catch it before it times out, choose Advanced Options and choose Linux 5.4 instead.

If it's the same issue, you should have a working network using that kernel :)

Try and run
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lshw -c network under both kernels.
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Re: No network device after latest update
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2021, 11:37:28 PM »
 

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I seem to be dealing with a similar issue, except my computer does not have Windows on it. Hopefully, it is okay with you for me to mention the problem here.  I just ran
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cat /proc/versionThis told me the version installed on my computer is:
Linux version 5.8.0-36-generic (buildd@lgw01-amd64-027) (gcc (Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04)  9.3.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.34) #40~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 6 10:15:55 UTC 2021.

What version of Linux Lite do I need to download onto a flash drive so I may finally have a working Wi-Fi signal?
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Re: No network device after latest update
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2021, 10:20:07 AM »
 

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I just want to make totally clear that the Install Updates script did this, and not me.

It's not a big deal, though.
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Re: No network device after latest update
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2021, 10:06:25 PM »
 

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I ran
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grep "install " /var/log/dpkg.log and got this list:

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2021-01-06 06:58:34 install libllvm11:i386 <none> 1:11.0.0-2~ubuntu20.04.1
2021-01-06 06:58:38 install libllvm11:amd64 <none> 1:11.0.0-2~ubuntu20.04.1
2021-01-06 06:58:51 install libxcb-xfixes0:i386 <none> 1.14-2
2021-01-06 07:00:35 install linux-modules-5.4.0-59-generic:amd64 <none> 5.4.0-59.65
2021-01-06 07:00:38 install linux-image-5.4.0-59-generic:amd64 <none> 5.4.0-59.65
2021-01-06 07:00:40 install linux-modules-nvidia-455-5.4.0-59-generic:amd64 <none> 5.4.0-59.65
2021-01-06 07:01:15 install linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-59-generic:amd64 <none> 5.4.0-59.65
2021-01-06 07:01:21 install linux-headers-5.4.0-59:all <none> 5.4.0-59.65
2021-01-06 07:01:30 install linux-headers-5.4.0-59-generic:amd64 <none> 5.4.0-59.65
2021-01-14 14:09:56 install libnvidia-extra-460:amd64 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:09:56 install libnvidia-common-460:all <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:10:00 install libnvidia-gl-460:i386 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:10:03 install libnvidia-gl-460:amd64 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:10:12 install linux-modules-5.8.0-38-generic:amd64 <none> 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:10:17 install linux-image-5.8.0-38-generic:amd64 <none> 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:10:18 install linux-modules-nvidia-460-5.8.0-38-generic:amd64 <none> 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:23 install nvidia-kernel-common-460:amd64 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:24 install linux-modules-nvidia-460-generic-hwe-20.04:amd64 <none> 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:27 install nvidia-kernel-source-460:amd64 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:29 install nvidia-dkms-460:amd64 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:31 install libnvidia-decode-460:amd64 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:34 install libnvidia-compute-460:i386 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:38 install libnvidia-decode-460:i386 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:38 install libnvidia-compute-460:amd64 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:42 install nvidia-compute-utils-460:amd64 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:45 install libnvidia-encode-460:i386 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:46 install libnvidia-encode-460:amd64 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:47 install nvidia-utils-460:amd64 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:49 install libnvidia-cfg1-460:amd64 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:50 install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-460:amd64 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:53 install libnvidia-ifr1-460:i386 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:54 install libnvidia-ifr1-460:amd64 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:56 install libnvidia-fbc1-460:i386 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:56 install libnvidia-fbc1-460:amd64 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:11:57 install nvidia-driver-460:amd64 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:12:01 install linux-modules-5.4.0-62-generic:amd64 <none> 5.4.0-62.70
2021-01-14 14:12:04 install linux-image-5.4.0-62-generic:amd64 <none> 5.4.0-62.70
2021-01-14 14:12:05 install linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-62-generic:amd64 <none> 5.4.0-62.70
2021-01-14 14:12:12 install linux-headers-5.4.0-62:all <none> 5.4.0-62.70
2021-01-14 14:12:18 install linux-headers-5.4.0-62-generic:amd64 <none> 5.4.0-62.70
2021-01-14 14:20:33 install libsfml-system2.5:amd64 <none> 2.5.1+dfsg-1build1
2021-01-14 14:20:33 install libsfml-audio2.5:amd64 <none> 2.5.1+dfsg-1build1
2021-01-14 14:20:34 install libsfml-window2.5:amd64 <none> 2.5.1+dfsg-1build1
2021-01-14 14:20:34 install libsfml-graphics2.5:amd64 <none> 2.5.1+dfsg-1build1
2021-01-14 14:20:35 install libsfml-network2.5:amd64 <none> 2.5.1+dfsg-1build1
2021-01-14 14:20:36 install libsfml-dev:amd64 <none> 2.5.1+dfsg-1build1
2021-01-14 16:34:52 install linux-hwe-5.8-headers-5.8.0-38:all <none> 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1
2021-01-14 16:35:01 install linux-headers-5.8.0-38-generic:amd64 <none> 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1
2021-01-14 16:55:55 install linux-modules-extra-5.8.0-38-generic:amd64 <none> 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1

Everything looks fine, but notice what happens on the 14th of January:

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2021-01-14 14:09:56 install libnvidia-extra-460:amd64 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:09:56 install libnvidia-common-460:all <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:10:00 install libnvidia-gl-460:i386 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:10:03 install libnvidia-gl-460:amd64 <none> 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2021-01-14 14:10:12 install linux-modules-5.8.0-38-generic:amd64 <none> 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1
. . .

It looks like, to me, that libnvidia wants to use the 5.8.0-38 modules.

On the command-line, I haven't installed much:

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zcat /var/log/apt/history.log.*.gz | cat - /var/log/apt/history.log | grep -Po '^Commandline: apt-get install (?!.*--reinstall)\K.*'

dosemu2
-f --show-progress ubuntu-restricted-extras libavcodec-extra58 -y
ninja-build libncursesw5-dev liblua5.2-dev zlib1g-dev libxft-dev
cmake-gui
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Re: No network device after latest update
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2021, 09:16:52 PM »
 

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Linux jacmoe-MS-7B07 5.8.0-38-generic #43~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 12 16:39:47 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I will monitor my laptop which I also installed Linux Lite on. Right now it is updating to 5.4.0-62 . . .

Very strange, because I don't usually deliberately install a specific Linux kernel :)

Fresh install on December 6th (IIRC) last year, so not even two months. But it has performed excellently and not been giving me any trouble, until now.
« Last Edit: January 15, 2021, 09:19:23 PM by jacmoe »
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Re: No network device after latest update
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2021, 07:50:12 PM »
 

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The 5.8 kernel can only be installed deliberately. What is the output of :

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uname -a

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Re: No network device after latest update
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2021, 03:17:02 PM »
 

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Well, I merely let Linux Lite do it's thing, and I haven't really paid any attention to what version of the kernel it wants to install when I run the Install Updates tool :)
And I have no real interest in messing around with bleeding edge Linux kernels. I just want a stable box.
Which Linux Lite really has been for me, until now.
Great work, guys!

When I initially installed Linux Lite, I downloaded the default ISO that appears in the download section. And I didn't mess with anything kernel related in the package manager.

Are you telling me that all of you other guys are on kernel 5.4 ?  :o
« Last Edit: January 15, 2021, 03:23:28 PM by jacmoe »
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Re: No network device after latest update
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2021, 10:49:45 PM »
 

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No network device after latest update
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2021, 09:17:55 AM »
 

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Today, upon rebooting after an update, Linux Lite informed me that there were no network devices available.
Rebooting into Linux 5.4 solved that problem.
Are there any known issues with Linux 5.8?

Not really sure where to put questions like this.
I probably should have put it in the Bugs forum?
Because it is a bug.
Windows works, of course, so it must be something related to kernels and drivers and services/daemons.

Would be interesting to see if this affects others, and not just me (which would be typical) :)

EDIT:
The device is a bog-standard Realtek RTL8111 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller, integrated into my motherboard. My machine is a stationary PC, no wifi, and relatively recent.
I don't mind booting into 5.4, but I hope this gets fixed in 5.8.

Here is the output of
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lshw -c network:

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  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:1e:00.0
       logical name: enp30s0
       version: 15
       serial: 30:9c:23:21:e1:27
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 duplex=full firmware=rtl8168h-2_0.0.2 02/26/15 ip=192.168.0.102 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:33 ioport:f000(size=256) memory:fd504000-fd504fff memory:fd500000-fd503fff

EDIT_AGAIN:

According to this topic https://askubuntu.com/questions/1291313/intel-8260-wireless-adapter-unclaimed-on-20-10-groovy-kernel-5-8-0-26-generic there was some work done that could cause problems with devices.
And another topic also suggests installing the linux-generic package - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1307447/network-not-working-updating-to-kernel-5-8-ubuntu-20-04 - but it is already installed, although I noticed that the package depends on Linux 5.4 and not 5.8. I am not sure if that's a problem.
I will run the lshw command on my failed login, but it says UNCLAIMED for the device:

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  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Ethernet controller
       product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:1e: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:fd504000-fd504fff memory:fd500000-fd503fff

I then went to reinstall the linux-modules package for 5.8.0-38, and it complained that the corresponding linux-headers package for 5.8.0-38 wasn't installed, so I installed that and reinstalled. But the network card is still unclaimed on 5.8.0-38.

I am now going to boot into Windows and get work done, but it would be nice to see an update soon so that I can enjoy Linux :)


EDIT with the solution :

I ran
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sudo apt clean && sudo apt install --reinstall linux-modules-extra-5.8.0-38-generic and the network device worked in 5.8.0-38 after a reboot, hurray! :D
I have no idea if I had the modules-extra package installed, but it worked. (Or maybe threatening to boot into Windows worked? :p )

So, this is not a fault of my own, but a glitch in the update procedure. My Linux Lite installation is only a couple of months old, so I am not to blame for this.

I hope that this information will be useful for someone else experiencing the problem. ;)
« Last Edit: January 14, 2021, 11:08:24 AM by jacmoe »
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