Re: [gentoo-user] Lost wireless interface after updates

[Mansour Al Akeel]

The hardware button (hidden on Lenovo T420s), was switched off.
Sorry for this guys.


On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 12:12 AM, Stroller
<stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
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>> On Sun, 18 October 2015, at 7:22 p.m., Mansour Al Akeel <mansour.alakeel@×××××.com> wrote:
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>> I haven't updated my system "emerge --sync" in a while (2-3 months).
>> Few days ago I did.
>> After that I lost my wireless interface.
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> I apologise, but I'm extremely dubious of this claim.
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> wifi doesn't stop working when you simply update the Portage database - there is no connection between the two things.
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> You updated the Portage database (with `emerge --sync`) *and then did something else* which caused your wifi to stop working.
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> Surely, you updated the Portage database (with `emerge --sync`) and then installed a bunch of updated packages?
> (something like `emerge -u world`)
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> I don't mean to sound antagonistic, or like I'm attacking you. I'm sorry if this email has a negative tone, but what you wrote raises two issues.
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> 1. It's easier to help you if we know exactly what you did.
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> 2. When you're updating a bunch of packages, you should run `emerge -p` first. When you've done so, there's a good case for identifying system-critical packages (such as anything related to wifi, networking and system init) and emerging them separately (`emerge -1 package`); then you can deal with the package notices or any problems separately, knowing exactly what update you're responding to.
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> Stroller.
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