Hi all guys
i'm a new fan of Zorin 16.2 Core
I installed Zorin on several my computers and one of these, an Asus F512F (Vivobook), yesterday suddenly started to show a question mark over network connection icon, in the right low corner.
By Terminal i found that ip address was correct and i can ping local and public addresses, like google.com or 1.1.1.1. Dns work correctly.
Wifi or cable (with usb adapter) don't change behaviour. Still ping every ip, ipv6 or ipv4, but question mark present and all network applications (email, nextcloud, firefox) aren't able to connect to internet. Is still possible to connect to internal router using ipv4 address.
I tried to remove ipv6 and alternate network usb adapter with wifi with no results. Tried an older kernel too without success. Starting with Zorin advanced option in grub and landing in text console give better result, 'cos i was able to surf internet with elinks.
I sometimes see question mark on my wifi icon, but wifi contunues to function correctly.
Does your network connection suffer in any way when you see the question mark on the taskbar icon?
Maybe also have a look at this thread: Losing network connection
It relates to a Z15.3 problem, but that should not matter.
I tried to use smartphone's hot spot without results. IP address via DHCP assigned correctly, routing table correct, ping to several server via ip or dns name works fine, but all network application are stuck. SSH to servers too.
Update:
i'm writing from Macbook Pro middle 2014 running Zorin OS 16.2 core, same home network of ASUS Vivobook F512F
Vivobook with Zorin OS 16.2 that works well for about a week yesterday stops working with network applications such as Netxcloud, SSH, Evolution, Firefox, APT.
Network interfaces obtain correctly DHCP address, DNS and routing tables, wired or wifi make no difference.
From Terminal i'm able to ping everything reachable such as google.it or 1.1.1.1, but network apps doesn't connect.
Starting a previous kernel unuseful.
Using Vivobook with Win11 on separate partition work fine, starting Vivobook with usb stick and "Try Zorin" works fine.
Starting Zorin from grub with "Advanced options" works. So i tried to run "dpkg" to repair damnaged packages and to run "apt upgrade -y". But after reboot no results obtained, question mark issue still here.
Hi all, issue found. I installed a couple days ago a wonderful package called "Portmaster", showing in real time network connections such as Netlimiter in Windows.
Wonderful but not completely compatible with Zorin, because when removed the question marks was gone away.
Sorry I have been out. Read through your posts and glad it was just a case of a installed app that caused all the problems.
I keep a written log of all updates and installs, so when something goes wrong I can look in my book to see what may have led up to it. Learning from experience.
Great idea Zab ..... I take a screenshot of all my Zorin updates and keep them in a folder so I can also check back later if something gets messed up ..... I don't really download any other apps but taking a page from your book I'll start taking a screen shot of them too so I don't forget what I downloaded ....