Wifi icon missing and not able to connect

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#24

What is the output in terminal of:

sudo apt install gcc

and

sudo apt install build-essential

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#25

Good news! :grinning: It looks like it got fixed. Everything looks normal now. I am able to see the icon and connect now. I restarted it 3 times and I was able to connect all 3 times. I will reply to this topic if this issue occurs again. Thank you all for spending your valuable time for helping me out.

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#26

Hello. It looks like the problem is still there. Is this an issue of core being too much for my device as I found out from @Aravisian from another topic ? And talking about that topic "Laptop locks itself again and again after being locked once" it looks like it got fixed.

The output of the above commands:

jeslin@jeslin-Satellite-L510:~$ sudo apt install gcc
[sudo] password for jeslin:       
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
gcc is already the newest version (4:9.3.0-1ubuntu2).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libcurl4 linux-headers-5.11.0-25-generic linux-hwe-5.11-headers-5.11.0-25
  linux-image-5.11.0-25-generic linux-modules-5.11.0-25-generic
  linux-modules-extra-5.11.0-25-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
jeslin@jeslin-Satellite-L510:~$ sudo apt install build-essential
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version (12.8ubuntu1.1).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libcurl4 linux-headers-5.11.0-25-generic linux-hwe-5.11-headers-5.11.0-25
  linux-image-5.11.0-25-generic linux-modules-5.11.0-25-generic
  linux-modules-extra-5.11.0-25-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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#27

Is there a wifi switch on the laptop ? fn + wifi key or a seperate key ?

#28

unfortunately, no :frowning:

#29

Hope this helps for you

#30

Hmm, the wifi key on the function keys is toggling the airplane mode

#31

I could not find the find the rc.local file. I searched for it but couldn't find it.

#32

So the issue stopped, then returned?
What happens if you run sudo systemctl restart networking in terminal?

#33

Yes.
Here is the output of sudo systemctl restart networking

jeslin@jeslin-Satellite-L510:~$ sudo systemctl restart networking
[sudo] password for jeslin:       
Failed to restart networking.service: Unit networking.service not found.
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#34

Maybe it's:

sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager

#35

is it supposed to show nothing after I enter my password?

jeslin@jeslin-Satellite-L510:~$ sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager
[sudo] password for jeslin:       
jeslin@jeslin-Satellite-L510:~$
#36

If it works, yes.
It will only give a message if something went wrong.

What this shows is that the network manager is working... If your icon vanishes and it drops out - then try that command.

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#37

Thanks a lot. Now the wifi icon is visible :grinning:

#38

19 posts were split to a new topic: Foray into XFCE on Zorin OS 16 Core

#39

A post was merged into an existing topic: Foray into XFCE on Zorin OS 16 Core

#40

Guys, it's back. This thing is even on xfce.

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#41

I tried this one but no use.

#42

This clarifies it is not desktop related...
What is your output if this terminal command, again?

sudo lshw -C network

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#43 
jeslin@jeslin-Satellite-L510:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for jeslin:       
  *-network                 
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: enp2s0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1e:33:f9:e0:4c
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=5.11.0-36-generic latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:16 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:d0410000-d0410fff memory:d0400000-d040ffff memory:d3600000-d361ffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       bus info: usb@2:3
       logical name: usb0
       serial: a2:3c:ce:3b:6f:a6
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rndis_host driverversion=5.11.0-36-generic firmware=RNDIS device ip=192.168.42.67 link=yes multicast=yes