Wi-Fi, but no internet - Ubuntu 14.04

[louis9]

How does it take 2 years for me to notice that a computer that I built has an ethernet port built into the motherboard? I don't know, but thank you chili, you truly are some sort of amazing wizard-guru thing. I will try to find an ethernet cable somewhere now and get back to you...

[louis9]

Joy at last! Connected via the ethernet cable, which runs right around the outside of my house - but it works nonetheless, so thank you! How do I get drivers now then?

[chili555]

You have drivers but we are going to try a later version. It may or may not help. You may safely copy and paste this command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade

You will probably get a later kernel version, also known as linux-image, requiring a reboot. After doing so, check dmesg for our famous warning. If it is not there, detach the ethernet and see if you connect with wireless. If so, we'll stop here.

I'll be here for a while, so I'll wait for your interim report.

[coffeecat]

You may safely copy and paste this command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade

You will probably get a later kernel version, also known as linux-image, requiring a reboot.

@chili555, sorry to interfere, but I believe the OP will need dist-upgrade rather than upgrade to get a newer kernel.

[louis9]

Got the drivers, but no luck - still showing that warning in dmesg. I think I've got the latest distro (14.04), but if not, how do I upgrade it? Cheers

[chili555]

Got the drivers, but no luck - still showing that warning in dmesg. I think I've got the latest distro (14.04), but if not, how do I upgrade it? Cheers

Did you proceed as my esteemed colleague coffeecat suggests, quite correctly?

sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade

Was a reboot suggested?

[louis9]

I did do it. It didn't suggest a reboot, but I did anyway. I just ran that code, but it did nothing, saying "0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade"

[chili555]

Let's try the easy way first:

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic git
git clone https://github.com/FreedomBen/rtl8188ce-linux-driver.git
cd rtl8188ce-linux-driver
make

Answer 'y' for yes to the kernel question.

sudo make install

Reboot.

I will be away for a few hours; I'll check in later.

[louis9]

Did that, but still getting the same message in dmesg. Sorry, this must be getting quite boring...

[louis9]

I just went to get some new graphics drivers and saw something saying (I assume referring to all types of drivers) that I had no proprietary drivers installed. Unless I'm mistaken or the NIC drivers you got me to install before were open source, it looks like the drivers didn't install properly. Any thoughts? Thanks