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I installed Linux mint on my Lenovo X131e and installing updates has been problematic. Initially I thought only Firefox was not “getting internet” but looking at the apt-get messages it appears even that is having issues.

I have never been much a Linux user since the mid90s. But have used it off and on.

I am going to be using this in my game shop to display stuff on my monitors around the shop, mostly event codes and event standings for Magic the gathering (this uses a webpage from wizards). And to play music.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

this sounds more like network problem than a linux one; but since you're using linux w/o an internet connection, you'll have to use the tools that usually come with Linux:

start with basic information. see if your computer has an ip address and who its primary gateway(s) is/are

ip a
ifconfig -a

if you see no ip address preceded with the word "inet" these commands (127.0.0.1 doesn't count); your computer doesn't think it's connected to a network and the source of your problem is somewhere with either the hardware, driver or mint itself.

if you do see an ip address with the word "inet" in front of it; then use that basic information to start troubleshooting; these commands are a shortcut; duplicate information; and should be run in order:

for i in $(netstat -rn | grep ^0.0.0.0 | awk '{print $2}') ; do ping -c 3 -W 1 $i ; done
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then cat /etc/resolv.conf ; traceroute google.com ; fi

this command provides duplicate information but provided here in case mint has really weird packages on it

for i in $(route -n | grep ^0.0.0.0 | awk '{print $2}') ; do ping -c 3 -W 1 $i ; done
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then cat /etc/resolv.conf ; traceroute google.com ; fi

if neither of the last 2 stanzas worked, then your computer doesn't think it's connected to a network that has internet access and you need to figure out what's up with your network or fix routing on your computer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I ended up having to not use the Broadcom wifi adapter drivers, even doing that was unstable and had to switch to a wired connection. Thank you for all of the information.