Public bug reported:
Upon a "clean" upgrade (No software installed except base system from
ISO, then upgrade) from 16.04 LTS -> 16.10 -> 17.04 on a Dell 9360,
Network Manager fails to detect wiFi device in 17.04 Zesty after a few
boots/updates. Wifi works initially. I apply Zesty updates. I
autoremoved some packages. I reboot. Wifi is killed. I cannot report
the bug using "ubuntu-bug" because I have no network connectivity.
The wifi device was not detected despite re-enabling Dell's Xenial repos
after upgrades.
I have a Dell DA200 adapter USB-C to HDMI/VGA/Ethernet/USB 3.0.
Plugging ethernet cable into that does not work either. It seemed the
adapter was "half" recognized. Something did show up in Network Manager
after fiddling with settings, but no network connectivity ever occurred.
I can create a separate bug for that if needed.
I subsequently had to revert back to 16.04 LTS with a clean install to
report the bug. I'm not so familiar with what the Dell repos provide
for Xenial. Do they provide the drivers needed for the wifi? Or is
that supplied through the kernel? Could the autoremove have caused the
wifi drivers to be removed?
** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: 17.04 9360 autoremove dell latest-bios-1.3.2 manager network repo
upgrade wifi xenial zesty
** Tags added: latest-bios-1.3.2
** Summary changed:
- [Dell 9360] NetworkManager fails to detect wifi device in 17.04 Zesty
+ [Dell XPS 9360] NetworkManager fails to detect wifi device in 17.04 Zesty
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[Dell XPS 9360] NetworkManager fails to detect wifi device in 17.04
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