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[Seth Forshee <seth.forshee+lp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can come up with no explanation why it would have been working before.
That kernel doesn't have support for your wireless hardware.

You've got a few options for getting it working. Probably the easiest is
to install the backports drivers. For this you need to install the
linux-backports-modules-cw-3.8-precise-generic package, either using the
software center or by running "sudo apt-get install linux-backports-
modules-cw-3.8-precise-generic" in a terminal. You'll need to reboot
after doing this.

The other options are either to upgrade to a newer release or use our
hardware enablement stack. Let me know if you want instructions for
either of these.

It doesn't seem necessary to add support to Linux 3.2 since we already
have a couple of options for getting your hardware working in 12.04, so
I'm changing the status to Won't Fix.

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Won't Fix

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Title:
  No wireless connection after updates 12.04LTS

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  I am using HP "all in one" with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed. Following
  the last update, my wireless network connection is lost. I have both
  wired and wireless connection if I boot with older version 3.2.032,
  but with new version 3.2.055 after update I only have wired
  connection, but no wireless connection.

  
  Wired output from NM-Tool
  john@john-20-b101ea:~$ nm-tool
  NetworkManager Tool

  State: connected (global)

  - Device: eth1  [Wired connection 1] -------------------------------------------
    Type:              Wired
    Driver:            r8169
    State:             connected
    Default:           yes
    HW Address:        70:54:D2:BE:43:DD

    Capabilities:
      Carrier Detect:  yes
      Speed:           100 Mb/s

    Wired Properties
      Carrier:         on

    IPv4 Settings:
      Address:         192.168.1.2
      Prefix:          24 (255.255.255.0)
      Gateway:         192.168.1.1

      DNS:             192.168.1.1

  john@john-20-b101ea:~$

  
  Wireless output below.....
  john@john-20-b101ea:~$ 
  NetworkManager Tool
  State: disconnected

  - Device: eth1 -----------------------------------------------------------------
    Type:              Wired
    Driver:            r8169
    State:             unavailable
    Default:           no
    HW Address:        70:54:D2:BE:43:DD

    Capabilities:
      Carrier Detect:  yes
      Speed:           100 Mb/s

    Wired Properties
      Carrier:         off

  john@john-20-b101ea:~$

  
  I have 2 versions on my front logon screen.

  One is  linux 3.2.055 and the other is 3.2.032 The default is 3.2.055
  on boot up  I can get a wired connection but no wireless connection.
  If I boot on  3.2.032 I can get both a wired, and wireless connection.

  
  Many thanks for any help.......(New to Ubuntu)
  --- 
  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20121102-07:42
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20121102-07:42
  MarkForUpload: True
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-55-generic x86_64
  UnreportableReason: The running kernel is not an Ubuntu kernel
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  --- 
  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20121102-07:42
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20121102-07:42
  MarkForUpload: True
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-55-generic x86_64
  UnreportableReason: The running kernel is not an Ubuntu kernel
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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