Tom is probably on the right track, but just in case, my notes on my HP laptop
show
210830: an update made rtw89 non functional.
Remedy: cd ~/current/MachineSetup/HP21setup/background/rtw89
# above contains code from https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89
make clean
make
sudo make install
sudo reboot
I've had to do this twice now with 2 kernel updates.
Note that make will need buildessential and some other packages. How to get them?
I used a USB-ethernet dongle, which I've found super-helpful a number of times
to avoid wifi woes. Recommended. An example is
https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=27_1048_1051&item_id=089634
$15 item so you get wired connection (you should have several slots in your
modem-router or separate router depending on your setup.
Best, JN
On 2021-09-13 5:46 p.m., tomg [ at ] sentex [ dot ] ca wrote:
> I accidentally replied individually. Marlene, reply to this message if you
> reply.
>
> Quoting Callie Jones <calypsoraven [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>:
>
>> here are the pics:
>
> Okay, I don't really know what's going on but I might be able to figure it
> out after a while. If that doesn't work, do you have an expert you can take
> the machine into to get it repaired? Or can you have the shop that installed
> it for you do a reinstall?
>
> But before you do that I want you to try logging in at console. This will at
> least tell me if lightdm (I think that's what you're using) is malfunctioning
> or if the failure is at some deeper layer.
>
> Boot your computer and press ctrl+alt+f1 to get to a text login prompt. You
> should see some text information about your computer and a text login prompt.
> Try logging in with your username and password. If you get a prompt that says
> marlene@yourcomputer $ or something similar to that you managed to login. If
> it freezes, or the text login prompt doesn't show up, let me know.
>
> I hope that helps.
> Tom
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