(SOLVED)upgrade killed wireless

[Mr Bits]

Just upgraded my desktop pc in synaptic and now my wireless dongle (sumvision svw322u), cant detect any wireless networks!  Network center refresh shows nothing.
I plugged the dongle into a laptop without the latest upgrades and it works fine.
Also kget has disapeared. I try tom download it in synaptic message-
kdenetwork-kget:
 Depends: libkgetcore.so.4
 Depends: libktorrent.so.5  but it is not installable

Help

[muungwana]

in a computer where it works, unplug it, wait for 5 seconds,plug it back in,wait for 5 seconds and then run this command on the terminal and post its output.

dmesg | tail -n 40

[Mr Bits]

[j@localhost ~]$ dmesg | tail -n 40
===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data->length = 688
IOCTL::unknown IOCTL's cmd = 0x00008947
IOCTL::unknown IOCTL's cmd = 0x00008947
IOCTL::unknown IOCTL's cmd = 0x00008947
===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 1(1) BSS returned, data->length = 137
IOCTL::unknown IOCTL's cmd = 0x00008947
IOCTL::unknown IOCTL's cmd = 0x00008947
IOCTL::unknown IOCTL's cmd = 0x00008947
===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 3(3) BSS returned, data->length = 509
IOCTL::unknown IOCTL's cmd = 0x00008947
device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
IOCTL::unknown IOCTL's cmd = 0x00008947
===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 3(3) BSS returned, data->length = 509
IOCTL::unknown IOCTL's cmd = 0x00008947
IOCTL::unknown IOCTL's cmd = 0x00008947
===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 3(3) BSS returned, data->length = 509
device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
IOCTL::unknown IOCTL's cmd = 0x00008947
IOCTL::unknown IOCTL's cmd = 0x00008947
===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 3(3) BSS returned, data->length = 509
IOCTL::unknown IOCTL's cmd = 0x00008947
IOCTL::unknown IOCTL's cmd = 0x00008947
---> RTMPFreeTxRxRingMemory
<--- RTMPFreeTxRxRingMemory
<-- RTMPAllocTxRxRingMemory, Status=0
-->RTUSBVenderReset
<--RTUSBVenderReset
1. Phy Mode = 0
2. Phy Mode = 0
NVM is Efuse and its size =2d[2d0-2fc]

[muungwana]

Those logs are not very informative.

can you go and look at synaptic history to see what package was last updated?

When did you update?
when did you last update before the latest time?

what wireless card are you using?

There is atleast one wireless card that is known to break on update, i wonder if yours is the same.

[Mr Bits]

Commit Log for Sun Oct 28 12:59:41 2012


Upgraded the following packages:
fbzx (2.7.0-1pclos2012) to 2.10.0-1pclos2012
qpdfview (0.3.2-2pclos2012) to 0.3.5-2pclos2012

Commit Log for Sat Oct 27 18:14:30 2012


Installed the following packages:
cups-windows (6.0-1pclos2010)

Commit Log for Sat Oct 27 16:58:12 2012


Removed the following packages:
kdenetwork-kget
kdenetwork-krdc-krfb

Upgraded the following packages:
akonadi (1.7.2-2pclos2012) to 1.8.0-1pclos2012
kactivities (4.8.3-2pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kate-part (4.8.3-2pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-admin (4.8.3-3pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-baseapps (4.8.3-3pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-baseapps-core (4.8.3-3pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-baseapps-dolphin (4.8.3-3pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-baseapps-help (4.8.3-3pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-baseapps-kdepasswd (4.8.3-3pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-baseapps-kdialog (4.8.3-3pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-baseapps-kfind (4.8.3-3pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-baseapps-plasma (4.8.3-3pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-edu-khangman (4.8.3-2pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-games-bovo (4.8.3-2pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-games-core (4.8.3-2pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-games-help (4.8.3-2pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-games-katomic (4.8.3-2pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-games-kbattleship (4.8.3-2pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-games-kbreakout (4.8.3-2pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012

[Mr Bits]

Identification
Vendor: ‎Ralink

Description: ‎802.11 n WLAN

Media class: ‎

Connection
Bus: ‎USB

Bus PCI #: ‎2

PCI device #: ‎6

Vendor ID: ‎0x148f

Device ID: ‎0x3072

Misc
Module: ‎rt2800usb

[Mr Bits]

just downloaded new upgrades
Commit Log for Mon Oct 29 12:01:28 2012


Upgraded the following packages:
kde-edu-marble (4.8.3-2pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-graphics-gwenview (4.8.3-2pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-graphics-ksnapshot (4.8.3-2pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
kde-plasma-addons (4.8.3-2pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
ktorrent (4.2.0-2pclos2012) to 4.3.0-1pclos2012
libkexiv2 (4.8.3-2pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
libkipi (4.8.3-2pclos2012) to 4.9.2-1_archie_2012
libktorrent (1.2.0-2pclos2012) to 1.3.0-1pclos2012
libtiff4 (4.0.2-1pclos2012) to 4.0.3-1pclos2012
python-cups (1.9.51-1pclos2010) to 1.9.62-1pclos2012
timezone (2011k-1pclos2011) to 2012b-1pclos2012

but my wireless dongle (sumvision svw322u), still cant detect any wireless networks!  Dongle led flashes as normal but Network center refresh shows nothing.
I plugged the dongle into a laptop without the latest upgrades and it works fine.

[jzakiya]

I had the same thing happen to me where my laptop
no longer could see any wifi networks, so here's what I did.

I used an ethernet connection to my wifi router to get
internet connection.  Then I went into synaptic and
loaded two wifi management programs - Wifi radar,
and Wicd Network Manager.

With these programs I was able to see that my laptop
was able to still see wifi networks, but they were not
being accessed.  They seemed to suggest that a driver
was not installed when I used their setup wizards.

Somehow (I really don't know the exact steps) in playing
with the settings I got the wifi card/system to reset itself
and apparently load the wifi driver, because then the wifi
networks I could see with the above two apps where able
to be seen with the Network Connection app you see when
you click on the wifi icon on the taskbar.  Once the wifi
networks where able to be seen as before I could login as
normal.

I hope that gives you something to try to get back to normal.

[Mr Bits]

Hey Jzakiya. I did as you said and wifi networks are found.
Thanks for that . I never would have done it without your and others help!

[Mr Bits]

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[Mr Bits]

How do i mark this solved?

[GOTHBITES]

I had the same thing happen to me where my laptop
no longer could see any wifi networks, so here's what I did.

I used an ethernet connection to my wifi router to get
internet connection.  Then I went into synaptic and
loaded two wifi management programs - Wifi radar,
and Wicd Network Manager.

With these programs I was able to see that my laptop
was able to still see wifi networks, but they were not
being accessed.  They seemed to suggest that a driver
was not installed when I used their setup wizards.

Somehow (I really don't know the exact steps) in playing
with the settings I got the wifi card/system to reset itself
and apparently load the wifi driver, because then the wifi
networks I could see with the above two apps where able
to be seen with the Network Connection app you see when
you click on the wifi icon on the taskbar.  Once the wifi
networks where able to be seen as before I could login as
normal.

I hope that gives you something to try to get back to normal.

I am in the same boat and I did try to  delete the connection and restart from scratch no joy it

Atheros Communications Inc.

Description: ‎AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)

Media class: ‎Network controller

Connection
Bus: ‎PCI Express

PCI domain: ‎0

Bus PCI #: ‎2

PCI device #: ‎0

PCI function #: ‎0

PCI revision: ‎0x01

Vendor ID: ‎0x168c

Device ID: ‎0x002b

Sub vendor ID: ‎0x1a3b

Sub device ID: ‎0x1089

Misc
Module: ‎ath9k

My little lappy is an ASUS U50F dual booting Win7/Kde 4 kernelnLinux 3.2.18-pclos2.pae.bfs