as the subject says i'm using lubuntu 17.04 beta and i go to download skype and it gives me 2 choices DEB OR RPM the question is which one ,,, plus i can't seem to get lubuntu 17.04 to find my wifi any help with these minor problems would help thanks in advance...

Hi Lonnie, welcome to the forum

You will want the .deb package.

If you would, please open a terminal and run the following command...

Then navigate to the location of the text file the script created and post the results (or a link to them) in your next reply.

Regards...

If you are having problems with that release, it should not be unexpected as the system you are using is still in the test phase, that's what the 'beta' means so by downloading and installing it you have volunteered to test it for the developers. Problems like that are to be expected with a 'beta' release and the primary reason for an early release is so the developers can be informed and hopefully correct problems before the final release. So if you are unable to resolve it with help from members here, you might be better off waiting until the final release next month.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ub.../wireless-info [following]
--2017-03-21 17:51:54-- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ub.../wireless-info
Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)... 151.101.52.133
Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)|151.101.52.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 16156 (16K) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘wireless-info’

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Hi...

Please navigate to the where the text file "wireless-info" is located and post the contents of the entire file. Thanks!

Regards...

There is a working version of Skype in the Ubuntu archives.

You can install it with sudo apt-get install skype

ok so copy it to wireless-info.txt located through file manager pcmanfm is that right

Hi...

Open "wireless-info.txt" and copy the entire contents and paste them in your next post.

Regards...

Technically you could get either. You can use alien to convert .RPM to .DEB.

$ sudo dpkg -i <package>.deb
(to install the package, might need to repeat after next for success)

$ sudo apt-get -f install
(to grab any deps not installed)

HTH

hey ardvark71 I've not heard back after posting the file you asked for any clue as to why this distro. isn't letting me use my wifi

Hi...

You've not posted the information I need. Please see post #9 above.

Regards...

########## wireless info START ##########

Report from: 21 Mar 2017 17:51 MDT -0600

Booted last: 21 Mar 2017 00:00 MDT -0600

Script from: 08 Jul 2016 02:16 UTC +0000

##### release ###########################

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu Zesty Zapus (development branch)
Release: 17.04
Codename: zesty

##### kernel ############################

Linux 4.10.0-13-generic #15-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 9 20:28:05 UTC 2017 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

Parameters: ro, quiet, splash, vt.handoff=7

##### desktop ###########################

Lubuntu

##### lspci #############################


02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:001c] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [144f:7130]
Kernel driver in use: ath5k

03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4354] (rev 13)
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [144d:ca00]
Kernel driver in use: sky2

##### lsusb #############################

Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0ac8:c326 Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. Namuga 1.3M Webcam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a5c:2101 Broadcom Corp. BCM2045 Bluetooth
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c52f Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

##### PCMCIA card info ##################


##### rfkill ############################

0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: samsung-wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

##### lsmod #############################

r8712u 159744 0
ath5k 139264 0
ath 24576 1 ath5k
mac80211 700416 1 ath5k
cfg80211 532480 3 mac80211,ath,ath5k

##### interfaces ########################


source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto enp3s0
iface enp3s0 inet dhcp

##### ifconfig ##########################

./wireless-info: line 202: ifconfig: command not found


##### iwconfig ##########################

lo no wireless extensions.

enp3s0 no wireless extensions.

wlp2s0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off


##### route #############################

./wireless-info: line 214: route: command not found

##### resolv.conf #######################


nameserver 192.168.0.1
nameserver 205.171.3.25
nameserver 127.0.0.53

##### network managers ##################

Installed:

NetworkManager

Running:

root 634 1 0 10:26 ? 00:00:56 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

##### NetworkManager info ###############

GENERAL.DEVICE: wlp2s0
GENERAL.TYPE: wifi
GENERAL.NM-TYPE: NMDeviceWifi
GENERAL.VENDOR: Qualcomm Atheros
GENERAL.PRODUCT: AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
GENERAL.DRIVER: ath5k
GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: 4.10.0-13-generic
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION: N/A
GENERAL.HWADDR: 9E:92:85:C9:2E:1B
GENERAL.MTU: 0
GENERAL.STATE: 30 (disconnected)
GENERAL.REASON: 0 (No reason given)
GENERAL.UDI: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0/net/wlp2s0
GENERAL.IP-IFACE:
GENERAL.IS-SOFTWARE: no
GENERAL.NM-MANAGED: yes
GENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: yes
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: no
GENERAL.NM-PLUGIN-MISSING: no
GENERAL.PHYS-PORT-ID: --
GENERAL.CONNECTION: --
GENERAL.CON-UUID: --
GENERAL.CON-PATH: --
GENERAL.METERED: unknown
CAPABILITIES.CARRIER-DETECT: no
CAPABILITIES.SPEED: unknown
CAPABILITIES.IS-SOFTWARE: no
WIFI-PROPERTIES.WEP: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.WPA: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.WPA2: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.TKIP: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.CCMP: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.AP: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.ADHOC: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.2GHZ: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.5GHZ: no
CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTION-PATHS: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/{2}
CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTIONS[1]: a4db9673-2816-425d-a141-1cdf2ee7704b | lonniehome 1

GENERAL.DEVICE: enp3s0
GENERAL.TYPE: ethernet
GENERAL.NM-TYPE: NMDeviceEthernet
GENERAL.VENDOR: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
GENERAL.PRODUCT: 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
GENERAL.DRIVER: sky2
GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: 1.30
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION:
GENERAL.HWADDR: 00:13:77:B9:E1:27
GENERAL.MTU: 1500
GENERAL.STATE: 10 (unmanaged)
GENERAL.REASON: 0 (No reason given)
GENERAL.UDI: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:03:00.0/net/enp3s0
GENERAL.IP-IFACE: enp3s0
GENERAL.IS-SOFTWARE: no
GENERAL.NM-MANAGED: no
GENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: yes
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: no
GENERAL.NM-PLUGIN-MISSING: no
GENERAL.PHYS-PORT-ID: --
GENERAL.CONNECTION: --
GENERAL.CON-UUID: --
GENERAL.CON-PATH: --
GENERAL.METERED: unknown
CAPABILITIES.CARRIER-DETECT: yes
CAPABILITIES.SPEED: 100 Mb/s
CAPABILITIES.IS-SOFTWARE: no
WIRED-PROPERTIES.CARRIER: on
CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTION-PATHS:
IP4.ADDRESS[1]: 192.168.0.83/24
IP4.GATEWAY: 192.168.0.1
IP6.ADDRESS[1]: fe80::213:77ff:feb9:e127/64
IP6.GATEWAY:


SSID BSSID MODE CHAN FREQ RATE SIGNAL BARS SECURITY ACTIVE *
lonniehome 40:4A:03:DF:42:C3 Infra 9 2452 MHz 54 Mbit/s 100 ▂▄▆█ WPA1 WPA2 no
CTL 46:4A:03:DF:42:C3 Infra 9 2452 MHz 54 Mbit/s 100 ▂▄▆█ WPA1 WPA2 no
MyQwest3173 00:24:7B:16:53:86 Infra 6 2437 MHz 54 Mbit/s 44 ▂▄__ WPA1 WPA2 no
crosby 40:8B:07:35:4B:D8 Infra 6 2437 MHz 54 Mbit/s 32 ▂▄__ WPA1 WPA2 no
crosby02 40:8B:07:35:4B:D9 Infra 6 2437 MHz 54 Mbit/s 32 ▂▄__ WPA1 no
CenturyLink1766 E4:18:6B:AA:C2:E5 Infra 1 2412 MHz 54 Mbit/s 27 ▂___ WPA1 WPA2 no
CenturyLink3883 10:5F:06:5D:4F:55 Infra 1 2412 MHz 54 Mbit/s 25 ▂___ WPA1 WPA2 no
belkin.bd0 08:86:3B:49:3B:D0 Infra 5 2432 MHz 54 Mbit/s 24 ▂___ WPA1 WPA2 no
Danger Barnwell 7C:4F:B5:B7:AD:B0 Infra 10 2457 MHz 54 Mbit/s 19 ▂___ WPA1 WPA2 no
jbyers3 04:BF:6D:E0:64:97 Infra 11 2462 MHz 54 Mbit/s 19 ▂___ WPA1 WPA2 no
robertkglr 4C:9E:FF:94:F0:25 Infra 2 2417 MHz 54 Mbit/s 17 ▂___ WPA2 no
Julie2 A2:E4:CB:43:A7:FC Infra 11 2462 MHz 54 Mbit/s 10 ▂___ WPA1 WPA2 no
JUAN23791 A0:A3:E2:14:68:15 Infra 1 2412 MHz 54 Mbit/s 9 ▂___ WPA1 WPA2 no
myqwest7469 00:24:7B:60:17:7E Infra 1 2412 MHz 54 Mbit/s 7 ▂___ WPA1 WPA2 no
CenturyLink1826 10:5F:06:C0:72:18 Infra 11 2462 MHz 54 Mbit/s 7 ▂___ WPA1 WPA2 no
CenturyLink6612 A0:A3:E2:C6:92:B5 Infra 1 2412 MHz 54 Mbit/s 5 ____ WPA1 WPA2 no
Reynolds Wifi 10:5F:06:C0:72:19 Infra 11 2462 MHz 54 Mbit/s 5 ____ WEP no
AMYNTRAV 12:7B:EF:94:EA:24 Infra 8 2447 MHz 54 Mbit/s 4 ____ WPA1 WPA2 no
Kadel Family 40:5D:82:E0:86:E0 Infra 8 2447 MHz 54 Mbit/s 0 ____ WPA2 no
CenturyLink9790 EE:43:F6:16:93:E4 Infra 11 2462 MHz 54 Mbit/s 0 ____ WPA1 WPA2 no
-- FA:8F:CA:65:3C:58 Infra 11 2462 MHz 54 Mbit/s 0 ____ -- no

##### NetworkManager.state ##############

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true

##### NetworkManager.conf ###############

[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile

[ifupdown]
managed=false

##### NetworkManager profiles ###########

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--2017-03-21 17:51:54-- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ub.../wireless-info
Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)... 151.101.52.133
Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)|151.101.52.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
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Saving to: ‘wireless-info’

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Hi...

Thank you for posting the results. For the most part, everything to me looks fine. However, I would like clarification of the above. Please open a terminal and post the results of...

Looks like it can see some networks.

Can you explain more of how you're trying to log into your network? What are you seeing or not seeing? If you've tried to log in, what happened?

Regards...

are always good 'sanity check' info to post. (ping -c 1 8.8.8.8 not needed here)

Note that the GENERAL.DEVICE: wlp2s0 has *NO* IP4.ADDRESS !!!
Maybe some if?config/dhcp [Ubu=Deb] '?stuff?' is missing / not setup!!
(I don't know the GUI config things, sorry)

Yes, there's 2 'place concepts' for getting 'app' from: [distro] repo or [app] 'download'
(I think 'repo' is usually 'better', but I'm 'Newbie' on this topic. Is skype ok now?)