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 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1248485 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1248485/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp