On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 09:36:28AM +0200, Luca Coelho wrote:

On Mon, 2017-01-30 at 21:04 -0500, Mel Stimmel wrote:

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     I have a problem that recently arose with my Thinkpad model T61 
running Ubuntu 16.04 with the Intel Pro 4965 installed.
     This system was working just fine until sometime in Dec., when 
after one of the routine updates, the software can't see/find/recognize 
the wireless adapter. It's not the adapter, as if I boot the system from 
an older CD (show and tell mode) the wifi works just fine.

It's hard to tell for me what could changed after ubuntu update. I would
check if device initialize using "dmesg", then if interface is created
by "iw dev". If interface is created problem will be realted with 
wpa_supplicant or NetworkManager . If there are no messages about
4965 device in 'dmesg' I would check if driver module is sill there: 

find /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ -name "*iwl*"

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     When I do the command LSHW, it shows the driver as iwl4965, and the 
version as 3.13.0-93-generic.
     I've been in the computer business since 1958 but are a newby to 
Linux so don't any/many of the commands and/or it's inner workings.
     Any help that y'all could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Adding Stanislaw, who is the maintainer of iwlegacy (which is the driver
that supports iwl4965).

It's actually system configuration problem not driver by itself, better
place to search help would be ubuntu forums or google.
 
Stanislaw