I'd explain my problem like this... I leave it alone for a while, the screen shuts off and then I can't look anything up. Like in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1712589
john@Ciderpress:~$ ifconfig -a
enp3s14 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:3f:4c:e3:46
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:73 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:73 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:30445 (30.4 KB) TX bytes:30445 (30.4 KB)
wlx0026f24f71a1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:f2:4f:71:a1
inet addr:192.168.1.132 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: 2600:100d:b00a:ed08:226:f2ff:fe4f:71a1/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::226:f2ff:fe4f:71a1/64 Scope:Link
inet6 addr: 2600:100d:b00a:ed08:ec57:a085:1d18:c900/64 Scope:Global
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:11868 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:13730 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4367708 (4.3 MB) TX bytes:3056601 (3.0 MB)
john@Ciderpress:~$