Network doesn't seem to work with generic kernels in Trisquel 7

To reproduce it, find the version of your kernel, by running the command:

uname -r

For instance, I have:

uname -r
3.13.0-88-lowlatency

Then install the generic Linux image of the same version. For me, that is:

sudo apt install linux-image-3.13.0-88-generic

Then reboot and from the GRUB menu select "Advanced options for Trisquel GNU/Linux" and choose the -generic kernel to boot with.

Then check if network works in the loaded system. Thanks in advance!

I'm not running Trisquel anymore, but I had a generic kernel and my ath9k_htc adapter worked fine.
EDIT: Or was there an updated kernel that broke it?

Bump. Can someone install and boot with the generic kernel and see if network works? It's very easy to help with this and you'll be able to boot back with the lowlatency kernel (and uninstall the generic one). Thanks!

I have been using "linux-image-generic-lts-wily" and an AR9271 Wifi dongle for many months: no problem. Of course, "open-ath9k-htc-firmware" is installed as well (is it on your system?).

$ uname -r
4.2.0-42-generic
$ lsmod | grep ath9k_htc
ath9k_htc 77824 0
ath9k_common 36864 1 ath9k_htc
ath9k_hw 466944 2 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc
ath 32768 3 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc,ath9k_hw
mac80211 741376 4 rtl_pci,rtlwifi,ath9k_htc,rtl8188ee
cfg80211 552960 5 ath,ath9k_common,mac80211,rtlwifi,ath9k_htc
$ ip addr
1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 80:ee:73:66:88:f4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlan0: mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether c0:4a:00:10:4e:bd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 150.164.202.171/24 brd 150.164.202.255 scope global wlan0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::c24a:ff:fe10:4ebd/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever