Apparently, relative to the breakage of wireless functionality (I have iwp2200 and linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic (2.6.24-21.31) did break my wireless), the latest update to
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic (2.6.24-21.30) to 2.6.24-21.32
and kernel update fixed the problem.
Apparently, relative to the breakage of wireless functionality (I have iwp2200 and linux-ubuntu- modules- 2.6.24- 21-generic (2.6.24-21.31) did break my wireless), the latest update to modules- 2.6.24- 21-generic (2.6.24-21.30) to 2.6.24-21.32
linux-ubuntu-
and kernel update fixed the problem.