Ubuntu 8.10

froot said:
From your packages, it should be around 1000MB if I remember correctly. I had a little more packages and had a 2400MB upgrade to do :eek:

Luckily I have access to Tuk's electrical labs and updated at 12MB per second :D
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ROFL! FTW!
 
.....big bummer.... I updated, the installed ubuntustudio-desktop (looks better than ubuntu).... and my wireless once again did not work. Only did critical updates and installation of ubuntustudio. I heard that there was a problem with the Intel 4965? wireless, but I have the Intel 1395abg or whatever.

Any help? This is now my 3rd reinstall in an attempt to fix it.
 
froot said:
.....big bummer.... I updated, the installed ubuntustudio-desktop (looks better than ubuntu).... and my wireless once again did not work. Only did critical updates and installation of ubuntustudio. I heard that there was a problem with the Intel 4965? wireless, but I have the Intel 1395abg or whatever.

Any help? This is now my 3rd reinstall in an attempt to fix it.
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What exactly is not working? Is the adapter picked up at all?

Edit: I'm guessing it's a notebook... What notebook?
 
sn3rd said:
What exactly is not working? Is the adapter picked up at all?

Edit: I'm guessing it's a notebook... What notebook?
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Yeah the wlan works out of the box and directly after the upgrade, then upon restart it does not work at all (so the changes are done then).
#ifconfig does show the wlan0 adapter but even if I use something like wifi-radar I cannot get an IP address. Using Knetworkmanager, it says Wlan: "unmanaged".
Strange thing is too, the network manager for Gnome is supposed to show up in the system tray, but after upgrade does not. So I can't even click on it to see if it sees the access point. Trying the manual config method doesn't work either.

It's an HP6161ea laptop (relatively new).
 
froot said:
#ifconfig does show the wlan0 adapter but even if I use something like wifi-radar I cannot get an IP address. Using Knetworkmanager, it says Wlan: "unmanaged".
Strange thing is too, the network manager for Gnome is supposed to show up in the system tray, but after upgrade does not. So I can't even click on it to see if it sees the access point. Trying the manual config method doesn't work either.
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Hmmmmm - sounds like an issue I had... type the following at the command prompt:
Code: 
sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces
and make sure that only
Code: 
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
is uncommented. Otherwise the network devices are considered to be manually configured and the network management tools will never start.
 
ambo said:
Hmmmmm - sounds like an issue I had... type the following at the command prompt:
Code: 
sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces
and make sure that only
Code: 
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
is uncommented. Otherwise the network devices are considered to be manually configured and the network management tools will never start.
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This is not the best advice. I personally have a lot of commented-out interfaces, which would only cause issues if I simply uncommented them.

A better approach would be to:

1) Ascertain whether the adapter is being detected at all:
Code: 
lspci
2) Ascertain whether the adapter is scanning and able to even see a network:
Code: 
iwconfig
Identify your adapter alias.
Code: 
iwlist <iface_name> scan
iwlist <iface_name> encryption
3) Ascertain whether the adapter is attempting a connection
4) Ascertain whether the adapter keeps the connection up
 
Okay I manage to find the access point using the iwlist wlan0 scan. Now how do I connect to a wireless network using the console? I haven't done it in a while and cannot remember.
 
Well I found the problem... my ppp connection (I use wlan0 for intl and ppp for local) creates a wlan0 entry in the etc/network/interfaces file... which is not there by default. This is fine for 8.04... but not for 8.10.
Commented it out and restarted. Works fine now. Will see how pppoe works now.
 
at the time of this writing the Nvidia and ATI binary (proprietary) drivers do not work with X.org 7.4, that means for many of us, no OpenGL acceleration and no Compiz support.
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from this Intrepid Ibex Review

This is unfortunate IMO, since Compiz has been a real selling point for Gutsy and Hardy. How long will it take NV and ATI to release new drivers, or for X.Org to release a version which is backward compatible?

Edit: ok, that point's been refuted. Apparently ATI has drivers which work with 7.4 and there are users who are happily using Nvidia drivers, along with Compiz. *relief!*
 
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Sorry, froot. The reviewer seems to have been mistaken, or out-of-date.
 
froot said:
Well I found the problem... my ppp connection (I use wlan0 for intl and ppp for local) creates a wlan0 entry in the etc/network/interfaces file... which is not there by default. This is fine for 8.04... but not for 8.10.
Commented it out and restarted. Works fine now. Will see how pppoe works now.
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Great! Glad it's sorted!

For reference:
Code: 
sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid "<network_name>"
 
Excuse me while I drool over KDE4.

Edit:
Is setting up PPPoE the same as before (via terminal) or does KDE4 have an easier method?
 
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Aqua_lung, i used to just use pppconf or is it pppoeconf, just go ppp and hit tab :P Its sooo easy, why bother doing it the other way even if it exists ?
 
Guys do you think downloading the DVD version of Ubuntu is better? or is it just a waste of bandwidth?
 
phiber said:
Aqua_lung, i used to just use pppconf or is it pppoeconf, just go ppp and hit tab :P Its sooo easy, why bother doing it the other way even if it exists ?
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It's ok I'm sorted now I used pppoeconf anyway.

Must say I'm impressed with 8.10, everything worked out the box, I was prompted to install the Nvidia restricted drivers which I did and now my 9600GT performs flawlessly.
 
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