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Posted: 4/15/2006 12:45:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/15/2006 12:54:16 PM EDT
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Depends on what wireless card and all. I'm bad at providing long distance support.
-Foxxz |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 1:16:15 PM EDT
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I think I am down to finding the drivers for my wireless card. It is an Atheros on board wireless card.
Will the original CD's that came with the laptop contain the drivers? |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 1:23:02 PM EDT
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still no joy...
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Posted: 4/15/2006 2:24:28 PM EDT
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good news, I have an Atheros chip in my PCMCIA card, and once I got it working. Atheros chips should work with Linux. bad news, I can't remember how I got it up and running. what does "ifconfig -a" display (run as root from the command line)? edit: you'll have to "sudo ifconfig -a" in ubuntu. |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 2:28:25 PM EDT
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also run
sudo iwconfig This shows wireless cards only -foxxz |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 3:13:06 PM EDT
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lo - no wireless extensions
etho - no wireless extensions atho IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"NETGEAR" and then a bunch of infor on freq blah, blah, blah sito - no wireless extensions Guys, I am a newb at linux so please bear with me. |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 3:19:13 PM EDT
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Have you ran an update yet? |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 3:24:19 PM EDT
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I was able to pull the XP drivers for the Atheros card off the Toshiba website but if I burn them to CD will Linux read a disk that is formatted for Windoze XP? Do I have to mount the CD/RW drive on the Toshiba also? If so, how do I do this?
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Posted: 4/15/2006 3:25:10 PM EDT
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Update???? What does that mean? |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 3:29:48 PM EDT
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ok
looks good run: sudo ifconfig ath0 up sudo pump -i ath0 of the pump command doesnt work try sudo dhclient-2.2.x -q ath0 -foxxz |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 3:34:30 PM EDT
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It could not find the "pump" or the "dhclient-2.2.x" commands. |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 3:37:20 PM EDT
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might just try
sudo dhclient -q ath0 I forget what ubuntu uses specifically OR more preferably (to make this all easier in the future) edit the file /etc/network/interfaces and add auto ath0 iface ath0 inet dhcp then try running ifup ath0 -foxxz |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 3:44:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/15/2006 3:56:55 PM EDT
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ifup ath0 - resulted in failed to open statefile /etc/network/run/ifstate: permission denied |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 4:03:31 PM EDT
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sudo ifdown ath0
sudo ifup ath0 you have to run these commands as root -foxxz |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 4:09:07 PM EDT
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ok, it is doing a DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 .......... it checked ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5,10,14,14,8,8,2 No DHCPOFFERS received No working leases in perisistent database - sleeping. What next? |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 4:11:22 PM EDT
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Well that means your card is at least working so thats good news  What is your SSID (access point name) and do you have WEP enabled? MAC filtering on the access point? the card right now by default will try to access any open access point. -foxxz |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 4:15:50 PM EDT
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The SSID is "NETGEAR" and WEP is enabled. Don't know about the MAC filtering. I have never touched it so it should be the factory default whatever that is. Should I turn off WEP and try to access the web now? IF this is the problem, then how do I access the web with WEP on? I really want it turned on if possible. Thanks |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 4:20:59 PM EDT
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if you want wep then you will need to run
sudo ifdown ath0 sudo iwconfig ath0 key <your wep key> sudo ifup ath0 you dont need the <> around your key -foxxz |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 4:28:07 PM EDT
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Well I did all that and I am rebooting the PC(don't know if that is necessary or not) and I am waiting to try the browser. Be right back......
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Posted: 4/15/2006 4:46:35 PM EDT
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WOW!! You get 10 out of 10 for this! It is up and running on the net. I used Unix several years back and it is amazing how much I had forgotten. I don't understand half of what you did but it is working. I really do appreciate your help with this. I love ARFcom. I am convinced that this is where the brain trust resides.
Ok, now what is the best email client for Linux? Evolution Mail is what Ubuntu comes with. Do you know anything about it? Does Thunderbird work on Linux? |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 5:10:07 PM EDT
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I have never used evolution. its worth a shot. I have used kmail with decent success and i think thunderbird works as well.
-foxxz |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 5:16:07 PM EDT
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i use evolution, but most people i've spoken with use thunderbird. to understand what a specific command does, type "man <command>" (i.e. to understand the ifconfig command, type "man ifconfig" at the prompt). you may have to hit "q" for quit to leave the manual pages. you'll use this often, trust me. |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 5:33:38 PM EDT
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Thanks fellas,
ARFcom, the home of the heavy hitters! Now I have to go figure out how to uprgade/install the latest version of Firefox. Ubuntu installed ver 1.07.  bdog60 |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 5:43:35 PM EDT
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Linux Firefox
run tar xzvf firefox-1.5.0.2.tar.gz firefox/firefox  -Foxxz ETA-You have to be in the same directory you downloaded the file 
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Posted: 4/15/2006 6:09:31 PM EDT
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you mean you can't do a yum update firefox in ubuntu
 i've run a couple live cds of ubuntu, but never actually installed it on a machine. Well done Foxxz. |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 6:20:18 PM EDT
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well...
theres sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade and it will upgrade to the newest package ubuntu provides. it cant hurt to try it. -foxxz |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 6:51:46 PM EDT
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You can get Firefox 1.5 going smoothly on Ubuntu Breezy (5.10) by following the instructions in this wiki. If you're feeling impatient, there's a quick and dirty install method you'll see if you scroll down to the bottom of the page.
ETA - Foxxz's method works, too, but can cause Ubuntu to exhibit some wierdness. At least, it did for me when I installed it what way.  So I went searching and found the wiki, installed, and all's well.Edited Again to add - Dapper uses FF 1.5 by default, and 1.5 is supported through apt-get. It's not officially "stable," but Dapper is solid on my machine. I think the official release is set for early June. Alpine |
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