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NicKnayme · Manager

Ubuntu 8.1 Can't connect WLAN

Vindicated · Administrator / Manager

Alan:
Have you been here to search for a solution?

NicKnayme · Manager

Yes, found nothing!

Vindicated · Administrator / Manager

How about here?

barney · Administrator / Manager

Since it sees the signal, the wireless is working. You just need to get the connection right.

These are good.

Wireless with Pictures

Wireless in Ubuntu

-- Edited by barney on Wednesday 24th of June 2009 10:44:44 AM

NicKnayme · Manager

Thanks...I will check it later...gotta work! :(

Alan

barney · Administrator / Manager

Alan,

Can you tell me the make and model of that computer? I am sure that I can fix this problem.

NicKnayme · Manager

Hey Barn, all I had to do was reboot and it found the WLAN!
I didn't have time to mess with it this morning.
It's working very well with Firefox...and hopefully she will get used-to-it and like it.
She does like the games!

Thanks,
Alan

-- Edited by NicKnayme on Wednesday 24th of June 2009 08:39:47 PM

barney · Administrator / Manager

YAY!

Remind her that no need for normal Windows things.... anti-virus, defrag, etc. You can even download Frostwire (if you want it).

Sometimes it takes just a bit of research to get the more obscure things up and running, but the system is stable, fast, and secure! It isn't Windows, but she can configure it exactly as she would like it.

-- Edited by barney on Wednesday 24th of June 2009 08:33:55 PM

Vindicated · Administrator / Manager

Nice Going Guys!!

NicKnayme · Manager

Hold on thar...I didn't need help with this one...I just wasn't smart enough to reboot.

I deserve the monkey razz...not ol' Barn!

Vindicated · Administrator / Manager

Who's Perfect????

NicKnayme · Manager

Well, after working one day...wireless won't connect and is now grayed-out.
I uninstalled the driver and re-installed. Restart...still grayed-out.
The set-up how-to's are not the same. (Barney's help sites) The selections are not the same (different version?)
Networking is checked-wireless grayed and unselectable.
Guess I will have to call Dell and see if the wifi failed.

Alan

Vindicated · Administrator / Manager

Wondering if you need to upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04?

-- Edited by Vindicated on Friday 26th of June 2009 09:35:23 AM

barney · Administrator / Manager

Alan, if you can give me the computer model and the version of Ubuntu you are using, I am sure that I can help you fix it. Just let me know. Asking Dell is indeed an option. Just let me know what I can do to help get you up and running.

NicKnayme · Manager

Well things are always better in the morning!
I read the set-up manual and the "wireless key" (used to disable it when you take-off in a plane for instance) must have been pressed.

There is always panic when dealing with a teenager!

System: Dell 1545 Intel 2GhzDualCore,2GbDDR2,160GbSATA,8XDVD/RwSATA
Ubuntu 8.10

Thanks for the concern guys!
Alan

NicKnayme · Manager

Hey Barney, she is starting to like it more and more...I hate a touchpad anyway, but it freaks me out when it moves to another screen...and then you have to get it to come back!
Also, preferences set-up differently on Firefox in Ubuntu (in the EDIT drop-down)

Alan

Date: Jun 26, 2009

Well, Ubuntu takes a little bit of getting used to........ after all it isn't Windows. I remember an expression that I once heard that went like this: Windows chaufers (spelled wrong) you around the internet and your computer, Linux hands you the keys.

Edit: It's me, Barney. I just can't seem to log on here at work.......

Vindicated · Administrator / Manager

Glad you're able to log-in as 'Anonymous', Barney!!
...and glad you're up-and-running, Alan!!!
Alan -- if you'd like for me to send you a Ubuntu 9.04 CD, get me your snail mail address & I'll burn one for you!
(It's a long download for dial-up!)