http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Forum: Linux en Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:49:42 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-46202 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:14:49 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 46202@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>i'm sure that works but i'm running 64-bit so it doesn't help me out. and i think it's working but i'll have to do more testing because i was just driving around town and trying to connect to wireless networks lol when i really get it figured out i'll let you guys know </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-46154 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:50:09 +0000 gaurang 46154@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>try this help .... <a href="http://ubuntu-utah.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=795984" rel="nofollow">http://ubuntu-utah.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=795984</a> ... </p> <p>it should work ... bcoz .. it helped me to setup madwifi for my atheros and it works super smooth ... </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/help-needed-with-mac-changer-#post-46153 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:45:28 +0000 gaurang 46153@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>hie all ...</p> <p>i wanted to change my mac address and so i followed "how to" by the geek here , but it did not worked for me .... also , i downloaded mac changer , which also did not worked well ....</p> <p>for macchanger i typed , </p> <p>sudo ifconfig ath0 down<br /> sudo macchanger -m 00:11:22:33:44:55<br /> sudo ifconfig ath0 up</p> <p>after all this , it showed that my mac address is changed ... but after changed mac address , i can not connect to router again ...</p> <p>any guess ?? am i wrong somewhere ?? ... by the way .. i am using ubuntu hardy ... and wifi chipset is atheros ... ( ah , it can be guessed from ath0 ..)</p> <p>thanks in advance ...</p> <p>p.s. ... i am on my home network , so there is no case of wrong password ... also i have not enabled mac restricted access ... </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-46139 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:18:43 +0000 raphoenix 46139@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Jack,</p> <p>Well, I guess the question is:</p> <p>Did you get the Atheros 802.11 wireless card working yet so you get on-line at different "Hot Spots" or on different network systems ??<br /> That is a MUST if Ubuntu 8.04 is going to be successful against other O/Ses.<br /> Kindest Regards,<br /> Rick P. &#9829; :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-46136 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:46:15 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 46136@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>well i'm not really even sure what a mac address is lol. it's just a hardware address right? but i don't really know too much on that subject but i guess that i could do a bit of research and maybe make a write up </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-46123 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:12:38 +0000 raphoenix 46123@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Jack,</p> <p>It you are successful using the MAC solution in my above post, you might want to write up a short How-To because most folks don't know what a MAC number is. Good info to share with all members, especially for those using laptops, which can access "Hot Spots" like Star-Bucks coffee shops, etc.</p> <p>This is kinda/sorta (new?) Geekness in US (LOL) (LOL).</p> <p>Kindest Regards,<br /> Rick P. &#9829; :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-46040 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:15:35 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 46040@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ok i think that i may have it figured out now but now sure as i haven't been able to test it yet though lol i hope it works though i got my fingers crossed </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-46033 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:09:04 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 46033@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ok i see i did get connected to a secure net work my friend has but i can't ever get connected to the public ones or i don't get fully connected but i will try out your solution and see if it works and post back probably tomorrow </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-46017 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:20:32 +0000 raphoenix 46017@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Jack,</p> <p>Sounds like you a have a 50/50 chance after reading all the post.</p> <p>Here is one I thought was interesting.<br /> =======================<br /> "When i find some network and my wicd won’t connect,<br /> then i go to the console and type:</p> <p>sudo ifconfig wlan0 down<br /> sudo ifconfig wlan0 hw ether xxxxxxxx</p> <p>The xxx must be replaced by your mac-adress"<br /> =======================<br /> Kindest Regards,<br /> Rick P. &#9829; :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/webcam-working-with-linux-install-dells#post-45949 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:13:46 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 45949@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>even with linux preinstalled on the laptop and it didn't work and they had to use some other solution i'm not sure you could do it on windows because they are pretty different </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/webcam-working-with-linux-install-dells#post-45942 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:41:00 +0000 JadeEmperor 45942@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>my Dell 1520 came with Vista preinstalled. i'm having a difficult time making the webcam work with any IMs i used. yes i know how to make it work but it is difficult. i'm wondering whether those Dell laptops owners (if anyone here is) whose laptops came shipped with linux preinstalled have the same problems i am having?</p> <p>if so, what apps you're using to make the IM work with the webcam? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-45926 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:35:22 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 45926@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>thx to the mod who moved to linux forum i wish there was a way to leave the forum selection blank and then make you choose which one you want to put it in and not have the default vista because i seem to always forget lol </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-45835 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:22:49 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 45835@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>dang i put this in vista again lol could a mod please move it to the linux forum </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/wireless-problems-in-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-45834 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:21:26 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 45834@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ok so i have my wireless card working in my laptop in ubuntu 8.04 and i can scan to see if networks are around and i can see them and do basicly everything that it should do but actually connect to a network. i have tried a few different networks but neither of them actually got connected though. one said that it was so much percentage connected but i could not access anything on the web.</p> <p>here is the model of my laptop: HP Pavillion dv6914nr Entertainment Notebook PC</p> <p>here is the card i have in the laptop: Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN card</p> <p>i used the amd section of this article to get it working this far: <a href="http://www.ubuntugeek.com/atheros-ar5007-wireless-with-madwifi-on-ubuntu-804-hardy-heron.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ubuntugeek.com/atheros-ar5007-wireless-with-madwifi-on-ubuntu-804-hardy-heron.html</a></p> <p>all help is very much apreciated :) i would really like to get this working because what is a laptop without wireless lol :) thx in advance </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/apt-authentication-error-at-update#post-45542 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:15:07 +0000 gustavolinux 45542@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Folks, I'm having a problem with my system update... This message was shown to me at an automatic update made by apt at the system initialization... Could someone help me please?</p> <p>My system is Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04, but I think that anyone familiar with apt update process could help me...</p> <p>I'm inside a company, behind a "transparent" squid proxy (I don't need to configure it)... We also have dansguard filtering some content...</p> <p>----</p> <p>Apt Authentication Error</p> <p>Problem during package list update. The package list update failed with a authentication failure. This usually happens behind a network proxy server. Please try to click on the "Run this action now" button to correct the problem or update the list manually by running Update Manager and clicking on "Check".</p> <p>---</p> <p>thanxs and hugs </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/physical-to-virtual#post-45535 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:29:47 +0000 InDiSent 45535@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I would guess that you could do it with the Linux version of Vmware, But i don't know for sure.</p> <p>AHA!!!!! - I just found this :</p> <p><a href="http://www.windley.com/archives/2007/08/p2v_how_to_make_a_physical_linux_box_into_a_virtual_machine.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.windley.com/archives/2007/08/p2v_how_to_make_a_physical_linux_box_into_a_virtual_machine.shtml</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/physical-to-virtual#post-45532 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:18:39 +0000 dazzy999 45532@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>HI, does anyone know how to convert a Physical Linux Mahcine (CentOS) to a virtual machine (VMware ESXi)<br /> VMware's Converter only supports Windows machines. There is products from Platespin , which supports Linux but that is very expensive </p> <p>Any Suggestions ?</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/what-do-you-fink-is-the-best-version-of-linux#post-45417 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:55:43 +0000 jonhill987 45417@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Because allgeek2me is not selling Viagra, WoW gold or claiming to have £££ to give you with no catch, but has instead linked to a good site I have used myself.</p> <p>Last distro I used was Linux Mint, based on Ubuntu but has extras like DVD playback installed by default. Quite good, but not as stable on my laptop as i might have liked, my research showed me that my laptos hardware isn't well supported by any linux distro though, damn integrated graphics...</p> <p><a href="http://linuxmint.com/" rel="nofollow">http://linuxmint.com/</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/what-do-you-fink-is-the-best-version-of-linux#post-45377 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:42:20 +0000 Lighthouse 45377@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>allgeek2me. How can you assure me you are not a spammer, with a post like that? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/what-do-you-fink-is-the-best-version-of-linux#post-45375 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:31:29 +0000 allgeek2me 45375@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Hi - New to this forum but here goes..</p> <p>Try going to <a href="http://distrowatch.com/" rel="nofollow">http://distrowatch.com/</a> look around a bit - on the right panel you'll see a list of popular Linux flavors. Near the top - you'll see a distro called PCLINUXOS. Of course try a few of them - easily download the iso and burn a "live" CD which you can boot from and try out that distro. </p> <p>We use PCLINUXOS which we believe to be one of the best out there - It installs easily on just about any hardware - it's very customizable - it includes every linux program any of the other distros have and they can be installed through its package manager Synaptic. </p> <p>I've been watching this distro grow for 2 years - I actually installed it a a few friends and some relatives PC/Laptops. They still use it !! they do everything they did on a Windows machine - hook up IPods - watch movies - play music - etc etc. </p> <p>Hope this helps. </p>