<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> On 10/09/10 16:23, Ana Maria Arcos Solari wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTikLUiwSSem4K8xF7gYo1Pp6Pcj+WvDHZ0eACOic@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hi, i think I sent this before but I have been away so i don't know where the answer is, sorry!. </pre> </blockquote> Hi Ana, I hope you're enjoying using Kubuntu despite these issues.  Let's hope we can help you get them sorted out. <blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTikLUiwSSem4K8xF7gYo1Pp6Pcj+WvDHZ0eACOic@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">3 problems to solve: 1) I have the Kubuntu 10.04 and when I first installed on my acer travelmate 6293 the internet wireless worked really well ( I didn't test the wired). But now the orange light went off and I can't get it back. </pre> </blockquote> There are a couple of things that might have happened here: <ol> <li>Your wireless card might be turned off by a hardware/firmware switch - on some laptops it's a little mechanical switch or button around the outside of the machine somewhere; on others it's an Fn key combination.</li> <li>Your networking might have been turned off in software.  I'm not sure what it is in KDE (which is the GUI in Kubuntu), but in GNOME (the GUI in standard Ubuntu), you can right click the network settings applet and turn it on and off (both wireless specifically, and networking in general).  Someone else on the list might be able to advise on the exact method for Kubuntu.</li> <li>There might be some bug with your wireless card.  My Dell Latitude D830 is affected by a bug whereby if it is booted with the hardware switch on, it turns off at a certain point in bootup and won't turn back on.  If i boot with the hardware switch off, it turns on successfully after the driver has loaded.  If your laptop has an Intel wireless card, it may be affected by this or a similar bug.</li> </ol> Personally, i don't find that a reboot fixes much with wireless stuff on Linux, so i would use that as a last resort.  In general, you should only need to reboot Linux when there's a kernel update, or certain other core software (update manager will tell you when it's necessary). <blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTikLUiwSSem4K8xF7gYo1Pp6Pcj+WvDHZ0eACOic@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">2) Also the printer (cannon LBP 3200) doesn't work. I have windows vista as well as Kubuntu in my computer. All works ok with vista. </pre> </blockquote> A quick Google search indicates that the printer has driver support for CUPS (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010044.asp">http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010044.asp</a>), but the OpenPrinting database has nothing (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openprinting.org/printers">http://www.openprinting.org/printers</a>), so some fiddling might be in order to get it working. <blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTikLUiwSSem4K8xF7gYo1Pp6Pcj+WvDHZ0eACOic@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">3) I have downloaded a piano tuning program "Tunelab" and it doesn't execute the file tunelab.exe </pre> </blockquote> To execute Windows programs on Linux, you need to install a product called "wine" - you can do this through the normal software installer (i'm not exactly sure where it is on Kubuntu, but i'm sure it will be pretty obvious).  After you install wine, .exe programs should start using that when you open them in the file manager.  Some Windows software works really well in wine - other software doesn't work at all.  If the latter is true in this case, you should find some alternatives if you search in the software installer. Paul </body> </html>