17.04

[CrankyOldBugger]

ok, instead, try:

ip a

I must be old-fashioned...

one of those links should show your IP address.




On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 at 16:40 Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes
>
> On Apr 20, 2017 4:38 PM, "CrankyOldBugger" <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> ifconfig is one word, right?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 at 16:37 Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If config program is not installed, do I install it?
>>>
>>> On Apr 20, 2017 3:52 PM, "CrankyOldBugger" <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I suspect (although I can't say for sure) that the issue isn't with
>>>> Firefox or Chrome, but with the networking (i.e. your computer can't see
>>>> the network, thus can't get on the internet).
>>>>
>>>> To confirm, go to a command line and enter:
>>>>
>>>> ping 8.8.8.8
>>>>
>>>> either you'll get pings from Google (that's one of their addresses) or
>>>> you'll get timeouts.  If it times out, then the problem is most likely with
>>>> the eth0 or wlan0 or whatever NIC you're using.
>>>>
>>>> If the pings return good, then try ping www.google.ca.  If it says it
>>>> doesn't know the address then the problem is name resolution.
>>>>
>>>> If everything fails, then send us (you may be in for some typing), the
>>>> results of:
>>>>
>>>> ip link show
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> ifconfig
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 at 15:45 Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It says "Firefox can't find the server at start Ubuntu.com"
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 20, 2017 3:42 PM, "Raymond House" <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Nope no change
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Apr 20, 2017 3:36 PM, "CrankyOldBugger" <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Raymond,  this is just a wild shot in the dark here, but it's
>>>>>>> possible that network manager isn't started.  Try this from a command line:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> sudo service network-manager start
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> or:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> sudo service network-manager restart
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 at 15:31 Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Re my post about 17.04 upgrade I did a fresh 17.04 install and I'm
>>>>>>>> getting the same results! I had open suse on a flash drive and it worked
>>>>>>>> ok.Is there a problem with 17.04? I still can't open the browser, it says
>>>>>>>> it can't find the server for start Ubuntu.I am at a loss at what I can do
>>>>>>>> next.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Apr 19, 2017 1:23 PM, "Raymond House" <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi all,I upgraded from Ubuntu 16.10 this morning and the
>>>>>>>>> installation stopped at "searching for obsolete software" all works but I
>>>>>>>>> can't access the net either with wifi or lan connected.Firefox and Chrome
>>>>>>>>> browsers give me the same results"server not found".Any ideas, anyone?
>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>
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