[DC LoCo] A user asks: Skype problem and SSH problem

[Brian Curtis]

Ben,

I also own a dell mini 9, and have had the same problems.

There are a number of ways that people have gotten skype to work on their
mini 9.  The one that worked for me was to install the
http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-static version.  It gave me no
problems after that.

As far as the ssh problem, there is a post in the ubuntu forums
http://ubuntuforums.org that states (and this is what I followed to get it
to work)
"I managed to fix this permanently by adding the following line to the end
of /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools

/sbin/iwpriv eth1 set_vlanmode 0"

Hope this works for you too!

~Brian Curtis
George Mason University

Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
--Wernher Von Braun
"The second law of thermodynamics: If you think things are in a mess now,
JUST WAIT!!"


On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Kevin Cole <kjcole at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Any takers?  (I've seen the SSH symptom before but don't remember where,
> when or why.)
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Ubuntu on Dell Mini 9
> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:59:27 -0000
> From: Ben C
>
> I just bought a Dell Mini 9 running Ubuntu and these issues cropped up:
>
> 1. Could not install skype-debian_2.0.0.72-1_i386.deb installer says
> "Error: Wrong architecture 'i386'".  Is this an IA64 issue?
>
> 2. When I try to SSH to one of the University's machines, it hangs up right
> after accepting my password.  Any ideas?
>
> Dr. Charles B. Cranston
> University of Maryland, College Park
> 73 de KE3HE
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