Newbie

[Felipe Figueiredo]

On Saturday 08 July 2006 13:36, Karl Järnhammer wrote:
> On 2006-07-08 17.26 Dieter Schicker wrote:
> >> I have an ADSL connection running at 0.5MB through a Dlink cable router.
> >> Thanks
> >
> > Try this:
> >
> > * Open a terminal window
> > * run "sudo pppoeconf"
> > * fill in your credentials
> >
> > -> Done.
>
> I get sudo: unable to look up (the name the guy who installed Ubuntu for me
> chose) via gethostbyname().
>
> So, on that I can't change or enter anything.

Since you said you didn't install it yourself, but seem safe enough to try it, 
may I suggest you re-install the whole thing? 

Before that, you may want to try the liveCD to test the above steps of network 
configuration, so that you make sure it will work after you have the trouble 
of backup up your data, reformatting and reinstalling everything you need.