WIFI

Brian Beattie beattie at beattie-home.net
Sat Sep 8 22:16:01 UTC 2007


On Sat, 2007-09-08 at 13:26 -0700, Andy Hunt wrote:
> Hello I'm new to the Linux world and after running the live CD I
> noticed that Ubuntu does not support A WIFI pre share key only WEP is
> this true or I'm I missing some thing? I would really love to run
> Ubuntu,but not over WEP.

I don't trust WEP or WAP, I use ssl/tls and ssh when connecting over
WiFi.

> 
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>         1. Re: Where is Bandwidthd? (Brad Johnson)
>         2. Problem with Evolution - Can't empty the tarsh. (maurizio)
>         3. Why does Firestarter not start on boot? (Graham Watkins)
>         4. Re: Where is Bandwidthd? (Gerald Dachs)
>         5. Re: Why does Firestarter not start on boot? (Mario Vukelic)
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>         Message: 1
>         Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:05:12 -0500
>         From: Brad Johnson 
>         Subject: Re: Where is Bandwidthd?
>         To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general
>         discussions"
>         
>         Message-ID: <1189231512.5621.1.camel at t42>
>         Content-Type: text/plain
>         
>         Bandwidthd is a deamon that runs by itself with no gui and
>         generates
>         HTML pages you can view. It's a very simple program.
>         
>         You can find detailed information here:
>         http://bandwidthd.sourceforge.net/
>         
>         Brad
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         ------------------------------
>         
>         Message: 2
>         Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:11:54 +0200
>         From: maurizio 
>         Subject: Problem with Evolution - Can't empty the tarsh.
>         To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>         Message-ID: <1189246314.9697.1.camel at maurizio-desktop>
>         Content-Type: text/plain
>         
>         On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 18:54 +0200, maurizio wrote:
>         > Nothing, the trash remain empty.
>         > I tried to reinstall Evolution, but a shel tell me that the
>         mails of
>         > the
>         > folder are not the same of the trash instructions (maybe).
>         > Nothing at the moment. 
>         
>         The version of evolution on my Ubuntu 7.04 box is 2.10.1. What
>         happens
>         with it is that I have fixed the option for clearing trash
>         every time,
>         and when I delete mails from some folder like 'inbox' or the
>         other
>         personalized folders, all the deleted mails go to the 'trash',
>         and when
>         the evolution window is closed, and the next time I open it,
>         from the
>         trash folder all the deleted mails have gone away. If this
>         does not
>         happen with your 'evolution', and the versions are same, I
>         think this
>         must be a bug. 
>         
>         Why didn't you send this mail to the mailing list. Maybe
>         someone else
>         could get an idea?
>         
>         --
>         das
>         
>         
>         
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>         
>         Message: 3
>         Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:15:22 +0100
>         From: Graham Watkins 
>         Subject: Why does Firestarter not start on boot?
>         To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>         Message-ID: <46E2763A.3080108 at ntlworld.com>
>         Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>         
>         I've added it to start up services but it doesn't make any
>         difference.
>         
>         It worked OK with Dapper but now I've installed Feisty, I can
>         only start 
>         it manually which is a pain.
>         
>         Anybody else had this problem and managed to solve it?
>         
>         
>         
>         ------------------------------
>         
>         Message: 4
>         Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 12:25:49 +0200
>         From: Gerald Dachs 
>         Subject: Re: Where is Bandwidthd?
>         To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>         Message-ID: <20070908122549.4e015e51 at master>
>         Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>         
>         Am Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:05:12 -0500
>         schrieb Brad Johnson :
>         
>         > Bandwidthd is a deamon that runs by itself with no gui and
>         generates
>         > HTML pages you can view. It's a very simple program.
>         > 
>         > You can find detailed information here:
>         > http://bandwidthd.sourceforge.net/
>         > 
>         > Brad
>         
>         Why do you tell me this?
>         
>         Gerald
>         
>         
>         
>         ------------------------------
>         
>         Message: 5
>         Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:39:41 +0200
>         From: Mario Vukelic 
>         Subject: Re: Why does Firestarter not start on boot?
>         To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general
>         discussions"
>         
>         Message-ID: <1189247981.7731.3.camel at chronic>
>         Content-Type: text/plain
>         
>         
>         On Sat, 2007-09-08 at 11:15 +0100, Graham Watkins wrote:
>         > I've added it to start up services
>         
>         What exactly do you mean with "start up services"? I would
>         think that
>         adding it to sessions (menu System > Preferences > Session >
>         tab Startup
>         Programs) should do the trick (haven't tried it though).
>         
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