newbie: getting wireless going on hardy

[jeffrey.berger at mac.com]

Thanks! I'm looking at the bug reports. And I've got Terminal in the  
top menubar.

The localhost line in hosts lacks a <machinename>. I'll try adding it.

The rest of the hosts file contains info re IPv6 capable hosts  
including loopback, localnet, mcastprefix, allnodes, allrouters and  
allhosts.

I don't have mail set up on my ubuntu machine or access over my LAN so  
posting hosts is something of a chore.

That brings up another problem: my ubuntu IP address is 127.0.etc ...  
But my LAN is running via Airport Extreme. Addresses (DHCP) are 10.0.  
etc. The other machine on the LAN (this one) is running Leopard.

-J

On Aug 13, 2008, at 12:15 PM, NoOp wrote:

> On 08/13/2008 09:38 AM, Jeffrey Berger wrote:
>> Installed from the network cd in what I thought was the completely
>> standard way.
>>
>> When I try to use Network Manager to set up my wireless card, I run
>> into immediate problems getting going.
>>
>> Clicking "Unlock" on the Network Settings window produces the
>> authentication screen. However, a few seconds later, an error box
>> appears with the message "Could not authenticate. An unexpected error
>> has occurred." The error box occurs whether or not I type anything at
>> all into the password field.
>>
>> There's no other OS installed on the Inspiron 7500 I'm using.
>>
>
> There are several bugs relating to this issue:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xubuntu-meta/+bug/194496
> [ [users-admin] Unlock -> "Could not authenticate. An unexpected error
> has occurred."]
>
> I recommend that you ensure that your /etc/hosts file is set up for:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost <machinename>
> 127.0.1.1 <machinename>
>
> To edit the hosts file (use this command in the terminal -
> Applications|Accessories|Terminal):
>
> gksu gedit /etc/hosts
>
> Other related bugs:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/187982
> [ update-manager fails to bring up the password prompt for root  
> privileges]
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/91151
> [ gksu doesn't always pop up a dialog]
>
> An alternate possible workaround:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/187982/comments/19
>
> Before you edit your hosts file, please post your /etc/hosts file;
> Applications|Accessories|Terminal:
>
> cat /etc/hosts
>
> Note: I also recommend that you put the terminal on your panel so that
> you don't need to Applications|Accessories|Terminal each time. Just
> right-click it and select add to panel. You will be using terminal a
> lot, so go ahead and add it so that in the future you just need to  
> click
> the icon.
>
>
>
>
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