Having some real issues

[Pat Brown]

David Curtis wrote:
> Pat Brown wrote:
>> I had to reinstall my Ubuntu laptop and since then I'm having nothing 
>> but problems. My wireless NIC doesn't exist as far as Ubuntu is 
>> concerned and I can't get Thunderbird installed. I downloaded the app 
>> and extracted it through the package manager, but it's not showing up 
>> in my applications and I can't get it to run. I installed Ubuntu 8.04 
>> LTS, an actual copy from Ubuntu, not a burned download.
>>
>> I have run Update Manager but no updates are available, which I find 
>> hard to believe
>>
> What wireless card?
>
> What happened to make you need to reinstall?
>
> Are you sure your not experiencing data corruption from a bad HD or 
> faulty stick of RAM?
>
> How are you connecting to the internet without your wireless?
>
> Need a bit more info here. Any error messages during install (either 
> the OS or Thunderbird).
>
> Dave
>
I finally got some 263 updates and among them was a wireless driver so 
that's back. I still don't have Thunderbird. The package is there and I 
extracted it, but can't finda way to run the app. Is there a command 
line I can use?

Pat Brown

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