Network manager- oop!

[Gary Kirkpatrick]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:

> Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
> > Trying to get my network manager icon to load, I decided to uninstall
> from
> > synaptic manager.  I uninstalled the whole thingy and now I can't connect
> to
> > the internet at all!   How do I reinstall it?  Thanks
> >
> > gary
> >
> >
>
> Oops indeed.
>
> You mentioned before you have a wired connection.  I'm further assuming
> you have a 'router' that manages the connection to your ISP, so all you
> should need to do is issue the command:
>
> sudo dhclient eth0
>
> From a terminal to activate an internet connection.  From there you can
> re-install network manager from synaptic.
>
> In your next fix-it attempt, if network manager icon on desktop still
> misbehaves. I would suggest creating a new user (with admin rights) and
> log off then on as the new user.  This isn't suggest as a permanent fix,
> it will confirm whether or not the problem is something broken in your
> system, or simply a misbehaving configuration file in your user profile.
>
>
>
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So your suggestion worked and i can now get a wired connection.  Logging on
as a different user did not help at all.  There are many suggestions in the
various replies, some of them a bit too technical for me.

Thanks for the advice and if you can tell me what I should do next to solve
the problem permanently, I'd appreciate it.

I am in Panama as a Peace Corps volunteer and have limited internet access
so if i don't reply you'll know why.

As a project I would like to introduce ubuntu/edubuntu here since it and all
the programs are free and as easy or easier to use.



gary
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