[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu Beginner

[Gareth McNaughton]

Arnold Pietersen wrote:
> Gareth McNaughton wrote:
>   
>> Hi there
>>
>> I have been using windows since its inception so I am, I think, 
>> reasonably at home with windows and all of its programs etc.
>>
>> Some time ago I updated to Vista and as a result became totally 
>> ********** off with the system. So I have obtained a copy of Ubuntu 9.04 
>> Desktop Edition from Canonical and have installed it on a spare PC which 
>> has XP installed. I chose to install Ubuntu inside windows as I didn't 
>> want to clean the PC just yet.
>>
>> The PC is a P4 Celeron with 1m Ram, 80meg HD and DVD. I use Iburst 
>> Wireless to connect to the Internet via UTD Desktop Modem.
>>
>> I have loaded Ubunu with out any problem and those programs that were 
>> installed by default seems to run OK. However I cannot get the modem to 
>> connect, in fact I'm not sure if the modem is recognised. From searches 
>> on the net, from my main PC, it seems that the Modem should use the 
>> RJ45(ethernet) connection rather than the USB. I have changed from USB 
>> to RJ45 and I am still able to connect to the Web via windows so the 
>> modem connection is working.
>>  From the “How to” directory on the Wiki.Ubuntu-za web site I have read 
>> the article on setting up an Iburst modem on Ubuntu _Intrepid._ Is 
>> Intrepid the same as 9.04 and are the instructions still valid?
>>
>>
>> I realise that the Linux systems use a completely different approach 
>> than windows so I am struggling to understand some of the commands which 
>> seem to be simialar to Windows Command line instructions. For instance 
>> in the Iburst Modem How To set up, it says - “sudo apt-get install 
>> linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic'.
>>
>>
>> Question: from where do I do this command?
>>
>>
>> Any help would be gratefully accepted.
>>
>>
>> Gareth
>>
>>
>>     
> Hi Gareth
>
> Do you have a USB or an Ethernet iBurst broadband modem?
>
> Arnold
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Hi Arnold

Thanks for the reply. It is a desktop modem manufactured by Kyocera and 
known as a UTD. It was supplied and installed by an IBurst reseller and 
set up for Windows. When it was set up it used the USB socket and I was 
asked at the time if I had a second PC that I wanted connected. This PC 
would connect via the Ethernet connection and would not be able to use 
the fancy IBurst Dashboard software which I gather was/is tied to the 
USB port. So to answer your question it has both connections.

Gareth