[xubuntu-users] Feisty Fawn (Latest Release) - 18 February 2007

[Richard Jenkins]

Today I downloaded and tried out the latest release (Herd 4).  The following
are my details. 

Release:		desktop 

Processor:	ppc 

Machine:		G4 (cube) 450MHz 

Memory:		384 Meg 

I downloaded and tried to run the 'live' or default distribution.  The 
startup
went 100% ... very smooth. 

Now, I connect to the internet via the ethernet ... and via a router plus 
adsl
modem.  So the first step was to start up network manager ... and setup the
connection.  Pressed system ==>networking and waited for the manager to run. 

It finished and offered me two choices for connecting to the net: (i) 
analogue
modem ... thank you very much but you are too slow!!; and (ii) wifi (but I
have no wifi card installed!!)  This is the first time the network manager
has let me down.  I have it on my old (x86) laptop ... where it routinely
identifies the pcmcia modem, the ethernet port and the wifi card (another
pcmcia card). 

Have others reported this problem?  Will it go away when I install the
distribution? Can I have a work around?/ 

Richard 

rjenkins at alphalink.com.au
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