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

[Bernd Holzhauer]

It seems like network setup is not yet fixed in Feisty Fawn.
I have similar problems with my notebook, where I installed Feisty on
harddisk.
I use ifconfig to get arround this problem. Then it works perfect.

Bernd


Am Sonntag, den 18.02.2007, 19:52 +1100 schrieb 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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> 
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