--- In [email protected], Scott <scot...@...> wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 09, 2011 at 01:52:15AM -0000, kazman1914 wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Thank you for showing such patience to an extreme newbie. You asked: > > Some folks here are good at that. :) (That's why it's called > Linux_Newbies). > > > To summarize > Time Warner gave you a cable modem (that also works your phone.) You've > established that the hardware works, as Windows can get an address. > > You're not using wireless. (That's what was meant by the question about > whether a wire was connected. ) > > > "If there is no wire and you are able to connect to the internet > > using Windows, please let us know that also. We will work > > from there." > > > "Please tell us exactly which Ubuntu you installed. It is possible > > to download many different flavors of Ubuntu and some install what > > is called Network Manager (or equivalent) and some don't." > > > > I'll have to get back to you on that. It's the latest non-BETA version, > > 10.04 I think, but I'll have to check to be sure. Based on my conversation > > with customer service at TWC, the modem is set to provide the IP address > > via DHCP. > > Question--does Ubuntu definitely see the ethernet card. That is, if you > open a terminal (In Ubuntu, I think it's under > Applications=>Accessories) and type > > ifconfig eth0 > > Does it show something? > > My guess is always on NetworkManager, which came by its nickname of > NetworkMangler honestly. > > Also, Ubuntu 10.04 has long term support (henceforth known as LTS), but > it isn't the newest. The newest theoretically stable version is 10.10 > and there's an alpha of the next one coming out. > > I'd be really curious to know if other distributions worked. > > For the moment, please try the ifconfig eth0 command and see if that > brings a result. You'll get about 4 or 5 lines of output, assuming it > sees the card. If you see something like failure fetching device, then > that would be the problem. > > Also, please post the output of > > lspci |grep -i ether > > (lspci gives information about the hardware--grep gets specific > information, in this case the ethernet card. Usually, the output will > be Ethernet with a capital E, but we use the -i to make it case > insensitive.) > > > > -- > Scott Robbins > PGP keyID EB3467D6 > ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 > > Spike: What, your Mom doesn't know? > Joyce: Know what? > Buffy: That I'm, uh...in a band. A rock band...with Spike here. > Spike: Right. She plays the-the triangle... > Buffy: Drums. > Spike: Drums, yeah. She's hell on the old skins, you know. > Joyce: (to Spike) And what do you do? > Spike: Well I sing. >
First thing I'd still do is reboot the modem. Just because it seems to "work" doesn't mean it is actually fully functional. Then for laughs just type pump -i eth0 and cross your fingers it might work. I like network mangler! That has been my experience with it and this other devilish garbage that seems to get installed by default anymore called avahi-daemon. While many changes have made Linux supposedly more wireless friendly they definitely make plain old wired connections a byzantine mess! Some files I have found that affect network behavior include: /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules /etc/network/interfaces Then there are the traditional files one would expect: /etc/resolv.conf /etc/hosts Helpful commands include: pump route -n less /etc/network/run/ifstate If you would like to get rid of pesky programs: # apt-get remove network-manager # update-rc.d -f avahi-daemon remove # /etc/init.d/networking restart ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
