On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Jeff Lasman <jpli...@nobaloney.net> wrote: > I'm getting less happy with ubuntu. > > First of all: When the alternate CD install finally finished the network > wouldn't start; the little icon kept coming up in the upper right > corner of the screen, but it wouldn't start. No route. No ip# in > ifconfig output. I found the network config script (it's not where > RedHat-style distributions put it <wry grin>), and edited it to remove > the "#" mark the install had put in front of the line setting it up for > DHCP. Then I restarted the network and it still didn't work. > > I tried a manual route command; it still didn't work <frown>. > > Finally I rebooted and then it worked <frown, again>. The > broken-network icon doesn't show up anymore, which probably means > everything's okay. I was able to get out through the network.
ok... well an install is a rather complex process. A reboot afterwards to give everything a clean start would necessary. > > So then I ran the updates the system was telling me I need to do. Definitely necessary, its been a while since the release of the CD > > After that it told me to reboot (shades of Microsoft), so I did. > Ubuntu will only recommend/require that you restart if the kernel or X is touched. So its really not that Microsoftish. Especially considering that you just applied all the updates since the CD was released. > Now the little broken network icon comes up again and when I hover the > mouse over it, it tells me the network isn't managed. Whatever that > means. > > It works; I can reach sites on the 'net. But I can't manage it? Why can't you manage it? Don't know where to edit the info or do you receive an error when you attempt to do so? Rather then rely on some icon how about opening System/Preference/Network config and checking things out directly. Also open System/Administration/Users and Groups. Unlock it and then check the User Privledges for the users experiencing issues. Perhaps the users do not have permission to do what you want them to do. > > Twice the system has locked X while logging in. It still has the beige > screen when it happens; it's before it loads the desktop wallpaper. > > Ctrl-alt-backspace doesn't work. Ctrl-alt-1 doesn't shift me to a text > window... the computer reset button doesn't work, but the soft-power > off switch does. > If CTRL+ALT+Backspace/1 doesn't work the problem is deeper then X. > More later. > > Jeff > -- > Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services > P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only > voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: > "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
