Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-22 Thread Pete
On Monday 21 May 2007 11:37:13 yag wrote: Pete wrote: On Monday 21 May 2007 06:19:29 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:32:50AM +0100, Pete wrote: [...] I have tried pinging known servers like Google on both the faulty Debian and the working Xubuntu and get

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-22 Thread Pete
Thanks guys for all your help on this one. It looks as though it won't be solved simply. I'll stick with Xubuntu which I know works and which I've grown to like and just leave Debian sat on the other partition till I either need the space or find a way of solving it. Regards Pete Redwood

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-22 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:57:53PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 05/21/07 18:13, Pete wrote: [snip] Thanks Andrew I have a Xubuntu partition that works very well without Gnome but I would like to get to the bottom of why Debian/Gnome will not access the network on the other

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-21 Thread Pete
On Monday 21 May 2007 06:19:29 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:32:50AM +0100, Pete wrote: Just had another thought on this, following another thread. Tried 'ifup -a' to see what would happen. Came back 'ifup command unknown'. its in /sbin so you either need the full

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-21 Thread yag
Pete wrote: On Monday 21 May 2007 06:19:29 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:32:50AM +0100, Pete wrote: [...] I have tried pinging known servers like Google on both the faulty Debian and the working Xubuntu and get identical results. /etc/resolv.conf gives identical

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-21 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 05:44:09PM +0100, Pete [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: In response to Andrew, not certain if resolv.conf is getting updated. Once again not certain how to check. Type cat /etc/resolv.conf. Ping was by IP address. Can you ping by hostname? e.g., ping

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-21 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 09:25:38AM +0100, Pete wrote: On Monday 21 May 2007 06:19:29 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:32:50AM +0100, Pete wrote: Just had another thought on this, following another thread. Tried 'ifup -a' to see what would happen. Came back 'ifup

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-21 Thread Pete
On Monday 21 May 2007 19:54:15 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 09:25:38AM +0100, Pete wrote: On Monday 21 May 2007 06:19:29 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:32:50AM +0100, Pete wrote: Just had another thought on this, following another thread.

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-21 Thread Pete
On Monday 21 May 2007 11:37:13 yag wrote: Pete wrote: On Monday 21 May 2007 06:19:29 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:32:50AM +0100, Pete wrote: [...] I have tried pinging known servers like Google on both the faulty Debian and the working Xubuntu and get

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-21 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/21/07 18:13, Pete wrote: [snip] Thanks Andrew I have a Xubuntu partition that works very well without Gnome but I would like to get to the bottom of why Debian/Gnome will not access the network on the other partition. Everything else

Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Pete
Hi I have already posted this once but somehow managed to post into another thread so it probably got lost. Have just installed Etch with Netinstall. No problem. However Epiphany, Iceweasel and Apt all report that network is unreachable or unable to connect to network. Network Setting shows

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Jeff D
On Sun, 20 May 2007, Pete wrote: Hi I have already posted this once but somehow managed to post into another thread so it probably got lost. Have just installed Etch with Netinstall. No problem. However Epiphany, Iceweasel and Apt all report that network is unreachable or unable to connect

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
is unreachable or unable to connect to network. Network Setting shows quite clearly that eth0 is 'active'. Ping is positive. What am I missing? I have a wired connection to an adsl router. My laptop running Xubuntu works perfectly on the same connection. (not at the same time!) Thanks to Roberto I

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Pete
report that network is unreachable or unable to connect to network. Network Setting shows quite clearly that eth0 is 'active'. Ping is positive. What am I missing? I have a wired connection to an adsl router. My laptop running Xubuntu works perfectly on the same connection. (not at the same time

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Jeff D
, Iceweasel and Apt all report that network is unreachable or unable to connect to network. Network Setting shows quite clearly that eth0 is 'active'. Ping is positive. What am I missing? I have a wired connection to an adsl router. My laptop running Xubuntu works perfectly on the same connection

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread H.S.
Pete wrote: DHCP. Laptop has its own IP address. No idea about name resolution. Not certain how to check it What is the output of the following commands: $ ping 4.2.2.2 $ ping google.com $ ping your router's IP address here -HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Pete
On Sunday 20 May 2007 19:56:47 H.S. wrote: Pete wrote: DHCP. Laptop has its own IP address. No idea about name resolution. Not certain how to check it What is the output of the following commands: $ ping 4.2.2.2 $ ping google.com $ ping your router's IP address here -HS Curiouser

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Pete
report that network is unreachable or unable to connect to network. Network Setting shows quite clearly that eth0 is 'active'. Ping is positive. What am I missing? I have a wired connection to an adsl router. My laptop running Xubuntu works perfectly on the same connection. (not at the same time

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 10:52:12PM +0100, Pete wrote: On Sunday 20 May 2007 19:56:47 H.S. wrote: Pete wrote: DHCP. Laptop has its own IP address. No idea about name resolution. Not certain how to check it What is the output of the following commands: $ ping 4.2.2.2 $ ping

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:32:50AM +0100, Pete wrote: Just had another thought on this, following another thread. Tried 'ifup -a' to see what would happen. Came back 'ifup command unknown'. its in /sbin so you either need the full path, or do it as root (it won't work as non-root anyway).