Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness

2004-12-11 Thread Brad Kowalczyk
DaZZa wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 2004, Brad Kowalczyk wrote: Thanks for the suggestions Dazza (and Grant) and googling on my behalf :) but unfortunately the problem still exists. I have been persisting for so long with Linux with the main problem always having been internet conectivity. When I

Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness

2004-12-10 Thread Brad Kowalczyk
DaZZa wrote: OK - a quick google seems to indicate that there's a problem with your kernel buffer space. ulimit -s 10240 is the suggested fix I found - but I'm not guaranteeing this is right. As to how to fix this permanently - if this is indeed the problem - I have no idea. JFGI, I would suggest.

[SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness

2004-12-09 Thread Brad Kowalczyk
Hi all, Couple of questions: 1. I got my ubuntu cd's the the other day (BTW the live cd did not work for me, seemed to die at X startup, just a black screen) and promptly did an install onto a vacant partition on my HD. Everything ran smoothly, detected all my hardware and my XP installation.

Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness

2004-12-09 Thread Menno Schaaf
check /etc/resolv.conf and make sure the dns servers were properly added, if they weren't, then add them manually On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:22:10 +1100, Brad Kowalczyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Couple of questions: 1. I got my ubuntu cd's the the other day (BTW the live cd did not work

Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness

2004-12-09 Thread Marek Wawrzyczny
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:22, Brad Kowalczyk wrote: Hi all, Couple of questions: 1. I got my ubuntu cd's the the other day (BTW the live cd did not work for me, seemed to die at X startup, just a black screen) and promptly did an install onto a vacant partition on my HD. Everything ran

Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness

2004-12-09 Thread Grant Parnell
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Brad Kowalczyk wrote: 2. I finally managed to get my computer connected to my ISP under Linux (ubuntu) but despite a connection (dialup) I could not actually access any address on the net, with either direct IP address or domain name. Then after I installed FC3 I

Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness

2004-12-09 Thread Brad Kowalczyk
DaZZa wrote: On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Brad Kowalczyk wrote: 2. I finally managed to get my computer connected to my ISP under Linux (ubuntu) but despite a connection (dialup) I could not actually access any address on the net, with either direct IP address or domain name. Then after I installed

Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness

2004-12-09 Thread DaZZa
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Brad Kowalczyk wrote: Can you ping the listed remote IP address when the conection comes up? If you can, and you can't ping anything else, then do you have a default route pointing out the PPP connection? I can ping anything for a minute or so, or use browser or

Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness

2004-12-09 Thread DaZZa
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Brad Kowalczyk wrote: 2. I finally managed to get my computer connected to my ISP under Linux (ubuntu) but despite a connection (dialup) I could not actually access any address on the net, with either direct IP address or domain name. Then after I installed FC3 I treid

Re: [SLUG] no XP boot with ubuntu, dialup weirdness

2004-12-09 Thread Jan Schmidt
quote who=Brad Kowalczyk Couple of questions: 1. I got my ubuntu cd's the the other day (BTW the live cd did not work for me, seemed to die at X startup, just a black screen) and promptly did an install onto a vacant partition on my HD. Everything ran smoothly, detected all my hardware and