Hi Thomas, I was getting a bit fed up of waiting for 4 days for the phone company to come and sort my connection out. I had to keep going to an internet cafe - a real bind.
So, I have taken drastic steps. I only had Ubuntu installed before but have decided that I don't know what to do when things go wrong; so have installed Vista with a view to doing a complete install of Hardy in the near future. I think that at least when things are not quite right I have Vista to fall back on - until I feel more confident with Ubuntu - Anyway - just bought the big thick book called 'A practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux' by Mark G. Sobell. I still want to use Ubuntu as I think it's the way forward but have to learn about it in slow time. So, for the time being I would like to say thanks for all your help and this bug can presumably be closed down - certainly from me anyway. Thank you once again fro your patience. Andrew 2008/6/5 Thomas K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Andrew > > Sorry to hear about the politics--hope we can get the computer working at > least! > > OK, network manager should look a bit like this: > http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/images/wireless-at-tealuxe.png > > Click on the icon to get the menu. I think you may have to have your wired > connection unplugged for the wireless to show up, but then you should just > be able to select the right wireless network. If you have security, it will > ask you for a password, and then (assuming the wireless has DHCP too, and > they generally do) it should just work. > > Thomas > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Andrew Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi Thomas, > > > > Thanks for the reply. I tried to respond yesterday but for some reason > > Thailand has it's outage or something; I'm sending this from an internet > > cafe. The local papers are accusing the government of spying on us all - > > hence the slow or non-existent service. > > > > Anyway back to business. Please bear with me as I really don't know what > > I'm doing. I downloaded the files via Synaptic - should I do something > > else > > before trying to input the relevant details in Network Manager? My wired > > connection works on an automatic setting (DHCP). Could you possibly give > > me > > some guidance on what to do; or perhaps point me to someone or some place > > that can. > > > > Many thanks > > > > Andrew > > > > > > On 31/05/2008, Thomas K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Andrew > > > > > > I'm on KDE, so I don't know exactly what it will look like, but I would > > > expect there is a little icon for network manager in the system tray. > On > > > KDE, right-clicking on that will bring up a menu from which you can > > > select a wireless network connection (so long as the interface is > > > working). > > > > > > Thomas > > > > > > -- > > > Wireless intenet connection settings lost on upgrade > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234941 > > > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > > > of the bug. > > > > > > > > > ** Attachment added: "unnamed" > > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14986959/unnamed > > > > -- > > Wireless intenet connection settings lost on upgrade > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234941 > > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > > of the bug. > > > > > ** Attachment added: "unnamed" > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15021470/unnamed > > -- > Wireless intenet connection settings lost on upgrade > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234941 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > ** Attachment added: "unnamed" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15123121/unnamed -- Wireless intenet connection settings lost on upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234941 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
