Matt, I'm glad that it worked out for you. If you are interested, here is a great resource (one of many I'm sure) for Linux commands (this is associated with bash, but most of these commands will also work with other shells too): http://www.ss64.com/bash/
Cheers! - Darrin On 10/26/07, Matt Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Darrin, > > Well, I downloaded the regular Ubuntu Gutsy live CD, installed it clean and > tested it out - I don't think Compiz Fusion is terribly interesting, so I > reinstalled from the Ubutu Studio CD (clean install again) and tested with > just the laptop, then with the 22" widescreen attached. If I use the > 'intel' driver, it works great on the laptop screen, but doesn't allow me to > turn off the internal display when using the external monitor, this is the > same situation I had in Feisty, so I switched to i810 and put in a shell > script to set both modes, now the switch is transparent. > > Then I started tackling the wifi issue - The clean install works great, it's > after I connect and apply the current updates that it breaks down, so this > time while I was online, before applying any updates, I went out and got a > program called WICD and installed it. After I applied the updates, I tested > on reboots, etc and it's working fine. I was also able to install the > screens and graphics package, and that works too, although I won't be doing > much with it at this time, I'm hoping they come up with a new intel driver > that solves the rest of the video issues with Intel chipsets. > > Looks like everything is good right now, thanks for your help, I'm just not > familiar enough with all the Linux commands to be at the level I was at with > Windows. I've printed out a few manuals and I keep them handy when I start > crashing the system and X won't load. > > The good thing I've noticed about Gutsy is that it does seem to run cooler > on my Dual Core laptop, it used to get pretty hot under Feisty. > > Anyway, thanks for your help, I'll save those commands in case I get stuck > again. > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Darrin Goodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Ubuntu Studio Users Help and Discussion > <ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:04:22 PM > Subject: Re: ubuntu studio and ubuntu 7.10 > > Oops, I forgot to include starting up dhcp into the commands. Got > ahead of myself. Here it is again (also, this is assuming that your > wireless interface is ath0; it could easily be something else, like > ra0, or eth1. etc.... to see what your interface is, use iwconfig): > > $ sudo su > $ ifconfig ath0 up > $ dhclient ath0 > $ iwconfig ath0 essid yourRouterNameHere key routerWepKey > > Also, in place of the second and third line, you could instead use: > $ ifdown ath0 && ifup ath0 > This will bring down your wireless interface, bring it back up, and > will start dhcp. > > If the Network Manager is not cutting it for you, try out Wifi Radar; > it can be installed with Synaptic. > http://wifi-radar.systemimager.org/ > > Good luck! > > - Darrin > > > > > On 10/24/07, Matt Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Darrin, > > > > Thanks for the info, I'll give this a try. My issue was that I could see > > the network, but was unable to connect beyond just to the local access > > point. I use the internet from wifi hotspots, so typically I connect to a > > webpage, log in, and then that grants me access to the outside world. > > > > I was getting the local login prompt, but after putting in my info, I > never > > got the response back. I've seen the same problem reported on the forums, > > but I didn't see anyone post a clear fix or workaround. I did see one > > person suggest removing network manager and using a different tool - so > I'm > > also going to get the details on that and give Gutsy one more try. > > > > > > > > Darrin Goodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some of you have mentioned wifi issues with Gutsy. When I upgraded to > > 7.10, when I added the Network Manager to my top panel, I noticed that > > it did not give me any wireless options, which means that I was not > > able to use the gui in order to connect to a wireless network. Not > > sure why this was the case since I am assuming that things generally > > only get better with upgrades, rather than digress. I was able to > > manually connect to wifi with the following: > > $ sudo su > > $ ifconfig ath0 up > > $ iwconfig ath0 essid yourRouterNameHere key routerWepKey > > > > However, now my Network Manager seems to be properly displaying my > > wifi networks and allows me to connect/disconnect to/from them as > > needed. The only thing that I changed was that I installed wifiradar, > > although I have not used it yet. Perhaps there was an update that was > > pushed out that solved the Network-Manager issue. > > > > For those of you who stated that you cannot connect to wifi, I wonder > > if you mean that your Network Manager is not working properly, or if > > you cannot manually connect to wifi using the commands that I listed > > above? > > > > - Darrin > > > > On 10/24/07, Pietro Bergamo wrote: > > > > > > Thank you for the hints. > > > Best regards, > > > Pietro > > > > > > Abra sua conta no Yahoo! 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