kmc77

Gave it a shot in Jan., and couldn't find anyone to play with. Guess it's running well now and gaining populairty. Probably should give it another go.

No problem. Being a noob of 1yr like myself, you tend to find a lot of shortcuts while fixing things you screw up. :D

Anyway, glad you got it working. And welcome aboard.

*EDIT* You might want to go ahead and mark this one as SOLVED

The gurus here can tell you if that's a good idea or not. I did that with Mdk 9.1, when I had just started using Linux, so It may not have been a good thing. Essentially I acted like I was repairing an install and let it go thru the setup again.

I've had other connectivity problems since then, but normaly figure out how to fix after a couple of days, at the most.

Easy fix for what you're trying to do. Go to console and su/password then type "nautilus" or whatever file manager you want to use. That way you can point, click and edit what ever. You can figure out the rest from there. No need to actually log in as root.

Check your BIOS setup. I had to turn off the option allowing BIOS to detect accessories (USB) and turn on the option allowing OS to detect accessories. Untill I did that, the same thing kept happening to me.

Don't give up yet. I had a similar problem when I first started using Mdk. One thing I forgot to mention, make sure your firewall is turned off while you're doing all this. The first time I set my eth0 up wrong, shorewall raised a monster of a wall and blocked everything. So it actually took me a few days to realize that I had actually set the connection up right the second time, but the firewall was the thing causing the problem now. Of course this was all in Mdk 9.2, so that firewall thing may not be a problem anymore, but, in my experience, it has been best to turn the thing off anyway while I'm working on the network.

Everything you've told us about your equip, ISP and setup leads me to believe that it should be a prety standard set up. Turn off that firewall and try deleating your current eth0 connection and creating a new one again (LAN connection with DHCP - Name your box) I know it's not necessary to reset your computer, but being a noob myself, it makes me feel a little bit better. Anyway, see if that does something, then post back.

Also, once I went as far as using the install disk, and letting it set up the connection for me. I don't think that'll be necessary, but it's always an option.

Ok, just to straighten this out in my head. You have a cable modem, that is run thru a router, to the ethernet card in your computer?

Couple of questions. Static or Dynamic IP address? Wireless router, LAN or Combo? Is your ethernet card onboard the mobo or PCI?

First thing you want to do is set the Internet connection up as LAN connection and not Cable. If it's not working after that, then post the answers to the above questions, and we'll work from there.

Problem resolved. Still not sure what the problem was, but I had my ISP switch me to a static IP address and I ran it thru a wireless router. Everything is working now. Oh well, I was needing to hook that router up anyway :D .

Did you get the FTP set up? I'm back online now, so if you're still having trouble, I'd be happy to help.

Yeah, maybe. But this ISP is one of the few that I've seen that list Linux distros as "prefered" and "supported" OS. I'll see if their tech support can shed some light on this for me also.

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Sorry, I'm out of commission for a little while. See this thread

I've been using Ubuntu for a couple of months now, and have had no problems. No seriously - No problems, that is....... untill Wednesday. I came home from work and had no internet connection. So I called ISP and they said, "It's probably because we're upgrading your area. It'll be done in about 16 hours." So I waited untill last night, and still had no connection. I checked my network setup, and everything looked good. DHCP connection was picking up the correct IP (I verified this with my ISP's tech. sup. guy.) Tech renewed IP, and I took eth0 up and down several times with no luck. My computer says I'm connected. gkrellm module shows eth0 activity (both up and down), but every time I try to use any app that requires a connection (web browser, email, online games, IM) I get a no connection available error. Any body have any Idea what's going on?

It seems almost like I have a monster firewall in place, but my understanding is that Ubuntu does not come with a firewall, and I haven't downloaded one. Am I wrong about this? Please help. I'm supposed to be switching over to a static IP today, but I don't want to screw with it if this problem is still going on.

Oh yeah. One other thing. I booted to live cd (GNOPPIX) and had same problem. I noticed that while it detected and setup my network options correctly, it said something to the effect of " while your network has been set up correctly, your computer does not know how to communicate with other computers" Something about the Host name, I think. This may not mean anything. I have my computer host name as kevins.linux.box.com, and this has never been a problem before.

Anyway, please help if you can

Sorry, I still haven't posted my configuration. Got home last night and had no internet access. Called em this morning and they said that they were upgrading the service in our area. Hopefully I'll be able to get on tonight. Sorry again.

As far as the webmin module: Are you very familiar with webmin? If not, the first thing you need to do is open a web browser and type in the address bar "localhost:10000". Sometimes it'll give you a link, sometimes it goes straight thru. You'll need to log in as root.

Once you're in, on the main menu, you'll see an option to add add'l webmin modules. Just point it to where you saved the vsftpd module, and it'll set it up for you.

I'll check my connection when I get home and post that config output.

I'd be happy to post it, although it might be a few hours. I'm still at work and chained to my Win Lappy right now, and I'll be heading over to teach my youth group after I leave here.

Yeah, you'll have to set the users up using userdrake (in mdk - My FTP box is currently running Ubuntu). Make the FTP users members of their own group (this makes it easier to track who has what permissions). Proftpd is the same. If you use the GUI it creates the users and puts them in the FTP group for you.

Oh yeah, strike what I said about the webmin module for vftpd being useless. If you choose vftpd, get the module. I can't remember what it was, at the momemt, but I do remember that there was one option that I couldn't for the life of me, figure out how to change, but was able to with webmin. I'm sure I'll remember what it was later.

I've used both. Currently, I'm using vsftpd. It seems to be more secure and faster. The down side - No GUI. Webmin's module for vsftpd is bare bones, and not that usefull. But once you read the man, vsftpd is quite easy to run thru the configuration files.

Proftpd was packed with options (Therefore a little slower and less secure - but only slightly noticeable on my box), and has an excellent GUI (gproftpd - I use Gnome, don't know if it has any issues in KDE) that is easy to use.

I personaly prefer vsftpd, but both are good. I'm sure other members could suggest diffrent server apps.

Yes, it's possible. I'm not real familiar with the terminal setup of proftpd, but if you Install gproftpd (GUI) it's quite easy. The way I have mine set up, - two buddies overseas have access. The first can only upload and download from /home/kevin/duke/damond, but the second can access /home/kevin/duke and everything down the tree from there.

Never tried messing with Proftpd thru Webmin, so I'll be no help there.

I know that this is after the fact now, but when I had a dlink router, the only way for me to get a connection was to change the settings on the router from a 100mbps to 10mbps setup. Not that It matters anymore

Evidently, from reading many posts, this is where I went wrong. I was not supposed to extract the ISO's, I was supposed to burn the ISO's to CD's as image files. Do I understand that correctly?

You are correct here.

This is not something XP can do supposedly. I need Nero or some other burning software that can do such a thing. I found a link to a free Windows XP burner that someone had used with success, but I have not yet had a chace to try it so I am writing this post to make sure I understand.

I would reccomend downloading a program called Alcohol 120%. The download is a 30 day trial, but it is the full version. The reason I reccomend this one is that it supports overburning. In my experience, the Mandrake ISOs appear as more than 700M in size when viewed in windows.

Excellent info. Thanks bvc.

i had this problem as well - it still confused me.

In the end i gave up and used OSS emulation. Sometime afterwards i changed back to alsa and it works again. huh.gif

That's what I ended up doing. Thanks fissy

Ok this may sound a little silly (remember I'm only 11 months new to Linux and MDK has been my only experience), but are deb packages the only thing I can install in Ubuntu or can I still use Tar and RPMs?

You are using linux, where usb sucks? 04.gif

Well...yeah, but my cdrom, dvdrom and floppy drive are IDE. I ended up throwing the install disk back in and leting it detect all of my hardware then cancelling the install. When I rebooted, everything was back. So I guess this is resolved, kind of. Still don't know what caused it tho.

Hey bvc, maybe you can help me with this problem.

It would be greatly appreciated

Using Ubuntu

I just turned on my usb HD and noticed that It didn't mount. so I tried my dvd rom and my floppy. Nothing. For some reason, nothing is mounting.

So I open fstab to see what It looks like

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda1       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hdc        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0
/dev/hdd        /media/cdrom1   udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0

What's going on?

I have noticed that I've gotten this error a few times while trying to install all of my apps into Ubuntu.

root@kevins:/home/kevin # /home/kevin/downloaded/et-linux-2.56-2.x86.run 
bash: /home/kevin/downloaded/et-linux-2.56-2.x86.run: Permission denied

This example is from an attempted Enemy Territory install, but it happens with other apps also. Gproftpd for example.

Not sure what the problem is, as i am using root terminal.

Can any of you Ubuntu users out there give me a hand?

You can ask as many questions about Ubuntu as you like - as long as it's in Other Linux Distributions.

Yeah, I was considering puting this question in other distros, but since the question itself had nothing to do with Ubuntu and because Mplayer/ALSA aren't distro specific, I thought it would go best in software. But if this needs to be moved feel free.