[SLUG] Ubuntu

[Pete]

On Thursday 31 May 2007 15:14:30 Stephen O'Neill wrote:
> Pete wrote:
> > My problem has been with Debian and Ubuntu that Gnome
> > installations refuse to communicate with the network even though they are
> > installed with 'netinstall'.
>
> What do you mean by this? You specifically say Gnome which is what I'm
> looking to clarify as I thought it was the kernel that handled
> connecting to the network and Gnot Gnome?
So did I but it seems there is something about my setup that the Gnome version 
of Ubuntu - and Debian - is unable to resolve, since everything works ok with 
KDE and Xfce
> I suspose I'm interested to know what your symptoms are.
Email, web browser, apt, synaptic all come with a message similar to "Unable 
to access network" or "Network does not exist" or "URL does not exist". I 
have tried every trick I know and a few more that listers passed on to me but 
nothing seems to solve the problem. The whole thing was installed via 
internet with 'netinstall' using a D-Link modem router. Gnome Network Manager 
confirms my connection and assures me it is working, Ping finds everything I 
ask it to, /etc/resolv.conf appears to be ok. I gave up in the end. Gnome is 
not exactly my favourite desktop although I could get used to it.
> I had a bit of network fun last night. I edited my hosts file so that I
> could get sendmail running (it didn't like the address 'tl50' and wanted
>   a dotted name like 'tl50.localdomain'). Oddly after that DNS just
> seemed to magically stop working and I had to manually set the DNS
> servers in /etc/resolv.conf.
>
> Very odd.
>
> Steve O
Have not had any problems with Xubuntu, which is supposedly Ubuntu with the 
Xfce desktop which is clean, tidy and lightweight.


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Pete Redwood
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