[Klug-general] Baffled by Kubuntu networking

[Michael E. Rentell]

Graham Todd wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:02:50 +0000
> Mike Rentell <michael.rentell at ntlworld.com> uttered these words:
>
>   
>> Please understand that I need to be led by the hand through Kubuntu. 
>> Short sharp words like 'Just grummit oogle.conf' ain't gonna work
>> -sorry.
>>
>> Anyone wanna volunteer?  I will try. There must be a reason for this 
>> Ubuntu mania.
>> MikeR
>>     
> [snipped]
>
> The problem that you describe first appeared in the versions of Kubuntu
> for the early KDE 4.2.x and subsequently (which were *very* unstable),
> but its now been found to be due to a bug in Kubuntu rather than KDE
> that affects wireless networking.
>
> Its been solved (apparently) in the repositories so my advice would be
> to get a wired networking cable and fix it on your router and your
> computer and try to connect.  If you cannot connect, you've possibly
> got a defective disk caused by a bad burn that's causing the problem;
> if that is the case, I suggest you ask for a free disk from Kubuntu.
>
> Once you have connection, then you can download the latest version of
> Kubuntu via the repositories and your problem will most likely be
> solved.
>
> Because you can download any desktop you wish in the family of Ubuntu,
> you might be better off getting the latest version of Ubuntu and adding
> KDE to it via the command (in a terminal):
>
> sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop
>
> but there are a couple of distros forked from the Ubuntu project, which
> might make the whole process easier: Super OS which you can download
> from:
>
> http://hacktolive.org/blog/2009/super-os-9-10-out/
>
> or "Ultimate Edition" from:
>
> http://ultimateedition.info/
>
> Both default to Gnome but both have a more solid base system that will
> make installing the KDE desktop even easier.
>
> HTH
>
>   
All good advice gratefully received. I was using a wired router. I only 
use the wireless part for the laptop.

The problem with both Ubuntu and Kubuntu is that I can see no simple gui 
way of setting up NFS. There doesn't seem to be a tool to identify the 
nfs servers on the network and to mount them to files on the main PC.
That and no way of using my scanner.
Until these things are solved simply I think I will be giving ubuntu and 
kubuntu a miss.
MikeR