[Moodle] wanted Ubuntu experts

[Adam Barbary]

Hi Suz,

First things first, which model laptop do you have, and which version  
of Ubuntu are you using? Where possible use the live version to check  
that everything is working first, then install. The current version of  
Ubuntu is 8.10, although there have been at least two kernel updates  
since then, and there is a new version 9.04 due sometime next month.  
Generally ethernet works out of the box, but wireless and USB modems  
can be a bit of a pain if the manufacturer does not supply  
specifications of even drivers themselves. As a student of networking,  
I would also suggest you start at layer 1 for your issue and make sure  
that the cables are connected, not faulty and are appropriate (cross  
over vs straight through)/

Good luck.

Adam


On 19/02/2009, at 3:02 PM, Arnott, Suzanne S wrote:

> Hi all...
> well I bought back my notebook, so hubby had something to play on  
> too :)  When XP failed to work, I thought I was very clever in  
> installing UBUNTU... set up well, all good...
> went to connect to the internet via LAN - nothing... I think I have  
> checked out every help forum to no avail.  I have typed code into  
> the terminal thingy, and checked admin, system, etc...
>
> I can't even boot my mobile broadband USB on it. It won't run it. I  
> was looking forward to having at least one microsoft free puter in  
> the house...but if I can't connect to the internet it's not much  
> use...
>
> any thoughts?
> cheers
> Suz
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