[Moodle] wanted Ubuntu experts

[Arnott, Suzanne S]

OK... first things first :)
 
it's an R52 IBM notebook, bought back when I got my new LenovoR61
The R52 was "sanitised" and returned with windows XP on it. The XP version was not supported anymore, and at last word there is a new version being issued to techs for purchased notebooks - I wasn't the only one it didn't work for.
 
I downloaded and burned UBUNTU onto a CD using my new lenovo last Thursday, so it is the latest version 8.10, following all of the detailed instructions from the ubuntu site. It went on OK, and everything else is working. Windows XP is no longer on the notebook, but I will get it put back on if I have to next week.
The modem is pretty old, but it functions with my lenovo, and I did the cable check thing going from one to the other rebooting etc, as I know it can be dodgy sometimes. It does show all the wireless networks around the place (at home) so I may just have to get a wireless modem, which I was planning to do anyway.
It shows the connection as eth0, tries to connect and disconnects.
 
Donna, the timing is not good for me, as I have Miss 9's birthday on the weekend :)
 
Thanks everyone for the support, and I will have more of a play over the weekend :)
cheers
Suz

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From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Adam Barbary
Sent: Thu 19/02/2009 6:44 PM
To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Moodle] wanted Ubuntu experts



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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