[Moodle] wanted Ubuntu experts

[Rob Rankin]

Must add my thanks (indirectly) to Donna and the other members of LUV who
provided great support to myself and other beginners last Saturday.

Highly recommend future/other LUV meetings for folk at all levels.

Cheers,
Rob

>
> 2009/2/19 Donna Benjamin <donna at cc.com.au <mailto:donna at cc.com.au>>
>
>     Linux Users of Victoria is holding a beginners workshop this weekend.
>     There should be linux gurus a plenty in attendance if you want to come
>     along and get specific hands on help with some of these issues, along
>     with pointers on how to DIY and find the right info when you need it.
>
>     http://luv.asn.au/2009/02/workshop
>
>     You're all welcome :) Pete and I will be there!
>
>     - Donna
>
>     On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 18:44 +1100, Adam Barbary wrote:
>     > 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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