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Morning,
OK, answer me this...
I shut down the system so I didn't throw it and went to bed.
Woke up, coffee, smoke.
While I was sleeping, downloaded fedora KDE and Slackware ISO's.
Burning ISO,...

well,,, eth1 (onboard) with static ip set in NetworkManager still has NOTHING assigned when I do ifconfig -a

-and
'rename2' is still there

-and NetworkManager says there is only one...

Question, anyone:

sudo lshw says that network: 0 is my onboard which NetworkManager and ifconfig say is eth1
-and
network: 1 the add-on nic is an intel and is Disabled??? by What?
'the lights...

NOPE...
Everything looked fine, acted fine, but...
After reboot I have NOTHING.
i get 'Waiting for network configuration' then again 'waiting up to 60 secs more...'
-ifconfig -a |more
eth1 No...

just an fyi for those, who like me were ready to throw the system in the street.
I've tried to configure my eth1 (eth0 not used, embedded on motherboard) using, well, what would seem to make sense,...

OK, thanks.
I used the console get commands you shared with me and all seems installed.
I ran the system> update> check and there is nothing needed..

Thanks Again,
Landis.

thank you Dennis N.

the console thing seems to be the best and in most cases, the only way to do it.
Landis.

MG&TL - thank you... Is there anything that can be done, administratively from a gnome desktop? Not being able to 'login as root' makes the GUI Useless for anything besides web browsing, listening to...

I am new or re-new to gnome and ubuntu.
been a Novell, Mandrake, SuSE, openSuSE (KDE) user since NetWare 286... : )

the 'update manager' has me ready to throw this system in the street.
the UM...

Yes, I figured a permissions issue, but being that ubuntu and gnome have NO root account to login to how to change it..

ubuntu and gnome are too simplistic.
They must be for user desktops that...

thanks, but I said it is Italicized and will NOT let me 'enable' it.
It does Nothing when I click on it..

Landis

Hello,
In System Settings>Keyboard>Shortcuts>System I am unable to enable the 'Show the run command prompt' . It is Disabled , But,, unlike the 'switch to desktop 1' option that i was able to click...

Yesterday I was a bit,,, mean. I loaded 11.10 and as a user of SuSE since the beginning, was not prepared for the Huge difference in one, gnome and two, 'the latest' rendition of it, ubuntu 11.10.. ...

logout and click the 'gear' and choose another version .. ?

Landis.

thank you.
Landis

sounds like your 'isp' is throttling (choking, restricting) your (the) bandwidth and their 'network engineers' Don't know what they are doing.. Or they don't care that your connection to bandwidth...

Hello,
New to ubuntu, but have many openSuSE workstations..
I want to replace openSuSE with something so i've narrowed it down to ubuntu (brother-in-law works for Dell and they use it.. ) and...

First, let me say thanks. I find more help here and at SuSE (sorry, I do use it) than I have Every gotten at KDE.. They can't take 'negative comments' and kick me, often. LOL

In my experience,...

Thanks

Landis

A huge Thank you (Спасибо) for a little, simple and clear HowTo,
Ландис (Landis)

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BUT.....
the restart command did not work in ubuntu 9.10...
I found that there is by default an...

Спасибо, (Thank You)
Landis.