[LinuxUsers] getting less happy w/ubuntu

[Joel Witherspoon]

Jeff. What are the specs on your rig? & What ver. of Ubuntu?

I want to see if I can duplicate your   issue.

On 2/16/09, Jeff Lasman <jplists at nobaloney.net> wrote:
> I'm getting less happy with ubuntu.
>
> First of all: When the alternate CD install finally finished the network
> wouldn't start; the little icon kept coming up in the upper right
> corner of the screen, but it wouldn't start.  No route.  No ip# in
> ifconfig output.  I found the network config script (it's not where
> RedHat-style distributions put it <wry grin>), and edited it to remove
> the "#" mark the install had put in front of the line setting it up for
> DHCP.  Then I restarted the network and it still didn't work.
>
> I tried a manual route command; it still didn't work <frown>.
>
> Finally I rebooted and then it worked <frown, again>.  The
> broken-network icon doesn't show up anymore, which probably means
> everything's okay.  I was able to get out through the network.
>
> So then I ran the updates the system was telling me I need to do.
>
> After that it told me to reboot (shades of Microsoft), so I did.
>
> Now the little broken network icon comes up again and when I hover the
> mouse over it, it tells me the network isn't managed. Whatever that
> means.
>
> It works; I can reach sites on the 'net.  But I can't manage it?
>
> Twice the system has locked X while logging in.  It still has the beige
> screen when it happens; it's before it loads the desktop wallpaper.
>
> Ctrl-alt-backspace doesn't work.  Ctrl-alt-1 doesn't shift me to a text
> window... the computer reset button doesn't work, but the soft-power
> off switch does.
>
> More later.
>
> Jeff
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