3 problems

[oldgeek]

In general I like Kubuntu 10.04, but I have 3 persistent problems:
1) Knetwork is a little unreliable. I had to set up another connection directly to my IP address since the Auto one doesn't connect. I have to do this manually (no big problem) but sometimes the program crashes, and I have to reload the program and try again. I tried to send a crash report, but was told I didn't supply enough data so that ended that.
2) Google Earth works fine except for the text boxes which are opague with a white background; as the font color is white, all you see are white rectangles. I can't figure out how to make the text boxes transparent so the white print can be seen.
3) Sometimes the Adobe Flash Player crashes on both Firefox and Chrome.

Any suggestions?

[GreyGeek]

Re: 3 problems

In general I like Kubuntu 10.04, but I have 3 persistent problems:
1) Knetwork is a little unreliable. I had to set up another connection directly to my IP address since the Auto one doesn't connect. I have to do this manually (no big problem) but sometimes the program crashes, and I have to reload the program and try again. I tried to send a crash report, but was told I didn't supply enough data so that ended that.

FIRST, install ALL of the files with "wicd" in their name. Should be about five of them.

THEN, completely remove the following packages:

modemmanager
network-manager
network-manager-openconnect
network-manager-openvpn
network-manager-pptp
network-manager-vpnc
knm-runtime
network-manager-kde
plasma-widget-networkmanagement


then reboot. When you come up configure your wireless connection.

2) Google Earth works fine except for the text boxes which are opague with a white background; as the font color is white, all you see are white rectangles. I can't figure out how to make the text boxes transparent so the white print can be seen.

http://www.google.com/support/forum/...b7b42a9a&hl=en

My qt.conf file under googleearth has:

[PATHS]
Documentation=/usr/share/doc
Libraries=/usr/lib32
Plugins=/usr/lib32/qt4/plugins
Translations=/usr/share/qt4/translations

If yours just has "[PATHS]" then you could add something similar to mine but based on your architecture.

Another possibility is to make sure you have mscorettfonts installed.

3) Sometimes the Adobe Flash Player crashes on both Firefox and Chrome.
Any suggestions?

I'm using the 64bit player. That only happens to my FF (I don't use Chrome) when I try to load a page that has several videos on it, like the BP Oil page showing the video feeds from the rovers. Don't know what we can do about it. Perhaps a reinstall? Using gnash may not be any better,or even worse.

[kapil]

Re: 3 problems

FIRST, install ALL of the files with "wicd" in their name. Should be about five of them.

THEN, completely remove the following packages:

modemmanager
network-manager
network-manager-openconnect
network-manager-openvpn
network-manager-pptp
network-manager-vpnc
knm-runtime
network-manager-kde
plasma-widget-networkmanagement


then reboot. When you come up configure your wireless connection.

@GreyGeek: i had to do same thing in 10.04.
but yesterday i reinstall 10.04.1 on my complete hard disk. i just had to remove network manager completely using synaptics. and the problem of "bad password" was gone. i guess wicd fixed it

[GreyGeek]

Re: 3 problems

KNM and wicd cannot exist in your installation at the same time and have your wireless work. It appears that certain files in knm interfere with wicd's authorization process. It used to be that when you installed wicd from the repository it would also remove knetworkmanager and all of its associated files. Since near the end of Karmic adding wicd DIDN'T automatically remove knm. Simply uninstalling KNetWorkManager does not, unfortunately, remove all of its associated files.

So, one must install wicd first, while using the knm connection, then uninstall ALL the knm files, dependencies, and recommended files. That breaks your wireless connection. You must reconfigure your connection using wicd. Then it will connect because knm files are not there to interfere.

[jchammin]

Re: 3 problems

FIRST, install ALL of the files with "wicd" in their name. Should be about five of them.

THEN, completely remove the following packages:

modemmanager
network-manager
network-manager-openconnect
network-manager-openvpn
network-manager-pptp
network-manager-vpnc
knm-runtime
network-manager-kde
plasma-widget-networkmanagement


then reboot. When you come up configure your wireless connection.

Just wanted to thank you for this very helpful bit of info. I've been away from linux a few years because I couldn't get the wireless to work at all. Tonight I finally got the adapter to "see" the networks around me, WOOHOO!, but then almost fell back into winbloze depression with the "Bad Password" message. The above quoted info has made it possible for me to renew my interest in the free world of linux I started to explore over a decade ago playing with raw debian. Now I can spend more countless hours searching the forum for answers to other mind-bending puzzles.

Tnx again GreyGeek.