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    [KUBUNTU 8.10] Network problem - no network!

    Hi all,

    I'm new of this release of kubuntu and since I love this ditrubution I would like to try it.
    But, there is a problem
    In live and also after the installation, the network doesn't work (ETH0 and WIFI).
    I think is a driver problem...but the hardware was found!
    My pc is a TOSHIBA Satellite pro A300.
    Can someone help me to understand the problem?

    Thank you
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    Re: [KUBUNTU 8.10] Network problem - no network!

    Well that depends.... are you trying to use a static ip address? If so knetworkmanager is broken in this release. Only solution i see is to use dhcp and its solved.
    I wonder why Kubuntu is the only current distro that seems to have this problem and why it hasnt been fixed by now....
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      Re: [KUBUNTU 8.10] Network problem - no network!

      Kubuntu is not the only one with this problem
      Ubuntu has this as well.

      I did an update to upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10.
      from what I've been reading, 8.10 copies over the network info from 8.04 but does not impliment it like 8.04.
      After playing around with my network interfaces, I went into the File System under /etc/network and renamed interfaces to interfaces.OLD (under SUDO thunar).

      Rebooted the computer, and was greeted with a connection, via Auto eth0.
      I went to edit my connections to add eth0, input all my static information, including DNS and saved/exited.
      Right clicked on the icon, selected eth0, and 30 seconds later was running with a static IP.

      Not sure what has changed, but in looking at the /etc/network file, there is no longer an active interfaces file, which means the information for the network connection is stored elsewhere.

      Hope this helps everyone here running Kubuntu.
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        Re: [KUBUNTU 8.10] Network problem - no network!

        I am unable to rename the interfaces file. The rename option is disabled when i right click on the file. I cannot even change permissions. I am the sole user on kubuntu, so i must have administrator permissions. What should i do?
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          #5
          Re: [KUBUNTU 8.10] Network problem - no network!

          Try
          Code:
          sudo dhclient eth0
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            Re: [KUBUNTU 8.10] Network problem - no network!

            Originally posted by TransitMan
            Kubuntu is not the only one with this problem
            Ubuntu has this as well.

            I did an update to upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10.
            from what I've been reading, 8.10 copies over the network info from 8.04 but does not impliment it like 8.04.
            After playing around with my network interfaces, I went into the File System under /etc/network and renamed interfaces to interfaces.OLD (under SUDO thunar).

            Rebooted the computer, and was greeted with a connection, via Auto eth0.
            I went to edit my connections to add eth0, input all my static information, including DNS and saved/exited.
            Right clicked on the icon, selected eth0, and 30 seconds later was running with a static IP.

            Not sure what has changed, but in looking at the /etc/network file, there is no longer an active interfaces file, which means the information for the network connection is stored elsewhere.

            Hope this helps everyone here running Kubuntu.

            Thats strange because my ubuntu install didnt see this issue at all. In fact when i entered my information for static ip all I had to do was make sure that networking was diabled before i entered my info.
            Opensuse, Mandriva, Mint, and Fedora dont have these problems or at least from my experiences. I dont know why Kubuntu is the only one giving me fits.
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              Re: [KUBUNTU 8.10] Network problem - no network!

              I tried "sudo dhclient eth0" in terminal and this is what happened....
              [img width=400 height=322]http://www.snapgalaxy.com/3479/223a95a789aed22b127f0dd9d5d7e538_m.jpg[/img]
              after which i tried renaming interfaces file, but still couldnt. What next?
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                Re: [KUBUNTU 8.10] Network problem - no network!

                When you tried to rename /etc/network/interfaces, were you using SUDO?

                How I renamed the file was opened sudo > konqueror enter password, browsed to the file, right clicked on the file and then clicked on RENAME to interfaces.OLD saved and close Konqueror.

                Restarted the system and then when the network icon came up, input the information I wanted, and I was off to the races.

                You may also want to edit /etc/hosts as I did with the following:
                Code:
                127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 localhost
192.168.x.x localhost

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
                The third string of IP numbers is what I wanted as the static IP address for the computer.
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