Wifi connection

[jic2000]

Hoping somebody can help here...
I'm so sick of Windows, so I got Kubuntu up and running; the sad part is, it can't find any wifi connections in my house. I don't have any passwords, proxy servers, whatever; Windows connects just fine. Everything I can find says Kubuntu connects automatically, but I can't find any help for my problem!
Thanks ahead of time!

[askrieger]

Re: Wifi connection

To get a start, take a look at this wiki page (mostly Ubuntu- Gnome): https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WirelessNetworking and this one (command line tools): https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WirelessTroubleshootingGuide I found these by going to the Ubuntu Wiki home page and searching for titles with the word wireless.

[jic2000]

Re: Wifi connection

Thanks, I'll try that.
Another problem I'm having is with screen resolution - it's stuck at 800 x 600, when my monitor is capable of much more. I tried editing the etc/x11/xorg.cfg file like other topics said to, but there are other resolutions in there already, and I can't save because it says it's a read-only file.

[askrieger]

Re: Wifi connection

It's not a read only file. /etc/X11/xorg.conf just requires administrative privileges to change it, because a mistake can really mess up your system.

To edit the file from a konsole (K>System>konsole), enter "sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf". Enter your password when asked. To edit it in a graphical editor, right click on the desktop, click on "run command", then enter "kdesu kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf", and enter your password when asked.

Two things to remember, (1)Backup the file first, from the konsole:

cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak

(2) Get the maximum and minimum values of the Horizontal Sync Rate for your monitor before you start.

[jic2000]

Re: Wifi connection

Thanks, but it's not the file causing the problem - there are four different resolutions in there, all of which my monitor supports in XP, but the settings screen will only let me choose 800 x 600.