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**ukchucktown** · Sep 02, 2009, 02:59 PM

Re: Problem with New Wired Connection

That file is owned by root. You can't edit the file with your user account without sudo. From a terminal,

1. sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces (enter your password at the prompt)
2. edit the file per my previous post
3. to save the file press ctrl-o
4. to exit press ctrl-x
5. sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

If you prefer to use Kate, then follow Detonate's instructions to edit the file: kdesudo kate /etc/network/interfaces.

After making the changes you need to restart the networking service. That's the command "sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart" in step 5.

Cheers, UK

**electrokuber** · Sep 02, 2009, 03:23 PM

Re: Problem with New Wired Connection

Here it is:

Code:

electro@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 9.04 _Jaunty Jackalope_ - Release i386 (20090420.1)]/ jaunty main restricted                                
# See [url]http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes[/url] for how to upgrade to    
# newer versions of the distribution.                      

deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty main restricted
deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.                        
deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-updates main restricted
deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any 
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.            
deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty universe          
deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty universe        
deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-updates universe      
deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-updates universe    

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in   
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu    
## security team.                              
deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty multiverse         
deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty multiverse       
deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-updates multiverse     
deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-backports main restricteduniverse multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb [url]http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu[/url] jaunty partner
# deb-src [url]http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu[/url] jaunty partner

deb [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] jaunty-security main restricted
deb-src [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] jaunty-security main restricted
deb [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] jaunty-security universe
deb-src [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] jaunty-security universe
deb [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] jaunty-security multiverse
deb-src [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] jaunty-security multiverse
deb [url]http://apt.wicd.net[/url] jaunty extras

I changed the file intefaces like you said successfully.

**ukchucktown** · Sep 02, 2009, 03:46 PM

Re: Problem with New Wired Connection

You made the edit to the interfaces file, did you restart the networking service and test it? Your sources.list file looks a little different from mine. I removed my optional repositories to only show the main stuff.

Code:

## Jaunty main repositories
deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty main universe restricted multiverse
deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty main universe restricted multiverse #Added by software-properties

## Jaunty update repositories
deb [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-security universe main multiverse restricted
deb-src [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-security universe main multiverse restricted
deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-updates universe main multiverse restricted
deb-src [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-updates universe main multiverse restricted
deb [url]http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu[/url] jaunty main

**electrokuber** · Sep 02, 2009, 03:49 PM

Re: Problem with New Wired Connection

Yes, and its not working.

**Detonate** · Sep 02, 2009, 03:55 PM

Re: Problem with New Wired Connection

If you want to install wicd, you need to edit your sources file and remove the "#" sign from every line that begins with "deb" except the very first one that begins with "deb cdrom". You can do this by editing the file as sudo with

Code:

kdesudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list

edit and save the file.

Then run

Code:

sudo apt-get update

then

Code:

sudo apt-get install wicd

**ukchucktown** · Sep 02, 2009, 04:02 PM

Re: Problem with New Wired Connection

I'm confused, if the network is not up on his machine then "sudo apt-get update" is not going to work. Post contents of your interfaces file and ifconfig -a in addition to making the changes to your sources.list file. I want to make sure you entered the data correctly.

Do you receive an address dynamically from your ISP or a static address?

**electrokuber** · Sep 02, 2009, 04:15 PM

Re: Problem with New Wired Connection

Yes, its not working.

Code:

electro@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update      
Err [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] jaunty Release.gpg
 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'    
Err [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] jaunty/main Translation-en_US
 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'          
Err [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] jaunty/restricted Translation-en_US
 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'             
Err [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] jaunty/universe Translation-en_US 
 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'             
Err [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] jaunty/multiverse Translation-en_US
 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'             
Err [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] jaunty-updates Release.gpg     
 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'             
Err [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] jaunty-updates/main Translation-en_US
 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'              
Err [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] jaunty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'                 
Err [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] jaunty-updates/universe Translation-en_US 
 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'                 
Err [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] jaunty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'                 
Err [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] jaunty-backports Release.gpg        
 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'                 
Err [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] jaunty-backports/main Translation-en_US  
 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'                 
Err [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] jaunty-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'                  
Err [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] jaunty-backports/universe Translation-en_US 
 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'                  
Err [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] jaunty-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'                  
                     
Reading package lists... Done                         
W: Failed to fetch [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/Release.gpg[/url] Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'                   

W: Failed to fetch [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2[/url] Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'         

W: Failed to fetch [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2[/url] Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'      

...

W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

and so on... :S

I use static address.

**Detonate** · Sep 02, 2009, 04:18 PM

Re: Problem with New Wired Connection

Originally posted by ukchucktown

I'm confused, if the network is not up on his machine then "sudo apt-get update" is not going to work.

OK, I had a "Duh" moment. Yes we must get a connection working first.

**ukchucktown** · Sep 02, 2009, 04:25 PM

Re: Problem with New Wired Connection

A static address is totally different from dhcp. That takes a bit more configuration. Your interfaces file will need to look something like the following...

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address <ip address>
netmask <netmask>

You will also need to configure your DNS.

**electrokuber** · Sep 02, 2009, 04:30 PM

Re: Problem with New Wired Connection

Ok, I'll do that now, just to ask how to configure DNS?
I dont have network manager installed.

**Detonate** · Sep 02, 2009, 04:34 PM

Re: Problem with New Wired Connection

If you follow the instructions in my howto here it should work.

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3100052.0

**ukchucktown** · Sep 02, 2009, 04:35 PM

Re: Problem with New Wired Connection

That requires changes to /etc/resolv.conf. Also add gateway <gateway> to the eth0 stanza you create in the interfaces file. Try adding the following two lines to /etc/resolv.conf. Remember all these files are owned by root so you need sudo or kdesudo when launching the editor.

nameserver <primary dns ip>
nameserver <secondary dns ip>

**electrokuber** · Sep 02, 2009, 04:50 PM

Re: Problem with New Wired Connection

Finally, I'm writing on Kubuntu.

I read that HowTo before, but I understand the steps now.
Thank you guys a lot, its working just fine!

**Snowhog** · Sep 02, 2009, 07:48 PM

Re: Problem with New Wired Connection

Originally posted by electrokuber

Here's what I did and output:

electro@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install wicd
[sudo] password for electro:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package wicd
electro@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get remove network-manager-kde
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package network-manager-kde is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
electro@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get remove network-manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
network-manager plasma-widget-network-manager
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 3621kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 88411 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing plasma-widget-network-manager ...
Removing network-manager ...
* Stopping network connection manager NetworkManager [ OK ]
Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/NetworkManager ...
/etc/rc2.d/S50NetworkManager
/etc/rc3.d/S50NetworkManager
/etc/rc4.d/S50NetworkManager
/etc/rc5.d/S50NetworkManager
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for man-db ...

I'm glad that you got this problem resolved. I've bolded the items above that resulted in your initial problem.

You attempted in install wicd. But the result was the bolded error - it couldn't find it, so it was not installed. Then, you attempted to remove network-manager-kde, but it also was not installed so couldn't be removed. Finally, you removed network-manager, which was successful. The result was that you removed the one installed GUI network manager before you had successfully installed another. I hope that you learned a valuable lesson from this, and that others reading this thread will take heed:

Read the resulting messages from any apt-get commands. Understand what they mean, and when in doubt, post questions before proceding.

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