KNetworkManager [closed but not solved]

[baxters]

I started using Kubuntu a few months ago and everything was fine
boxing day comes around and i turn my laptop on
kubuntu starts up nice and proper

and then i try to connect to my wireless router
but i cant find the KNetworkManager icon
or the programme
so i search for it using dolphin and it cant find anything

so i cant connect to any networks (wirelessly or through a LAN cable)
i go to my vista partition to try and download the manager and install it that way
i get the download folder and run the config file
but nothing happens

does anybodt know of anyway to get the manager back?

[Snowhog]

Re: KNetworkManager

First, welcome to KFN. Second, you will need to tell us what version of Kubuntu you are using, and what version of KDE. Third, if you know, what Ethernet controller is in your PC?

[Pillage Idiot]

Re: KNetworkManager

I have had this issue too.
To get the network working so you can reinstall the network manager do the following;
Plug in an ethernet cable.
Open a terminal and type 'ifconfig'
You should see eth0 listed, with no ip address or other configuration.
Now type 'sudo dhclient eth0'
This will force eth0 (wired connection) to get a configuration and ip address from your dhcp server or router.
Type 'ifconfig' again to confirm that the interface is now connected.
Now you can open the package manager and it will connect to the repositories.
Check and see if the network manager is showing as installed.
If it is you made to do 'sudo apt-get purge network-manager' to remove it and also clear out it's stored settings.
Then reinstall.
You may also want to consider installing wicd instead.

[baxters]

Re: KNetworkManager

@snowhog

the Kubuntu version is 9.10
KDE versions is default for 9.10
wireless driver is Atheros 7.03.01.25

@pillage

thanks
that seems to work
as i thought, the network manager was not installed (and i still have no idea how it got uninstalled)
the network manager has now been reinstalled and all seems to be working


ALTERNATIVELY
i found that reinstalling kubuntu can also work
long and lengthy process though
much easier to just reinstall networkmanager

[Pillage Idiot]

Re: KNetworkManager (SOLVED)

Glad to be of help.
Took me a while to find the dhclient command.
It makes life a whole lot easier when things go pear shaped with the networking.
And yes, a clean install will do it, but yes that is also starting from scratch.
Leave that method of fixing problems to the windows world.

[baxters]

Re: KNetworkManager (SOLVED)

well i fixed the lack of network manager
but now my computer will not connect wirelessly
using knetworkmanger it shows the router signal, and i click to activate but then it stops the activation almost immediately

using a LAN cable will grant me access to the internet though

i tried to install wicd using the konsole
and it shows

***@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install wicd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package wicd

i tried to install some other packages too, but i get the same error of being unable to find the package

[Snowhog]

Re: KNetworkManager

Run first, sudo apt-get update and then try the install again.

[baxters]

Re: KNetworkManager

heres the result for sudo apt-get update

@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit [url]http://security.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-security Release.gpg           
Ign [url]http://security.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-security/main Translation-en_GB     
Ign [url]http://security.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-security/restricted Translation-en_GB  
Ign [url]http://security.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-security/universe Translation-en_GB   
Ign [url]http://security.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB  
Hit [url]http://security.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-security Release             
Hit [url]http://security.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-security/main Packages          
Hit [url]http://security.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-security/restricted Packages       
Hit [url]http://security.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-security/main Sources          
Hit [url]http://security.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-security/restricted Sources       
Hit [url]http://security.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-security/universe Packages        
Hit [url]http://security.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-security/universe Sources        
Hit [url]http://security.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-security/multiverse Packages       
Hit [url]http://security.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-security/multiverse Sources       
Err [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic Release.gpg              
 Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]      
Err [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic/main Translation-en_GB         
 Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]      
Err [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic/restricted Translation-en_GB      
 Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]      
Err [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic/universe Translation-en_GB       
 Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]      
Err [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic/multiverse Translation-en_GB      
 Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]      
Err [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-updates Release.gpg           
 Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]      
Err [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-updates/main Translation-en_GB     
 Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]      
Err [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB  
 Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]      
Err [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-updates/universe Translation-en_GB   
 Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]      
Err [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] karmic-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB  
 Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]      
Reading package lists... Done                          
W: Failed to fetch [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Release.gpg[/url] Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]       

W: Failed to fetch [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2[/url] Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]                                     

W: Failed to fetch [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2[/url] Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]                                  

W: Failed to fetch [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/universe/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2[/url] Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]                                   

W: Failed to fetch [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2[/url] Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]

W: Failed to fetch [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Release.gpg[/url] Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]

W: Failed to fetch [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2[/url] Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]

W: Failed to fetch [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2[/url] Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]

W: Failed to fetch [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2[/url] Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]

W: Failed to fetch [url]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2[/url] Cannot initiate the connection to gb.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2a01:450:10:1::10). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2a01:450:10:1::10 80]

W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

so i tried to do sudo apt-get install wicd again

@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install wicd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package wicd

[Snowhog]

Re: KNetworkManager

Are you in Great Britain? Try selecting a different download server.

[baxters]

Re: KNetworkManager

no, im in Australia
how do i get a different server??

[baxters]

Re: KNetworkManager

fixed it
i changed the /etc/apt/sources.list file
and now its working again
so i should be able to run wicd now

EDIT:
no, wicd doesnt exist still apparently
although wine does
still confused as to whats wrong

[wizard10000]

Re: KNetworkManager

wicd isn't available in Hardy but you can get it here -

http://wicd.sourceforge.net/download.php

[vinnywright]

Re: KNetworkManager

wicd 1.6.1 is in universe repo for Karmic make shure you have it uncomented in your source list's

and it is a choise in Kickoff>systemsetings>advanced>hardware

VINNY