| vangelas | Firefox 14 (64 bit) will not play flash videos on sites such bbc and youtube. Flash plugin is installed but it seems firefox cannot read it. Any ideas? | 00:06 |
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| * CompyTheInsane drops off a box of 100 pies | 02:00 | |
| Samizdat | I've been have very sketchy wireless with 12.04. It seems fine for a bit, then drops to nothing. I've tried a few different solutions, but nothing seems to stick. | 03:19 |
| holstein | Samizdat: feel free and share some failed solutions so we dont repeat the issue.. i would suggest trying the windows driver with ndisgtk | 03:20 |
| Samizdat | Well, I've tried using opendns | 03:21 |
| holstein | Samizdat: cool.. opendns will have nothing to do with your wireless | 03:21 |
| Samizdat | This fix seemed to work for a bit, then died: http://www.hitxp.com/articles/software/ubuntu-fix-slow-wireless-internet-connection-speed-upgrading-11-04-natty-narwhal/ | 03:21 |
| Samizdat | Well, I keep a connection, but can't resolve dns. | 03:21 |
| Samizdat | What's the window's driver fix? | 03:22 |
| holstein | Samizdat: you can try the windows driver, though i dont think we are talking abou the same thing | 03:22 |
| lagreca | hi, folks! nautilus won't show thumbnails. What can I do to fix it? | 03:22 |
| holstein | what you are describing sounds unrelated to the computer | 03:22 |
| lagreca | I've already installed thumbnailers. | 03:23 |
| Samizdat | I went through it all with my provider. I set a windows pc next to my linux and the pc gets great speeds. | 03:24 |
| holstein | Samizdat: cool.. what about the router? | 03:24 |
| Samizdat | I've cycled it a few times. | 03:24 |
| holstein | Samizdat: i would try with a live CD.. where have you changed the DNS settings? | 03:24 |
| holstein | Samizdat: what browsers have you tried? | 03:24 |
| Samizdat | Chrome, firefox. | 03:24 |
| holstein | Samizdat: how does it work hard wired? | 03:24 |
| Samizdat | Haven't tried that one yet. | 03:25 |
| holstein | Samizdat: i would remove the wifi driver from the equation | 03:25 |
| Samizdat | Sounds good. | 03:25 |
| holstein | Samizdat: plug it in.. confirm that that is even the issue | 03:25 |
| Samizdat | You gonna be around for a bit? | 03:25 |
| Samizdat | :) | 03:25 |
| holstein | then you should undo what you have tried so far, because i dont think this is going to have anything to do with the wifi | 03:25 |
| holstein | Samizdat: i would try as a different user.. i would look at how you have specified the DNS settings.. i would try ping tests.. i would try with a live CD | 03:26 |
| Samizdat | Will do. | 03:26 |
| holstein | Samizdat: i'll be here for a bit.. i can only offer trouble shooting advice for you | 03:26 |
| Samizdat | I appreciate it. | 03:27 |
| Samizdat | It just seems strange I'm getting such a slow signal. No signal, I can understand. I did a fresh install yesterday and had the same problem. | 03:27 |
| holstein | lagreca: this work? http://askubuntu.com/questions/134210/show-me-only-picture-thumbnails | 03:28 |
| lagreca | holstein: I'll try it. thanks | 03:32 |
| Samizdat | You about holstein? | 04:20 |
| holstein | yu | 04:20 |
| Samizdat | Well, I tried all the different things. I had a great connection wired. | 04:21 |
| Samizdat | Bad connetion wireless off the live cd. | 04:21 |
| holstein | interesting.. still, you dont need to mess about with DNS settings | 04:21 |
| holstein | the issue is isolated in some way to wifi | 04:21 |
| holstein | Samizdat: i would try the windows wireless driver.. start trying any other wifi drivers really | 04:22 |
| Samizdat | I had a strong connect right next to the router, wireless. Stayed with me for bit when I went upstairs, then faded. | 04:22 |
| holstein | Samizdat: i assume you have used that wifi device in windows? and it was fine? | 04:22 |
| Samizdat | Yeah. | 04:22 |
| holstein | i would want to confirm its not hardware | 04:22 |
| Samizdat | Oh wait, the one in this computer? | 04:22 |
| holstein | Samizdat: the one in the machine that you are saying the wifi is bad in | 04:23 |
| Samizdat | No, never even booted it into windows. | 04:23 |
| Samizdat | Went straight to ubuntu. | 04:23 |
| holstein | Samizdat: OK.. that would be a good test... confirm that the wifi card is not broken | 04:23 |
| Samizdat | Might just be a bad antenna. | 04:23 |
| holstein | yup.. and you'll be fooling about with drivers and DNS settings and breaking and reinstalling for weeks ;) | 04:24 |
| Samizdat | And I would need to install windows? | 04:24 |
| holstein | Samizdat: nah... you'll just need to confirm that in whatever way you feel you need to | 04:24 |
| holstein | thats one way | 04:24 |
| Samizdat | Hmm, maybe I'll try some different drivers. | 04:25 |
| Samizdat | What was that one you rec'd, holstein? | 04:26 |
| holstein | Samizdat: whatever windows driver is recommended using ndiswrapper... ndisgtk | 04:27 |
| Samizdat | Will google about. Thanks for the help. | 04:28 |
| holstein | sure... anytime | 04:28 |
| Samizdat | Should I take this into the main channel? I've never used the ubuntu irc. | 04:28 |
| Samizdat | Don't know what's proper on here. | 04:29 |
| holstein | Samizdat: you can.. but thats something you need to know.. is the hardware good | 04:29 |
| holstein | i dont think anyone will debate that is not a waste of time | 04:29 |
| Samizdat | Hmm. It's just strange it's kinda bad. :/ | 04:29 |
| holstein | and i could argue anything else is a waste of time til you know the hardware is tested and good | 04:29 |
| Samizdat | Google driver wi-fi, linux hp model #? | 04:30 |
| holstein | Samizdat: that is exactly the kind of behavior i would expect from ban internet, which is what i suggested earlier.. and i would imagine if the hardware were bad as well | 04:30 |
| holstein | Samizdat: if it were me, i would not believe it til i had the OS and driver from the manufacturer, and the thing didnt work.. and then id still test it some other ways | 04:32 |
| holstein | id googe the #'s on it.. the output of lspci.. whats on the actual chip inside the thing... | 04:32 |
| holstein | whatever it takes... there a reason why computer techs charge for this work | 04:33 |
| Samizdat | Yeah, it's a pain in the ass. | 04:34 |
| holstein | id want to see it come out of the box, and *not* work.. then id know the hardware is bad | 04:34 |
| holstein | troubleshooting is all about reducing variables.. and right now, you got too many.. you dont know the OS, the driver support, nor the hardware | 04:35 |
| holstein | its all a big variable | 04:35 |
| holstein | any one of a bunch of things can be wrong... i have money on the wifi card, though you can open a terminal and run "lscpi" and output that to pastebin and ill look around | 04:36 |
| holstein | Samizdat: in a terminal.. thats "lspci" | 04:37 |
| holstein | i have a typo above | 04:37 |
| holstein | !paste | Samizdat | 04:38 |
| ubot2` | Samizdat: For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use http://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use http://imagebin.org/?page=add | !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic. | 04:38 |
| Samizdat | One sec | 04:39 |
| Samizdat | http://pastebin.com/pvu63X7b | 04:41 |
| Samizdat | Oh wait, did you need ubuntu's pastebin? | 04:41 |
| Samizdat | holstein: | 04:41 |
| holstein | http://askubuntu.com/questions/106568/my-wireless-has-suddenly-became-disabled-by-hardware-switch-bios-rfkill-fnf8 | 04:43 |
| holstein | suggests doing a reset | 04:43 |
| Samizdat | I'm on HP's site, they list a few different wifi drivers for linux they host. | 04:44 |
| Samizdat | http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=5060882&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=5060880&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=2020 | 04:44 |
| holstein | this looks hopeful http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1873537 | 04:44 |
| holstein | Samizdat: you can try them.. trying drivers is a good troubleshooting step | 04:45 |
| Samizdat | Look at this one: http://www.laptopndriver.com/acer/fix-hp-probook-4530s-wireless-lan-wifi-ubuntu.html | 04:48 |
| Samizdat | Think this might be a winner. | 04:48 |
| holstein | Samizdat: did you install an additional driver? | 04:51 |
| holstein | anyways... this is usually what i do when i first get a machine.. i have a stack of parts laying around though, and im not afraid to swap out some hardware thats more easily supported | 04:51 |
| holstein | anyways... good luck Samizdat ! ...im sure you'll get it sorted.... try the main #ubuntu channel if its dead in here... i gotta crash.. cheers! | 04:52 |
| Samizdat | nn, thanks. | 04:53 |
| DocStrangeLove | Okay I'm a total noob to Linux (just installed Ubuntu 12.04 a week ago), and I need some serious help on a number of issues... is there anyone here who can help? | 10:02 |
| DocStrangeLove | 1st issue: I finally got my Samba network up and functional, but when editing my fstab to make the hard drive mount during boot I somehow changed permissions and now I can't write to it any longer | 10:02 |
| DocStrangeLove | (can still read, and I think execute too) | 10:03 |
| DocStrangeLove | I had restarted once with a line in fstab which included the switch umask=002 | 10:04 |
| DocStrangeLove | i've sinced deleted the umask (replaced with "defaults") but it's still not writeable, do I just need to do chmod from the terminal once? | 10:05 |
| DocStrangeLove | or do I need to modify fstab again? | 10:05 |
| DocStrangeLove | Sorry, accidentally closed window | 10:29 |
| DocStrangeLove | anyone here to lend help to a Linux-noob? | 10:29 |
| DocStrangeLove | I edited my fstab file and lost permissions to write to a hard drive, now I can't seem to get them back | 10:51 |
| DocStrangeLove | can anyone help me? | 10:51 |
| vangelas | I installed firefox 14.0.1 manually as well as the latest flash plugin, but firefox cannot 'see' the plugins. Any ideas? | 11:36 |
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