| isiah | actualyl scratch that. Are you using xchat? | 00:00 |
|---|---|---|
| Jpaez | no i'm not i'm currently using a computer that i cannot download anything onto | 00:00 |
| isiah | Jpaez: is this text in a different color? | 00:00 |
| Jpaez | no | 00:01 |
| Jpaez | the name in <> is though | 00:01 |
| isiah | dang, ok. when I write "Jpaez:" followed by something I want you to type it in the terminal | 00:01 |
| Jpaez | okay | 00:01 |
| isiah | Jpaez:cd | 00:01 |
| isiah | Jpaez:cd Desktop | 00:02 |
| isiah | Jpaez:pwd | 00:02 |
| === exad_ is now known as exad | ||
| isiah | please copy and and paste what you see | 00:02 |
| isiah | so I can see it | 00:02 |
| Jpaez | when i did that it now says "~/Desktop$" | 00:03 |
| isiah | very good | 00:03 |
| isiah | Jpaez:ls | 00:03 |
| isiah | please tell me if you can see the name of your file | 00:04 |
| Jpaez | yes | 00:04 |
| Jpaez | in red it says | 00:04 |
| isiah | excellent | 00:04 |
| isiah | now, do you know what tar means? | 00:04 |
| Jpaez | "cricket _mode_switch.tar.gz" | 00:04 |
| Jpaez | yes it's a compressed file | 00:04 |
| isiah | good | 00:04 |
| isiah | now, in unix we dont have some old program like winzip that uncompresses it for you. instead we use the tar tool | 00:05 |
| Jpaez | yes i understand that | 00:05 |
| isiah | i am looking at your guide, do you know why you write xzvf? | 00:05 |
| Jpaez | no i do not | 00:06 |
| isiah | ok, 99% of all unix tools follow a basic format | 00:06 |
| isiah | tool_name tool_options files_to_be_changed | 00:07 |
| isiah | so tar is the tool name, xvcf is the options, and that long cricket file is the file to be changed | 00:07 |
| Jpaez | i follow so far | 00:07 |
| isiah | tool options are often called flags | 00:08 |
| isiah | the same tool can do many actions, just like in windows excel can do a million things | 00:08 |
| isiah | ok so the first thing we have to do is uncompress the file | 00:08 |
| isiah | Jpaez: tar xzvf Cricket_Mode_Switch.tar.gz | 00:09 |
| isiah | you should see a lot of activity going on, if you see anything that says error let me know | 00:09 |
| Jpaez | okay.... | 00:10 |
| isiah | is it done? | 00:10 |
| Jpaez | no i typoed -_- | 00:10 |
| isiah | if you push the up arrow button on your keyboard it will display the last command. this is useful for typos | 00:11 |
| Jpaez | i fixed it | 00:11 |
| isiah | did it finish? | 00:11 |
| Jpaez | yes i'll type out the text give me 2 mins | 00:12 |
| Unit193 | (x extract, z gz type file, v verbose, f file to work on) | 00:12 |
| isiah | Unit193: admit it you looked that up, no one memorizes that ;) | 00:12 |
| Unit193 | isiah: That sounds better. | 00:12 |
| isiah | you a perl hacker by any chance? | 00:13 |
| isiah | got an odd one | 00:13 |
| Jpaez | lol i honestly have a book on that, and i understand it till i put it into practice then go "wtf did i do" | 00:13 |
| isiah | on what? | 00:13 |
| Jpaez | ubuntu -_- | 00:13 |
| isiah | oh ok | 00:13 |
| Jpaez | ... particularly paranoid person | 00:13 |
| Unit193 | I personally like J better than z. I have done some perl regex, but I don't officially know any programming language. | 00:13 |
| isiah | could we continue? I live in ny and have a train to catch | 00:13 |
| Jpaez | took me 2-3 months of planning till i got this going and yes | 00:14 |
| isiah | ok did it finish uncompressing? | 00:14 |
| Jpaez | yes | 00:14 |
| Jpaez | shows all the files that it showed when i tried this before | 00:14 |
| Jpaez | this is where i got stuck | 00:14 |
| isiah | ok now when I type tab from now on I want you to push the tab key not type tab in. Got it? | 00:15 |
| Jpaez | 1 sec fucked up -_- | 00:15 |
| isiah | it should be located above the capslock key | 00:16 |
| isiah | what happened? | 00:16 |
| Jpaez | tried to type yes here did it on my desktop keyboard -_- | 00:16 |
| isiah | dont worry, just hit enter | 00:16 |
| isiah | ready to continue? | 00:17 |
| Jpaez | it started a process and kept typing "y" continuously | 00:17 |
| isiah | close the terminal and open another one | 00:17 |
| isiah | its not a big deal | 00:17 |
| Jpaez | yes did that | 00:17 |
| Jpaez | back to desktop$ | 00:17 |
| Unit193 | Ctrl+c if you do it again. | 00:18 |
| isiah | ok do you have a terminal? | 00:18 |
| Jpaez | yes | 00:18 |
| isiah | Jpaez: cd ~/Desktop | 00:19 |
| isiah | Jpaez: ls | 00:19 |
| isiah | do you see two entries? | 00:19 |
| Jpaez | no "no such file or directory" | 00:19 |
| isiah | sigh | 00:19 |
| isiah | Jpaez: cd | 00:20 |
| isiah | Jpaez: cd De tab | 00:20 |
| isiah | remember what i said that tab means push the tab button | 00:20 |
| isiah | after you do that hit enter | 00:20 |
| Jpaez | pushing tab nothing happens | 00:21 |
| Jpaez | okay..... | 00:21 |
| Jpaez | it now said | 00:21 |
| Jpaez | cd-create-profile cd-fix-profile | 00:21 |
| Jpaez | then after it said cd record | 00:21 |
| isiah | ok, we will try again | 00:22 |
| isiah | Jpaez: cd | 00:22 |
| isiah | Jpaez: ls | 00:22 |
| isiah | do you see the word "Desktop"? | 00:22 |
| Jpaez | yes i do | 00:22 |
| isiah | Jpaez: cd Desktop | 00:22 |
| Jpaez | keeps saying | 00:23 |
| isiah | Jpaez: ls | 00:23 |
| Jpaez | for both of thos | 00:23 |
| Jpaez | no such file or directory | 00:23 |
| isiah | Jpaez: pwd | 00:23 |
| isiah | what does it say? | 00:23 |
| Jpaez | no such file or directory | 00:23 |
| isiah | .... | 00:24 |
| Unit193 | cd ~/Desktop | 00:24 |
| isiah | ok, you are in the Desktop then | 00:24 |
| isiah | Jpaez: ls | 00:24 |
| isiah | does it show two files? | 00:24 |
| Jpaez | okay it shows in red "Cricket_Mode_Switch.tar.gz and in blue "usb_modeswitch-0.9.7 | 00:25 |
| isiah | good | 00:25 |
| isiah | now, when you hit tab the computer is going to try to finish your command for you | 00:26 |
| isiah | Jpaez: cd us tab | 00:26 |
| isiah | so type in "cd us" | 00:26 |
| isiah | then hit the tab button | 00:26 |
| Jpaez | yes i did that | 00:26 |
| isiah | it should fill in the file name for you | 00:26 |
| isiah | did it fill it in for you? | 00:26 |
| Jpaez | now shows...."~/Desktop$ cd usb_modeswitch -0.9.7 | 00:27 |
| isiah | push enter | 00:27 |
| Jpaez | now shows...."~/Desktop$ cd usb_modeswitch -0.9.7/" | 00:27 |
| Jpaez | okay | 00:27 |
| Jpaez | now at ~/Desktop/usb_modeswitch-0.9.7$ | 00:27 |
| isiah | yeah | 00:27 |
| isiah | Jpaez: su | 00:28 |
| isiah | and type in your root password | 00:28 |
| Jpaez | .... i don't believe i have one | 00:28 |
| Jpaez | would it be the password for my current computer ? | 00:28 |
| Jpaez | profile* | 00:28 |
| isiah | I can assure you as a linux engineer, you do | 00:28 |
| isiah | try it | 00:29 |
| Jpaez | okay it's in | 00:29 |
| isiah | did you hit enter? | 00:29 |
| Jpaez | okay.... | 00:29 |
| isiah | do you see the word "root" on your screen now? | 00:30 |
| Jpaez | no | 00:30 |
| Jpaez | bash !@5:event not found | 00:30 |
| isiah | did it tell you that the password was wrong? | 00:30 |
| Jpaez | bash !@5:event not found is what it put it now is at the same thing it was at before | 00:30 |
| isiah | .... | 00:31 |
| isiah | let's try this again | 00:31 |
| isiah | Jpaez: sudo make install | 00:31 |
| Jpaez | okay | 00:31 |
| isiah | type in your password | 00:32 |
| Jpaez | hit enter right? | 00:32 |
| isiah | yes | 00:32 |
| Jpaez | same thing event not found | 00:32 |
| isiah | *bangs head on lab bench | 00:33 |
| Unit193 | You have build-essential and libusb-dev? | 00:35 |
| isiah | how can he not be able to sudo? | 00:36 |
| isiah | its so basic, no way that should be broken | 00:36 |
| Jpaez | okay it's asking me for my password and when i type it in it doesn't show anything happening | 00:36 |
| Unit193 | You had him su, no? | 00:36 |
| isiah | really you dont see "root" anywhere? | 00:36 |
| isiah | yeah | 00:36 |
| isiah | Jpaez:whoami | 00:36 |
| Jpaez | okay i typed anyway and it worked this time | 00:36 |
| isiah | pleae tell me what it says | 00:36 |
| Jpaez | right now it showed | 00:37 |
| isiah | you see root on your screen? | 00:37 |
| Jpaez | "mkdir -p /usr/sbin" install ./usb_modeswitch /usr/sbin" 'mkdir -p /etc" "install ./usb_modeswitch.con /etc" | 00:38 |
| Jpaez | "mkdir -p /usr/sbin" install ./usb_modeswitch /usr/sbin" 'mkdir -p /etc" "install ./usb_modeswitch.conf /etc" | 00:38 |
| isiah | alrighty | 00:38 |
| isiah | we can try it again | 00:39 |
| isiah | Jpaez:whoami | 00:39 |
| isiah | it shouldnt be saying a lot | 00:39 |
| Jpaez | no it just says my profile name | 00:39 |
| isiah | when I type that in on my computer it says "isiah" | 00:39 |
| isiah | good | 00:39 |
| isiah | Jpaez:su- | 00:39 |
| isiah | that is with a minus sign | 00:40 |
| Jpaez | okay | 00:40 |
| isiah | type in your password and hit enter | 00:40 |
| isiah | and then | 00:40 |
| isiah | Jpaez:whoami | 00:40 |
| Jpaez | fuck... | 00:40 |
| Jpaez | it's my password | 00:40 |
| Jpaez | it's numbers, symbols and letters whenever i use the symbols it messes up | 00:41 |
| isiah | *points gun at his own head | 00:41 |
| Unit193 | Though, please try to keep this channel family friendly. | 00:41 |
| wilee-nilee | swearing and suicidal comments wonderful. | 00:42 |
| isiah | okay dokay, I am going to need you to logout and login as root | 00:42 |
| Jpaez | how do i go about that ? | 00:42 |
| isiah | okay, okay less melodrama from me | 00:42 |
| Unit193 | !info usb-modeswitch-data | 00:42 |
| ubot93 | usb-modeswitch-data (source: usb-modeswitch-data): mode switching data for usb-modeswitch. In component main, is extra. Version 20120815-2 (raring), package size 26 kB, installed size 207 kB | 00:42 |
| Unit193 | Which may actually be installed already. | 00:43 |
| isiah | in the top right corner of your screen you should see your name, click it, then click "quit" then you will be returned to a login screen you start with at this point slecte root and type in your password | 00:43 |
| isiah | and actuatlly, its time for me to catch the train home | 00:44 |
| isiah | good night all | 00:44 |
| Jpaez | okay it doesn't show me "root" | 00:45 |
| Jpaez | it just has my profile... | 00:45 |
| Unit193 | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1146110&page=25&p=10599404#post10599404 indicates you should install usb-modeswitch-data. | 00:47 |
| Jpaez | unit193 i believe that is where i was, but i'm lost now.... they told me to go into "root" but i don't believe i have acess to it | 00:54 |
| Jpaez | access* | 00:55 |
| r4y | Hello all | 04:12 |
| r4y | I just got a motherboard from ebay that is the same motherboard I had before that had problems | 04:14 |
| r4y | I installed flash 11.2 and flash videos work because the graphics card on this motherboard can use 3d unlike the other motherboard I was using | 04:16 |
| holstein | r4y: congrats | 04:19 |
| r4y | sorry I will be back | 04:32 |
| r4y | Sorry about that and sorry about before. I feel pretty stupid about before the other day. | 04:43 |
| holstein | r4y: ? | 04:43 |
| r4y | Ubuntu gnome to unity and my not wanting to change, but I get it | 04:44 |
| r4y | Everything I like works on Ubuntu 10.04 for now and who knows what direction I will go with Linux in the future | 04:44 |
| holstein | i think 10.04 is EOL | 04:45 |
| holstein | !10.04 | 04:45 |
| ubot93 | Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) was the twelfth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended May 9 2013. Server support continues. See http://ubottu.com/y/lucid for more details. | 04:45 |
| holstein | yup.. yesterday | 04:45 |
| r4y | I know I am not suppose to ask questions about Ubuntu, O great that answer a question I had | 04:45 |
| holstein | r4y: i dont mind.. ask what you want | 04:46 |
| r4y | I thought it ended April last month | 04:46 |
| r4y | and | 04:46 |
| r4y | there was 4 updates for java this month so | 04:46 |
| holstein | its just that 10.04 is not "officially supported".. thus OT here, but there is an OT channel | 04:46 |
| holstein | r4y: supported ended yesterday.. java might be coming from a PPA | 04:46 |
| r4y | I wasn't sure they were safe | 04:46 |
| holstein | r4y: not updating java is not safe | 04:47 |
| holstein | r4y: i would be aware of where the upgrades are coming from | 04:47 |
| r4y | OK, great I should make note of that | 04:47 |
| r4y | That's what I was thinking | 04:48 |
| r4y | Unsupported channel?, ubuntu-offtopic or? | 04:48 |
| holstein | !ot | 04:49 |
| ubot93 | #ubuntu is the Ubuntu support channel, for all Ubuntu-related support questions. Please use #ubuntu-offtopic for other topics (though our !guidelines apply there too). Thanks! | 04:49 |
| holstein | r4y: what i am reffering to is #ubuntu-beginners-team ..that is our OT channel | 04:49 |
| r4y | OK,I didn't know that | 04:49 |
| holstein | r4y: from the /topic - "Want offtopic? Head over to #ubuntu-beginners-team" | 04:50 |
| r4y | I thought the ubuntu channel wasn't for unsupported | 04:50 |
| r4y | O O | 04:50 |
| r4y | sorry I didn't read everything you said | 04:50 |
| holstein | r4y: ubuntu 10.04 is *not* officially supported.. so you go to an OT channel.. the one the bot mentioned, or the one from the topic | 04:50 |
| holstein | but, i'll tell you what the deal is with 10.04.. you are on your own.. thats it.. no big deal really.. | 04:51 |
| r4y | It's cool, I understand that | 04:51 |
| holstein | i usually use, and suggest xfce to folks wanting the old gnome2 look/feel | 04:53 |
| holstein | for me, there is no comparison between xubuntu 13.04 and ubuntu 10.04.. i would choose xubuntu 13.04 | 04:53 |
| r4y | 13 is out, I didn't try version 12 for much time | 04:54 |
| r4y | I didn't know 13 was out | 04:55 |
| r4y | Arg, I have a problem unrelated | 04:55 |
| r4y | this graphics card's fan is making a lot of noise | 04:55 |
| r4y | I need to get a new fan I think and it's my fault for it being so loud | 04:57 |
| holstein | r4y: the releases for ubuntu work like this (at least for the past releases and for now) | 04:57 |
| holstein | r4y: every april and october, an ubuntu is released | 04:57 |
| r4y | I know, that's why it's 04 and 10 which stands for the month | 04:58 |
| holstein | in april of 2013 13.04 is released... april is the .04.. 2013 is the 13 | 04:58 |
| r4y | I recently learned that | 04:58 |
| holstein | r4y: ok | 04:58 |
| r4y | Well, I am not sure I want to run this computer anymore then I have to considering how loud the fan is, not because I can't stand the noise but because I am afraid of it causing problems | 04:59 |
| r4y | thank you for being so kind and I am sorry about everything before. Life has been pretty stressful but at least I know I have it way better then others out there. | 05:01 |
| holstein | r4y: no worries | 05:02 |
| holstein | r4y: i would try 13.04 live.. could be driver support | 05:02 |
| holstein | also, look at the fans and make sure they are working.. fans are cheap... and thermal paste | 05:02 |
| r4y | I remember when you helped me get my lightsnake usb thing u ma jug thing working | 05:03 |
| holstein | i like to plan for failure personally.. i have machines that are well backed up, and easily replacable | 05:03 |
| r4y | it helped me understand things better | 05:03 |
| holstein | r4y: cheers! | 05:03 |
| r4y | I can't help but wonder if my other cpu works, what's cool is this motherbaord came with a cpu, cpu fan and 1 gig of ram | 05:04 |
| r4y | Your right, I need to think way farther ahead, I tried but I am still not used to the ins and outs of computers but I am getting there | 05:05 |
| r4y | I mean I am getting closer the simple things | 05:06 |
| holstein | get *any* computer.. and play with it | 05:06 |
| holstein | i think its better to have a stable machine.. dont mess with that one at all.. keep it backed up.. have another one or other ones to play around with.. also, virtualbox | 05:07 |
| r4y | I should, one step at a time | 05:07 |
| r4y | I have to go | 05:08 |
| holstein | get cheap or free ones | 05:09 |
| holstein | i have a stack of free ones | 05:09 |
| r4y | good idea | 05:09 |
| duanedesign | o/ | 05:14 |
| duanedesign | I found a coool app called pSensors. It shows the temperature of your cpu and gpu as well as the speed at which the fan runs. Displays it in a max/min format as well as a graph showing data over time | 05:16 |
| duanedesign | not sure if that has anything to do with your issue...I cam in at the end :) | 05:17 |
| r4y | o/ | 05:22 |
| r4y | Ha duan | 05:22 |
| r4y | Ya, the problem I have is the graphics card fan is making noise which is my fault | 05:22 |
| duanedesign | ahh | 05:22 |
| duanedesign | hate noisy fans | 05:23 |
| r4y | I tried cleaning, ha ha, I should have done it the right way and it was too delicate for how I was cleaning | 05:23 |
| holstein | i would probably just take it off and risk it.. or replace it | 05:23 |
| holstein | but, i have free/cheap graphics cards and fans | 05:24 |
| r4y | I don't have a place to spray air and I have been shown how, I bought this air bottle but was afraid to use it | 05:24 |
| r4y | I have been shown how to use it properly I meant | 05:24 |
| holstein | r4y: its air | 05:24 |
| r4y | I have not been I meant | 05:24 |
| holstein | r4y: you just spray it.. you literally cant break anything with it.. its air.. you'll only clean something else | 05:24 |
| r4y | I think how ever this is made not for the inner parts | 05:25 |
| holstein | r4y: it is.. | 05:25 |
| r4y | I am looking at it now | 05:25 |
| r4y | fellows air duster | 05:25 |
| holstein | r4y: its just air.. you will only clean something else | 05:25 |
| r4y | still checking it out | 05:26 |
| holstein | check out what you like.. you can spray air anywhere in that machine.. | 05:26 |
| r4y | it says | 05:26 |
| holstein | r4y: im saying.. you can spray that where you like | 05:26 |
| r4y | "however this product can be ignited | 05:26 |
| holstein | r4y: turn the machine off, and unplug it.. though, you wont "ignite" it | 05:27 |
| r4y | How long do I wait? | 05:27 |
| holstein | r4y: for what? | 05:28 |
| r4y | To spray and wait till I can turn the computer back on | 05:28 |
| holstein | r4y: whenever you like | 05:28 |
| holstein | r4y: im just saying, if youa re afraid of it "igniting", turn the machine off | 05:29 |
| holstein | r4y: its air | 05:29 |
| holstein | r4y: its not doing anything to your machine you need to wait on.. its just air.. just more air and faster | 05:29 |
| holstein | r4y: its nothing special.. the combustibles are the propellents | 05:29 |
| r4y | I figured that by it saying it can be ignited that it perhaps was more then air, there is no ingredient list, lol | 05:30 |
| holstein | r4y: its air, and a propellent | 05:30 |
| r4y | OK OK | 05:30 |
| holstein | r4y: ? | 05:30 |
| holstein | r4y: no caps please... its air.. no need to worry about it. spray it where ever you like | 05:30 |
| r4y | sorry I thought ok was supposed to capped, I usually cap them and I am not the type to make my words louder like some people who want to offend other by doing so | 05:32 |
| r4y | I mean by capping | 05:32 |
| holstein | r4y: no worries.. just take that air can and spray the components.. it should take a few seconds to nock the dust out | 05:33 |
| holstein | r4y: spray anywhere you can reach in there with it | 05:33 |
| r4y | Thank you, I was too afraid to use this, the reason was it says itcan be used on all these things such as keyboards, desk, phones but no mention of internal computer parts | 05:35 |
| r4y | I just looked up propellent for the fun of it | 05:36 |
| r4y | TY all for the help. I might want to get a fan for this graphics card, but using this when I need it will be great.I don't know if it fix this fan as I really think I messed it up beyond the repairing skills | 05:38 |
| r4y | my repairing skills, I have got to go, also so for the mis-spelling, I am really sleepy | 05:39 |
| r4y | You have all been great help to me | 05:39 |
| holstein | get a new graphics card. they are cheap.. i literally have a stack i would give you several if you were nearby | 05:39 |
| Unit193 | ...Too bad I'm not either. :P | 05:39 |
| holstein | r4y: dont waste too much time on broken things, if you are having issues with them.. things are literally free/cheap these days | 05:39 |
| r4y | Well, I like this one, I use the s-video on it | 05:39 |
| holstein | r4y: AFAIK, all the ones in my stack have svideo out | 05:40 |
| r4y | I will keep that in mind, maybe we can make a deal someday but I am not sure for now, ty | 05:42 |
| holstein | a deal? | 05:42 |
| holstein | the deal is, you can have them | 05:42 |
| holstein | have.. no deal.. you just take.. but yeah, not for now | 05:42 |
| r4y | ok, thank you | 05:43 |
| duanedesign | holstein: wow a stack of video cards you should start mining bitcoins | 05:44 |
| duanedesign | :P | 05:44 |
| holstein | duanedesign: not that kind ;) | 05:44 |
| r4y | ty, I should go. Keep in mind I don't expect what you offered in the future and it is kind of you to offer | 05:47 |
| holstein | r4y: expect nothing!.. thats a good policy.. but we'll talk. cheers and good evening | 05:48 |
| r4y | Nice, thank you and take care holstein and duandesign. | 05:49 |
| vipulbuntu | unable to mount images in furuousisomount? | 07:59 |
| wilee-nilee | vipulbuntu, You download it from the repos? | 08:03 |
| vipulbuntu | how do i knw that from where i have downloaded? | 08:04 |
| vipulbuntu | so that i can tell u? | 08:05 |
| wilee-nilee | vipulbuntu, I saw it in a tar at launchpad and in synaptic. | 08:05 |
| wilee-nilee | vipulbuntu, Did you download it a install or through the software center? | 08:06 |
| vipulbuntu | wilee-milee, i have done it through terminal.. | 08:07 |
| wilee-nilee | vipulbuntu, Can you describe it not mounting an ISO? | 08:09 |
| vipulbuntu | i am trying to load the .mdf file but in doing so i am not getting anything | 08:13 |
| vipulbuntu | i am mounting thru browse button.. | 08:13 |
| duanedesign | :P/4 | 09:12 |
| === blazemore_ is now known as blazemore | ||
| jeromey | hi | 15:47 |
| jeromey | I am having issues on performing a netboot...at some point during the "Installing the base system", the client tries to connect to security.ubuntu.com and seems to stop there even if I have a local mirror...how do I prevent connections outside my network? | 15:49 |
| jeromey | can anyone hear me? I am wondering if IRC is being blocked on my network | 16:03 |
| jeromey | please send me a message | 16:03 |
| jeromey | someone please send me a message | 16:07 |
| jeromey | i guess i am being blocked...ty if you sent me a message | 16:07 |
| blazemore | patience is a virtue, young padawan | 16:18 |
| blazemore | ;) | 16:18 |
| andresantos | Hey! Could anyone help me with my Wi-Fi issue. I just installed the 13.04 alongside with windows 7 on my Acer aspire 4820tg and I can't find my wi-fi. I've been searching all day for solutions and found many with same problem but no solution for myself. My Wi-Fi detected my home wireless when installing ubuntu but it disconnected right away after it. And now after installing I can't find it no matter what I do. I can s | 21:05 |
| andresantos | not mine. | 21:05 |
| holstein | andresantos: what would i do? i would wire up and apply all upgrades | 21:09 |
| holstein | if its working occasionally and on and off like that, its likely a driver issue | 21:10 |
| holstein | andresantos: you cant look around for issues with wifi in general.. you need to look for issues in common with other users with the *exact* hardware you have.. otherwise, the information you read is likely not constructive | 21:11 |
| andresantos | I've done it. Or I believe I've installed all appropriate drivers. I haven't been able to connect to the wifi not once yet. I was able to find another wi-fi at my friends house and worked fine. And like I said I can see 6 other Wi-Fi's in the house but not mine | 21:12 |
| andresantos | I have a broadcom wifi adapter | 21:12 |
| holstein | andresantos: believe? | 21:12 |
| holstein | andresantos: so, you can connect to *some* wifi, and be conncted without issue? | 21:13 |
| andresantos | Yes | 21:13 |
| holstein | andresantos: i would stop fooling around with the machine then, since you will likely only make things worse | 21:13 |
| holstein | andresantos: i would look at the settings on your AP, and see if you can make them more "friendly" | 21:13 |
| andresantos | and I can find many other Wi-Fi's also and I have installed the Broadcom STA driver | 21:13 |
| holstein | !broadcom | 21:14 |
| ubot93 | Help with Broadcom bcm43xx can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx | 21:14 |
| andresantos | holstein: ok thanks! I'll try. | 21:14 |
| holstein | there is another wifi driver.. but i would look at the AP | 21:14 |
| andresantos | Wi-fi does work with my mobile phone and Windows 7 also, only not with Ubuntu | 21:14 |
| holstein | i would also make sure you are looking in the wifi GUI under "more networks" | 21:14 |
| holstein | andresantos: sure.. and i understand that.. but it doesnt change the fact that the linux driver is having issues (apparently) with how your AP is configured | 21:15 |
| holstein | what would i do? disable encryption on the AP an try and connect.. see that you are using a common wpa setup | 21:16 |
| holstein | i have found AP's that my broadcom chip doesnt "like" to connect to | 21:17 |
| holstein | what am i going to do? probably just switch out the hardware next time i have the machine apart | 21:17 |
| andresantos | Not exactly sure what do you mean with the more networks, tried also connecting to a hidden wi-fi but didn't work | 21:17 |
| andresantos | holstein: thanks for your information. I'm gonna try to look at my AP settings if I find something | 21:18 |
| holstein | andresantos: what hidden network? is the network hidden or not? | 21:18 |
| andresantos | No it's not but I still tried that method just to make sure. | 21:19 |
| holstein | what i mean by "more networks" is in the GUI.. there is the list of AP's, and when there are too many to display, you click "more networks" and see more networks | 21:19 |
| holstein | there are 2 broadcom driver options (assuming the open firmware doesnt support your device, in which case there would be 3) | 21:20 |
| andresantos | Ok, there's just 6 Wi-Fi's and I believe that's it. Can't see "more networks" | 21:20 |
| holstein | andresantos: then, its not that | 21:20 |
| holstein | andresantos: what is it? i have no idea, but you'll need to try several things to troubleshoot | 21:21 |
| andresantos | Not sure do I know how to change the broadcom driver but I can try reading the link you pasted | 21:21 |
| holstein | andresantos: then start with what you do understand.. mess with the config on the AP | 21:21 |
| holstein | temporarily disable encryption.. see that the settings are broad enough to include your device | 21:22 |
| holstein | if the AP is N only, and you have a G card.. for example | 21:22 |
| holstein | OR, if the driver is only G for some reason | 21:22 |
| andresantos | I'm in the AP settings now, at the moment not sure what to try to change though | 21:23 |
| holstein | assume nothing, and test everything, and let broadcom know you are having a challenging time with their hardware in the operating system | 21:23 |
| holstein | andresantos: chage literally everything | 21:23 |
| holstein | andresantos: i would back it up as-is | 21:23 |
| holstein | then, i would disable encryption.. i would broaden it to include B,G & N | 21:23 |
| holstein | i would do literallly anything and everything til i see it from linux | 21:24 |
| andresantos | Encryption: TKIP/AES | 21:24 |
| holstein | is that the issue? i have no idea, but i would around 6 minutes from now after having tried different settings | 21:24 |
| holstein | andresantos: sure.. so try another one.. try *no* encrption. temporarily | 21:24 |
| andresantos | OK, well the settings up at the moment are default so if I mess something up it's no problem getting it back to default | 21:25 |
| holstein | andresantos: backup the config of the AP, then you can revert easily | 21:25 |
| andresantos | Also I'm wondering could it be the Channel? | 21:25 |
| holstein | andresantos: it could be literally anything | 21:25 |
| holstein | user error. .config on the machine.. the AP.. the driver. the router | 21:25 |
| holstein | andresantos: assume its *all* of these.. and rule them out one by one | 21:26 |
| holstein | is it encryption? i dont know.. let me disable *all* encryption and test.. is it working with encryption disabled? if yes then its likely the encryption | 21:26 |
| holstein | if not, then move on to another variable | 21:26 |
| holstein | also, let broadcom know when you figure it out | 21:27 |
| holstein | also, wiring up to the internet or connecting somewhere else and upgrading can help as well | 21:28 |
| andresantos | OK, so I changed the channel and took off WPA compatible and after it I was able to find the connection and connect to it | 21:29 |
| andresantos | but it didnt work the internet anymore | 21:29 |
| andresantos | Oh and now it started working | 21:31 |
| andresantos | now I'm connected with my wi-fi | 21:31 |
| andresantos | so it was the channel I changed, nothing else | 21:31 |
| andresantos | holstein: thanks a lot for your help, it has given me a headache today | 21:31 |
| holstein | anymore? | 21:34 |
| holstein | away | 21:34 |
| holstein | andresantos: from what i read, it *never* "worked the internet", correct? | 21:34 |
| holstein | andresantos: anyways.. you got it now, and changing the channel is easy | 21:35 |
| andresantos | The Wi-Fi is working now like it should. My broadcom driver couldn't detect the channel my AP was using. It never worked with my own AP but the wi-fi did work at my friends place. | 21:36 |
| holstein | andresantos: i have an app on my android phone that analyzes the channels in the area | 21:36 |
| holstein | andresantos: you are assuming the driver is the issue | 21:36 |
| holstein | andresantos: it could be that the channel was already in use, and something with the hardware didnt "like" that channel being crowded | 21:36 |
| holstein | andresantos: dont assume its the driver issue, though it likely is | 21:37 |
| andresantos | holstein: well if my phone and also the windows 7 was able to connect to that channel, then I'm assuming that it's the Ubuntu driver where the issue is | 21:37 |
| holstein | andresantos: it could be, and likely is.. | 21:37 |
| andresantos | But yes, can't be sure | 21:37 |
| holstein | andresantos: eitherway, being on a less crowded channel is a win | 21:38 |
| holstein | cheers! | 21:38 |
| andresantos | holstein: haha, cheers! | 21:38 |
| andresantos | holstein: and thanks a lot for your help | 21:38 |
| andresantos | I do have another small problem also with my brightness keys, FN+left/right. But I guess I'm gonna search the internet first before asking here. | 21:39 |
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