| xubuntu24w | need help waking up an etherjet cardbus pcmcia network adapter on a 390x ibm thinkpad running xubuntu 12.04.4 | 00:19 |
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| xubuntu24w | ifconfig seems to show the device is there as eth0 but no network connection | 00:20 |
| xubuntu24w | cable connection to router is also lit up | 00:20 |
| xubuntu24w | suggestions? | 00:21 |
| xubuntu24w | fresh install of xubuntu 12.04.4 and network seemed to show as available during install | 00:22 |
| xubuntu24w | nm-tool shows state:disconnected and driver as xircom_cb | 00:23 |
| xubuntu24w | I'm running MAC address filtering on my router and the MAC address for this card appears in my MAC address table on the router | 00:24 |
| xubuntu24w | I've been on this for several hours and am not making any progress | 00:25 |
| xubuntu24w | any help would be greatly appreciated | 00:25 |
| xubuntu24w | I've been through all the steps in the xubuntu network documentation-no luck | 00:27 |
| xubuntu24w | anybody? | 00:30 |
| knome | xubuntu 12.04 is EOL | 00:30 |
| xubuntu24w | does that mean end of life? | 00:31 |
| knome | yes | 00:31 |
| xubuntu24w | I tried it since it burned onto a cd and not a dvd | 00:31 |
| xubuntu24w | what do you suggest I use as an alternative for this antiquated hardware | 00:32 |
| xubuntu24w | would pup be a good alternative | 00:32 |
| xubuntu24w | also, if I could wakeup the network card in 12.04 would I be able to upgrade to 14 or 15? | 00:33 |
| knome | how much ram does it have? | 00:33 |
| xubuntu24w | 256mb | 00:33 |
| xubuntu24w | not a rocket by any stretch | 00:33 |
| knome | i wouldn't be surprised if the card didn't work because it didn't have enough memory | 00:33 |
| xubuntu24w | was able to run win98 on it though | 00:33 |
| knome | windows 98 was released 1998, xubuntu 12.04 was released in 2012 | 00:34 |
| xubuntu24w | understand | 00:34 |
| xubuntu24w | just trying not to add to landfill and spend a little time getting more familiar with linux | 00:34 |
| knome | i don't know what modern linux (by any standard) would run on that | 00:35 |
| xubuntu24w | i have 14 installed on a dualboot winxp thinkpad t60 and it works fine | 00:35 |
| xubuntu24w | no chance of troubleshooting the .conf file for the xircom_cb driver | 00:35 |
| knome | that's a totally different kind of hardware | 00:36 |
| xubuntu24w | understood | 00:36 |
| knome | pcmcia cards are more or less problematic *always* | 00:36 |
| knome | and not much "new" support can be expected for them either | 00:36 |
| xubuntu24w | they all follow basic principles of operation though | 00:36 |
| knome | sure | 00:37 |
| xubuntu24w | a quick review of the network configuration file might wake things up | 00:37 |
| xubuntu24w | I'm just not expert in editing .conf files | 00:37 |
| xubuntu24w | ifconfig seems to show activity re: transmit/receive | 00:37 |
| xubuntu24w | my readings indicate changes to.conf files or rebuilds of driver file(s) might help | 00:38 |
| xubuntu24w | can't go with later versions of xubuntu since they are burned to dvd and the 390x only has a cd drive | 00:39 |
| knome | http://xubuntu.org/news/booting-the-xubuntu-usb-image-from-a-cd/ | 00:40 |
| knome | that should get you around that limitation | 00:40 |
| xubuntu24w | this notebook only has one usb port-used by the mouse | 00:40 |
| xubuntu24w | guess I could enable the trackpad and use the usb port for your suggestion | 00:40 |
| knome | yep, you only need it once for the installation | 00:40 |
| knome | after you are installed, you don't need the usb drive any more | 00:41 |
| knome | s/are/have/ | 00:41 |
| xubuntu24w | what did you mean by your last comment? | 00:42 |
| xubuntu24w | how large a usb drive will I need? | 00:42 |
| knome | you only need the usb drive for installing, so you can plug your mouse in once you have installed | 00:42 |
| xubuntu24w | how large a usb drive though? | 00:43 |
| knome | 1GB is fine for 14.04 | 00:45 |
| xubuntu24w | off i go to try that-that means i can go with a version 14 install, yes? | 00:46 |
| knome | version 14.04, yes | 00:46 |
| knome | note that there is no "version 14", 14.04 and 14.10 are totally different releases | 00:47 |
| xubuntu24w | thanks for the help-see if I can get this old girl back in operation | 00:47 |
| knome | good luck | 00:47 |
| xubuntu24w | as a side note-it was the main hardware used to design the software used to design all the mmics (monolithic microwave integrated circuits) used in today's wireless devices | 00:48 |
| xubuntu24w | so it has some sentimental value... | 00:48 |
| knome | :) | 00:49 |
| xubuntu24w | thanks for your help | 00:49 |
| knome | np | 00:49 |
| InkisJLane | Which flavor of Ubuntu is equivalent in terms of resource consumption to Chrome OS? | 01:21 |
| knome | InkisJLane, that's an impossible question. | 01:22 |
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| dylan | Hello guys | 02:56 |
| dylan | Anyone need help?? | 02:56 |
| slee | hello, anyone else having html5 video issues with this firefox 43 update? | 03:17 |
| robotics | dylan, ask your question | 04:00 |
| JohnnyComeL8ly | robotics, I have a feeling he wanted to just ask about asking... he didn't really need help. ;-D | 04:08 |
| mnemoc | hi, after I updated to 15.10 ctrl-shift-u (to enter unicode glyphs) stopped working... any hint on how can I re-enable it? | 14:54 |
| mnemoc | also, how can I change the system wide keyboard layout? | 14:56 |
| mnemoc | in "Language Support" the drop down Keyboard input method system is empty... I remember that having two options before | 15:05 |
| mnemoc | the assumption of keyboard layout based on language is quite annoying :-/ | 15:12 |
| mnemoc | installing and enabling ibus didn't help, still no underlined u :-/ | 15:22 |
| xubuntu51w | Hi! Using 15.10 with compiz here. How do I change the window decoration theme? gnome-tweak-tool seems to have suddenly removed that feature. | 18:41 |
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| xubuntu86w | hi | 21:34 |
| xubuntu86w | how would I install the drivers for my hp priinter so I will have full features ? Would I use Wine ? | 21:36 |
| flocculant | xubuntu86w: have you gone to Printers? | 21:36 |
| flocculant | it should just find it if there is a driver for it | 21:36 |
| flocculant | I've not had issues with HP ever | 21:36 |
| xubuntu86w | well it will print but has few settings | 21:37 |
| flocculant | aah right, quite often the way - what printer? | 21:38 |
| xubuntu86w | old hp psc1610 | 21:38 |
| flocculant | to answer your question - steer well clear of wine unless you really need it | 21:38 |
| xubuntu86w | ok | 21:38 |
| xubuntu86w | maybe its time fow new priiinter ? | 21:40 |
| xubuntu86w | printer* | 21:40 |
| flocculant | http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/psc/psc_1600_series.html | 21:41 |
| xubuntu86w | Thanks !!! | 21:41 |
| flocculant | xubuntu86w: often you will find that many of the bells and whistles that you get on windows don't work - but the job of the printer does | 21:41 |
| xubuntu86w | ok | 21:43 |
| xubuntu86w | Thanks again, Have a good Holiday | 21:45 |
| flocculant | xubuntu86w: I have a deskjet 1510, it prints, it copies, it scans | 21:45 |
| flocculant | I couldn't fiddle about much though | 21:45 |
| flocculant | yep - you too | 21:45 |
| daniel2 | Hello, I just installed Xubuntu and often as I type it just randomly pastes stuff | 23:09 |
| daniel2 | Tap to click is off, dunno whats up with my mouse | 23:09 |
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