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Old 09-23-08, 08:40 AM   #1
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Hi all,

I hope all of you reading this are either using Ubuntu or willing to try it.

I'm sure you may have thousands of difficulties while using it. At least I had (however overcame those in the mean time).
For example, one person said in another thread, that ubuntu needs terminal to update and for other reasons.

What I can say now is, you could do all the things without using terminal. At least I could guide you how to do without terminal.
So post your Ubuntu queries here. I'll surely try to help to the best of my abilities.

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Old 09-23-08, 08:47 AM   #2
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Way to go dude, i will try to help u as much as i can
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Thx m8, first of all... is this ubuntu cd 8.04 LTS, which i ordered jus now, a live cum installer cd??
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Ya its a live cum installation CD..
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Man I installed ubuntu with help of wubi last night... its working gr8... its connected to wi-fi network too...

but I can't figure out... how to create a dialer & connect to internet... cuz i'm using bridge mode in my ADSL modem utstarcom... somebody help...
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why do you want to create a dialup connection on your system when you are already using a router, your router must be configured to send username and password for authentication know.

there is no need to create a dialup but still if you want to create then you can go to terminal and can use this command,
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sudo pppoeconf
this is a command to create a dialup on linux OS and works good on ubuntu. It will guide you through a wizard under terminal only

Do remember if you are not logged into ubuntu as admin then you need to type command as
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sudo pppoeconf


next time onwards whenever you want to connect this connection just go to teminal and use this command to connect
Quote:
sudo pon
and to disconnect
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sudo poff
hope it will help you
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why do you want to create a dialup connection on your system when you are already using a router, your router must be configured to send username and password for authentication know.

there is no need to create a dialup but still if you want to create then you can go to terminal and can use this command, pppoeconf this is a command to create a dialup on linux OS and works good on ubuntu. It will guide you through a wizard under terminal only

Do remember if you are not logged into ubuntu as admin then you need to type command as sudo pppoeconf

hope it will help you

Yeah... it certainly helped me to understand precisely what I'm doing... Thanx a lot! I figured it out yesterday itself by looking in the help section of ubuntu...

My router/modem isn't configured in PPPoE mode.... Its in bridge mode... In windows I used a PPPoE dialer to connect to internet... I enter username/password in that dialer only... Its not in the router/modem...

Well now I've to log-in windows to write some dvds... I'm sure ubuntu can do it... but I don't have much time now to understand it myself... u throw some light on it plz...

catch ya in a while from windows....
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anytime and i am just wring one more for you guys about that initamfs problem while booting ubuntu
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Well now I've to log-in windows to write some dvds... I'm sure ubuntu can do it... but I don't have much time now to understand it myself... u throw some light on it plz...
Hi,
Go to "Ubuntu Help Center", click that _?_ button at the top. Then go to "Music, videos and photos" then click the 6 th point (Burn CDs and DVDs). If anyone of them aren't installed by default, install them by going to Applications -> Add/Remove or to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager. In either cases, just type the name of the application in the search box. You'll have it in a flash.
Good Luck!

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anytime and i am just wring one more for you guys about that initamfs problem while booting ubuntu
Thanks alot vibes.
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and its done vishnu please check this http://www.indiabroadband.net/linux/...html#post49484 (Wubi)
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Guys... I'm not able to connect internet from ubuntu... It has stopped searching my wireless network by itself... even
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doesn't help...
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what error are you getting and are you able to see the same wireless on windows computer
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Yeah.. I'm connected from windows itself...

I don't exactly remember the error... but after that code... it scans my ethernet & wireless connection... & says something like no connection is found on both... If u want I'll post the exact output later when I restart it next...
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yes please do that
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I solved it by manually config. from Network... Back again on Ubuntu...
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I got the cd some mins back.. it was lying on the floor outside my apartment building, damned postmen x(...

gonna try it out now..
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damnn then even i need to check my garage and waste bin too
can not trust my postman
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Ok so i put it in my drive and rebooted... i selected the try option, first the orange progress bar kept rotating, then it started loading up, after it was fully loaded the screeb turned blank

i waited another 2-3 mins, but nothing happened. I once again repeated the process but still the same....

Can any1 tell me how much time it takes to boot from cd in live mode on a p4 machine with 1.2gb RAM?
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3-4mins max..
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