[nmglug] lost xserver upon upgrade is OK now, no network tho!
js at jasonschaefer.com
js at jasonschaefer.com
Wed Apr 26 17:10:38 PDT 2006
This is a classic problem with the Craptiontec (Actiontec) routers that
are often used with qwest DSL. You will need to change your
/etc/resolv.conf file to point to a real DNS server not the actiontec's
masqueraded DNS (192.168.0.1). Login to the actiontec with a web browser
and go to status, look for the dns servers that it has and put them in
your resolv.conf file like this:
nameserver [primary dns number]
nameserver [secondary dns number]
btw: you will need to do this every time you pull an address from this
actiontec, so you may want to set a static ip or run a script to fix it.
(below are the actual numbers for qwest)
#!/bin/bash
echo nameserver 205.171.3.65 > /etc/resolv.conf
echo nameserver 205.171.2.65 >> /etc/resolv.conf
you must run with root privs (sudo)
~Jason
Brian O'Keefe wrote:
>On Tuesday 25 April 2006 11:10 pm, mohadib wrote:
>Thanks for the response. I ran some commands from suggestions at Ubuntuforums
>also as well as your suggestions. I'm not great at the command line but
>here's the output. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. As a thought, I
>had mac-on-linux installed but it got wiped during the apt-get upgrade. I was
>having an issue with it when I rebooted into Linux from OS X in that I had to
>start MOL and then quit it for my network in Ubuntu to come up. I have no
>idea if this is some vestigal problem or not. Anyway, here are the outputs
>(except for the last bit which is a pico file).
>
>brianokeefe at ubuntu:~$ iwlist scan
>lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
>
>eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
>
>eth1 Failed to read scan data : Resource temporarily unavailable
>
>sit0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
>
>brianokeefe at ubuntu:~$ iwconfig
>lo no wireless extensions.
>
>eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
>eth1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"ssid" Nickname:"ssid"
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:13:46:BF:5C:BE
> Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/3
> Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality=48/92 Signal level=-52 dBm Noise level=-100 dBm
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
>sit0 no wireless extensions.
>
>brianokeefe at ubuntu:~$ ifconfig
>eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:65:25:8D:87
> inet addr:192.168.0.100 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::230:65ff:fe25:8d87/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:173 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:56308 (54.9 KiB) TX bytes:4356 (4.2 KiB)
> Interrupt:57
>
>lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:200 (200.0 b) TX bytes:200 (200.0 b)
>
>brianokeefe at ubuntu:~$ sudo iwconfig eth1 essid ssid
>Password:
>brianokeefe at ubuntu:~$ sudo dhclient eth1
>Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3
>Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
>All rights reserved.
>For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP
>
>Listening on LPF/eth1/00:30:65:25:8d:87
>Sending on LPF/eth1/00:30:65:25:8d:87
>Sending on Socket/fallback
>DHCPREQUEST on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
>DHCPACK from 192.168.0.1
>bound to 192.168.0.100 -- renewal in 268093 seconds.
>brianokeefe at ubuntu:~$ route -n
>Kernel IP routing table
>Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
>192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
>0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1
>brianokeefe at ubuntu:~$ gedit /etc/resolv.conf
>bash: gedit: command not found
>brianokeefe at ubuntu:~$ pico /etc/resolv.conf
>
>file has: 192.168.01
>
>
>
>
>
>>On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 15:39 -0600, Brian O'Keefe wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Saturday 22 April 2006 9:12 am, you wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Friday 21 April 2006 10:06 pm, Bob Knight wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Oops...that should be xserver-xorg-input-synaptics. Sorry. But
>>>>>apparently you've got quite another problem now. Can you post the
>>>>>Xorg.0.log?
>>>>>
>>>>>Bob
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>I finally bit the bullet and upgraded the whole Ubuntu distro to Dapper
>>>Beta from cd and all windowing issues are fine now. I lost many apps in
>>>the process but if I can get online I'll be able to reinstall everything.
>>>Currently I can use wi-fi radar or gnome network manager or KWifi manager
>>>but nothing will get me online. I have a good signal and wifiradar
>>>connects to the ip address. The network settings are correct and
>>>KWifimanager shows a mount point, full signal, etc., but no internet.
>>>Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>does ifconfig show an address for the wifi card?
>>does route -n show a gateway?
>>does /etc/resolv.conf have a useable name server?
>>
>>good luck,
>>jd
>>
>>
>>
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