Ok, So I finally decided to go with Linux. I installed Kubuntu, which is basically ubuntu except with unbuntu is gnome, and the one I'm using is KDE. So everything is going fine, I installed it, I started running some commands and working with it. Now I decided to use a couple usb devices to see if it would work. Then I needed to connect to the internet.

But I put in my wireless card, and it wouldn't work. I tried configuring it, and nothing worked. So I decided to use wired, and yet still nothing. I try to configure, but i have to use the root account, problem is, that won't work either. Any Body use this same OS or have experience or idea of the problem?

I looked it up, and none of the soulutions I found worked or they weren't about what my problem was.

What type of Internet connection do you have? Did you try setting it up when you installed Ubuntu? What kind of wireless card and Ethernet card or modem do you have? (When you install it, there should be a screen that detects/prompts you for network settings.)

That seems really weird, because everytime I've used a KDE distro, when it booted, my network settings were auto detected.

I have ubuntu, i never installed it yet.

I forgot where the network options are in KDE. I don't have it installed on my Linux box right now, but I decided to download KDE and install it, so I'll look into how to set up networking in KDE.

KDE network settings are under KDE Start > System > Networking. Opening that will bring up a dialog where you can set your network settings. All your devices should be listed; you can also set your default networking interface (modem, wireless, Ethernet, etc.). Also, you can supply information such as whether you are on a DHCP-enabled network, etc. Check there; if you can't figure things out, feel free to post questions here.

That only works on gnome ubuntu. Kubuntu is the same as ubuntu except KDE. I still can't get it, I found some solutions online, but none of them actually work. Im just on a dsl connection. My router is the westell one that comes with the verizon package. It's really crappy.

And when I do plug in either my wireless card, or go wired, but nothing gets detected. Even though my PMP does. Also, how can I change the partitions? I thought I did but it just shows up as 78K media.

I'm aware of what Kubuntu is, which is why my directions specify how to set network settings in KDE. Even so, your network settings should be detected automatically at install by Ubuntu. Maybe you could just try reinstalling and making sure your network connection is active and functioning properly; Ubuntu should detect the settings automatically. If you don't wish to do this, then, as I pointed out, the Networking settings can be changed by going to KDE Main Menu > System > Networking.

How do I access it? I can't find it at all. Someone else told me to do that, but I couldn't find it.

In the lower left corner of the screen, in the same location as the Windows Start menu, is a button with a gigantic K. Click on it. A menu pops up. Select System, then Networking.

Thats what i thgouth everyone ment. I did, but guess what? No networking option.

I made some progress, i got my wired internet to work. But can you still explain to me where this networking option would be?

Now I just need to get my wireless card to work.

KDE Main (i.e. the big blue button with the K) > System (a submenu under the big blue button with a K) > Networking (a submenu of the System submenu).

It's there. I checked on an Ubuntu system running KDE.


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I don't know how Ubuntu is with wireless cards, but wireless on Linux is often very flaky and hard to set up properly.

Its supposed to be there, but it's just ont. Theres not even a section with networking.

Now the one thing I need to get, is how to install. Kubuntu uses kynpatic, but i can't get that to install. Last time I checked I had to use get adp or something like that in the command line.

I dunno, I usually compile from source.

Anyway, if networking isn't there, I don't know where it is. It should be there.

Yeah, thats what I did. I got the source. I don;'t know how to use it though. Command line or Kynpatic. I usually get em in Tar.gz files.

I also need to get Wine,

How to compile from source

1. Move the tarball (archived file, usually ending in .tar) to a directory. /tmp is good, because everything in /tmp is removed when your computer boots up (on most Linux systems. To move a file, open up a command-line Terminal and type:
   mv current_location_of_tarball /tmp
2. Change your directory to /tmp:
   cd /tmp
3. Untar the tarfile. If it is also a gzipped tarfile, you have to decompress it, too:
   tar -xzf tarball_to_unpack.tgz
   If it is not compressed, just use tar -cf tarball_to_unpack.tar
4. Move to the directory that the untarred file created:
   cd filename_of_unpacked_tarball_minux_extension
5. Time to configure the program. Third-party programs are usually stored in /usr/local, but can also be kept in /opt. (But really, they can go anywhere you wish.) Or you can install to the software's default location. To install to the software's default location, type:
   ./configure
   To install to, say, /usr/local, type:
   ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
6. Time to read the Makefile instructions and generate a recipe for the compiler to follow. Type:
   make
7. When that has executed, type:
   make install
8. When that has completed, you should be able to run your program.

Nothing works after step 5. I type make but nothing happens. I read the make file, but its all just code.

Are you in the same directory as the makefile? Also, do you have the proper compilers installed? I don't think Ubuntu installs compilers by default.

By the way, are you using Breezy Badger or Hoary Hedgehog?

5.04 Which I remember was HH so it's Hoary Hedgehog I think.

Did you ever get this worked out?

Kinda. Now I have trouble eraseing Wine from my system and reinstalling it. i messed it up, and now I have to uninstall it.
But I can't.

Oh, I don't know. I don't bother with Wine, unless it comes in a bottle.