Thanks Paul, I will try all this and see how I go. I will get back with result as soon as I can. I am a bit slow with this so please be patient.
xxx Ana On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 9:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send ubuntu-au mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-au digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: printer and internet wired or wireless doesn't work > (Paul Gear) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:36:14 +1000 > From: Paul Gear <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: printer and internet wired or wireless doesn't work > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On 10/09/10 16:23, Ana Maria Arcos Solari wrote: >> Hi, i think I sent this before but I have been away so i don't know >> where the answer is, sorry!. >> > > Hi Ana, > > I hope you're enjoying using Kubuntu despite these issues. Let's hope > we can help you get them sorted out. > >> 3 problems to solve: >> >> 1) I have the Kubuntu 10.04 and when I first installed on my acer >> travelmate 6293 the internet wireless worked really well ( I didn't >> test the wired). But now the orange light went off and I can't get it >> back. >> > There are a couple of things that might have happened here: > > 1. Your wireless card might be turned off by a hardware/firmware > switch - on some laptops it's a little mechanical switch or button > around the outside of the machine somewhere; on others it's an Fn > key combination. > 2. Your networking might have been turned off in software. I'm not > sure what it is in KDE (which is the GUI in Kubuntu), but in GNOME > (the GUI in standard Ubuntu), you can right click the network > settings applet and turn it on and off (both wireless > specifically, and networking in general). Someone else on the > list might be able to advise on the exact method for Kubuntu. > 3. There might be some bug with your wireless card. My Dell Latitude > D830 is affected by a bug whereby if it is booted with the > hardware switch on, it turns off at a certain point in bootup and > won't turn back on. If i boot with the hardware switch off, it > turns on successfully after the driver has loaded. If your laptop > has an Intel wireless card, it may be affected by this or a > similar bug. > > Personally, i don't find that a reboot fixes much with wireless stuff on > Linux, so i would use that as a last resort. In general, you should > only need to reboot Linux when there's a kernel update, or certain other > core software (update manager will tell you when it's necessary). >> 2) Also the printer (cannon LBP 3200) doesn't work. I have windows >> vista as well as Kubuntu in my computer. All works ok with vista. >> > > A quick Google search indicates that the printer has driver support for > CUPS (http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010044.asp), but the > OpenPrinting database has nothing > (http://www.openprinting.org/printers), so some fiddling might be in > order to get it working. >> 3) I have downloaded a piano tuning program "Tunelab" and it doesn't >> execute the file tunelab.exe >> > > To execute Windows programs on Linux, you need to install a product > called "wine" - you can do this through the normal software installer > (i'm not exactly sure where it is on Kubuntu, but i'm sure it will be > pretty obvious). After you install wine, .exe programs should start > using that when you open them in the file manager. Some Windows > software works really well in wine - other software doesn't work at > all. If the latter is true in this case, you should find some > alternatives if you search in the software installer. > > Paul > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-au/attachments/20100911/2000c1d1/attachment-0001.htm > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: paul.vcf > Type: text/x-vcard > Size: 203 bytes > Desc: not available > Url : > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-au/attachments/20100911/2000c1d1/attachment-0001.vcf > > ------------------------------ > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > End of ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 55, Issue 10 > ***************************************** > -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
