Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-22 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:57:53PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 05/21/07 18:13, Pete wrote: > [snip] > > > > Thanks Andrew > > I have a Xubuntu partition that works very well without Gnome but I would > > like > > to get to the bottom of why Debian/Gnome will not access the network on the > >

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-22 Thread Pete
Thanks guys for all your help on this one. It looks as though it won't be solved simply. I'll stick with Xubuntu which I know works and which I've grown to like and just leave Debian sat on the other partition till I either need the space or find a way of solving it. > Regards > Pete Redwood >

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-22 Thread Pete
On Monday 21 May 2007 11:37:13 yag wrote: > Pete wrote: > > On Monday 21 May 2007 06:19:29 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >> On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:32:50AM +0100, Pete wrote: > > > > [...] > > I have tried pinging known servers like Google on both the faulty Debian > > and the working Xubuntu a

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-21 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/21/07 18:13, Pete wrote: [snip] > > Thanks Andrew > I have a Xubuntu partition that works very well without Gnome but I would > like > to get to the bottom of why Debian/Gnome will not access the network on the > other partition. Everything e

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-21 Thread Pete
On Monday 21 May 2007 11:37:13 yag wrote: > Pete wrote: > > On Monday 21 May 2007 06:19:29 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >> On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:32:50AM +0100, Pete wrote: > > > > [...] > > I have tried pinging known servers like Google on both the faulty Debian > > and the working Xubuntu a

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-21 Thread Pete
On Monday 21 May 2007 19:54:15 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 09:25:38AM +0100, Pete wrote: > > On Monday 21 May 2007 06:19:29 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:32:50AM +0100, Pete wrote: > > > > Just had another thought on this, following another

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-21 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 09:25:38AM +0100, Pete wrote: > On Monday 21 May 2007 06:19:29 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:32:50AM +0100, Pete wrote: > > > Just had another thought on this, following another thread. Tried 'ifup > > > -a' to see what would happen. Came back '

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-21 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 05:44:09PM +0100, Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > In response to Andrew, not certain if resolv.conf is getting updated. Once > again not certain how to check. Type "cat /etc/resolv.conf". > Ping was by IP address. Can you ping by hostname? e.g., ping w

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-21 Thread yag
Pete wrote: On Monday 21 May 2007 06:19:29 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:32:50AM +0100, Pete wrote: [...] I have tried pinging known servers like Google on both the faulty Debian and the working Xubuntu and get identical results. /etc/resolv.conf gives identical resu

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-21 Thread Pete
On Monday 21 May 2007 06:19:29 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:32:50AM +0100, Pete wrote: > > Just had another thought on this, following another thread. Tried 'ifup > > -a' to see what would happen. Came back 'ifup command unknown'. > > its in /sbin so you either need the

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:32:50AM +0100, Pete wrote: > > Just had another thought on this, following another thread. Tried 'ifup -a' > to > see what would happen. Came back 'ifup command unknown'. its in /sbin so you either need the full path, or do it as root (it won't work as non-root anyway

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 10:52:12PM +0100, Pete wrote: > On Sunday 20 May 2007 19:56:47 H.S. wrote: > > Pete wrote: > > > DHCP. Laptop has its own IP address. No idea about name resolution. Not > > > certain how to check it > > > > What is the output of the following commands: > > > > $> ping 4.2.2.

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Pete
wever Epiphany, > > Iceweasel and Apt all report that "network is unreachable" or "unable to > > connect to network". Network Setting shows quite clearly that eth0 > > is 'active'. Ping is positive. What am I missing? I have a wired > >

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Pete
On Sunday 20 May 2007 19:56:47 H.S. wrote: > Pete wrote: > > DHCP. Laptop has its own IP address. No idea about name resolution. Not > > certain how to check it > > What is the output of the following commands: > > $> ping 4.2.2.2 > > $> ping google.com > > $> ping > > > ->HS Curiouser and curiou

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread H.S.
Pete wrote: DHCP. Laptop has its own IP address. No idea about name resolution. Not certain how to check it What is the output of the following commands: $> ping 4.2.2.2 $> ping google.com $> ping ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Jeff D
, Iceweasel and Apt all report that "network is unreachable" or "unable to connect to network". Network Setting shows quite clearly that eth0 is 'active'. Ping is positive. What am I missing? I have a wired connection to an adsl router. My laptop running Xubuntu works pe

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Pete
wever Epiphany, > > Iceweasel and Apt all report that "network is unreachable" or "unable to > > connect to network". Network Setting shows quite clearly that eth0 > > is 'active'. Ping is positive. What am I missing? I have a wired > >

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
t that "network is unreachable" or "unable to > connect to network". Network Setting shows quite clearly that eth0 > is 'active'. Ping is positive. What am I missing? I have a wired > connection to an adsl router. My laptop running Xubuntu works p

Re: Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Jeff D
On Sun, 20 May 2007, Pete wrote: Hi I have already posted this once but somehow managed to post into another thread so it probably got lost. Have just installed Etch with Netinstall. No problem. However Epiphany, Iceweasel and Apt all report that "network is unreachable" or "un

Unable to connect to network

2007-05-20 Thread Pete
Hi I have already posted this once but somehow managed to post into another thread so it probably got lost. Have just installed Etch with Netinstall. No problem. However Epiphany, Iceweasel and Apt all report that "network is unreachable" or "unable to connect to network&qu