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[ilovepolkadots]

so i do not know how much everyone knows about things, but i have a new MacBook Pro and i have partitioned the hard drive in order to dual boot with Ubuntu. however, i cannot access the internet from the Ubuntu portion of my computer - it cannot detect wireless signals (or at least it is showing that it can't) and with an ethernet cable plugged in it cannot access the internet and while it knows it is there it shows nothing....

in general i have little knowledge of Ubuntu this is my first time using this OS so i have no idea what to do in order to be able to access the internet.

hoping someone here might have some knowledge on the subject

oh and i am running Ubuntu 10.10

[Hydrogen]

Hm... strange. Let's try getting your wired connection working. When you're connected only through your wired connection, open a terminal and type in

ifconfig

and press enter. Can you paste the results here? I would also suggest searching ubuntuforums.org for help in case someone has experienced this in the past .

[iargue]

Hm... strange. Let's try getting your wired connection working. When you're connected only through your wired connection, open a terminal and type in

ifconfig

and press enter. Can you paste the results here? I would also suggest searching ubuntuforums.org for help in case someone has experienced this in the past .

Pffft. Thats a Windows command. XD

[Hydrogen]

Pffft. Thats a Windows command. XD

I believe you're talking about

ipconfig

[iargue]

I believe you're talking about

ipconfig

Oooh. Your good.

[Pyro699]

I have to options for you

First... take your new MacBook and throw it off of your roof onto a road.. wait for 2 cars, a transport truck and a biblicists to run over it... and then try connecting to the internet...

If that option doesn't work for you, try this link http://ubuntu-tutori...ng-ndiswrapper/

(Something else, when you run that ifconfig command, use this instead... might give us more information... ifconfig -a just gives more output and includes disabled devices...)

Edited by Pyro699, 13 January 2011 - 03:30 PM.

[Hydrogen]

I have to options for you

First... take your new MacBook and throw it off of your roof onto a road.. wait for 2 cars, a transport truck and a biblicists to run over it... and then try connecting to the internet...

If that option doesn't work for you, try this link http://ubuntu-tutori...ng-ndiswrapper/

ndiswrapper is great ... I used to use it when ubuntu didn't allow me to download third party drivers automatically. Was always a pain to set up though . OP mentioned that neither wireless nor wired works... ndiswrapper may help for wireless, but not for wired... I kind of feel it might be a dhcp problem, but I need to see the output of ifconfig first .

Oooh. Your good.

I don't even use windows .

[iargue]

I don't even use windows .

I use them all, and misread what you typed.

OR. You typed IPconfig and just changed it when you realized your mistake. How sneaky.

[ilovepolkadots]

sorry - busy with a late night guest lecture

i am heading to campus early tomorrow so i will do some trials and post the results here
since no internet i would rather avoid the hassle of copy/paste, hard drive, reboot, OX S, forum .... x.X

i have a few ideas yet to try - but was hoping someone maybe already had experience with this

[Pyro699]

sorry - busy with a late night guest lecture

i am heading to campus early tomorrow so i will do some trials and post the results here
since no internet i would rather avoid the hassle of copy/paste, hard drive, reboot, OX S, forum .... x.X

i have a few ideas yet to try - but was hoping someone maybe already had experience with this

If you have a flash drive you could simply copy/paste, flash drive, other computer.... Since your going to a campus im assuming you have access to other computers...

~Cody

[ilovepolkadots]

If you have a flash drive you could simply copy/paste, flash drive, other computer.... Since your going to a campus im assuming you have access to other computers...

~Cody

if i had a flashdrive ;3

but it is really not a pain to reboot on the Mac - i was just lazy after a long day yesterday.




anyhow - Mac track pad = the devil
so everyone gets a picture & what i retyped ;3 since copy/paste in the terminal became impossible

Spoiler

eth0 Link encamp:Ethernet HWaddr c8:bc:c8:90:28:be
inet6 addr: fe80::cabc:c8ff:fe90:28be/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:15000 Mertric:1
RX packets:244 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:44877 (44.8 KB) TX bytes:7435 (7.4 KB)
Interrupt:16

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:1636 Metric:1
RX packets:108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:8304 (8.3 KB) TX bytes:8304 (8.3 KB)

i think i need a driver that currently does not exist
x.X

[Hydrogen]

You haven't gotten an IPv4 address on eth0 for some reason.. could be a driver problem, but I doubt it. I don't think you've configured your computer to use IPv6 only . I would go down the dhcp route first... So... when you connect your ethernet cable to your laptop, does the top right network manager area show anything? If you right click it, is wired networking enabled? If you left click it, do you see any information that it is trying to connect?

[Pyro699]

You haven't gotten an IPv4 address on eth0 for some reason.. could be a driver problem, but I doubt it. I would go down the dhcp route first... So... when you connect your ethernet cable to your laptop, does the top right network manager area show anything? If you right click it, is wired networking enabled? If you left click it, do you see any information that it is trying to connect?

That is very strange indeed.... Heres my ifconfig for comparison...

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1e:8c:3c:31:ef
          inet addr:169.254.206.176  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21e:8cff:fe3c:31ef/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:274 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:649 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:121
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:60649 (60.6 KB)  TX bytes:119283 (119.2 KB)

ham0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 2a:75:39:d0:c5:14
          inet addr:5.50.45.121  Bcast:5.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1200  Metric:1
          RX packets:1097643 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:514251 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
          RX bytes:99915807 (99.9 MB)  TX bytes:132359672 (132.3 MB)

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:94446693 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:94446693 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:1155116977 (1.1 GB)  TX bytes:1155116977 (1.1 GB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:e8:71:ca:35
          inet addr:192.168.2.11  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: <removed cause...>/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:28942621 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:30171048 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:1934011854 (1.9 GB)  TX bytes:318003901 (318.0 MB)

Edited by Pyro699, 16 January 2011 - 02:01 PM.

[ilovepolkadots]

You haven't gotten an IPv4 address on eth0 for some reason.. could be a driver problem, but I doubt it. I don't think you've configured your computer to use IPv6 only . I would go down the dhcp route first... So... when you connect your ethernet cable to your laptop, does the top right network manager area show anything? If you right click it, is wired networking enabled? If you left click it, do you see any information that it is trying to connect?

okay, i really doubt that i did that. its most likely timing out on the connection and not pulling an ipv4 address - but i will check my network settings to be sure.

answers to your questions:
no
yes
no


{checked}
ipv4 is set to autp (DHCP) and is required in order to complete the connection, yadda yadda
and ipv6 is set to ignore.

so yup

so i am getting this awful feeling that ya'll can't help me fix this problem
D:

Edited by ilovepolkadots, 14 January 2011 - 02:27 PM.

[Hydrogen]

I would ask on ubuntuforums.org . They are very knowledgable and might be able to help more than we can .

[ilovepolkadots]

I would ask on ubuntuforums.org . They are very knowledgable and might be able to help more than we can .

i already have and they were equally as helpful.

all i need is a driver. one that currently does not exists. i don't need internet trouble shooting help.

[ilovepolkadots]

did i mention i got this fixed?

the driver was actually on the disc that i burned ubuntu onto - for some reason however i had to manually install it from the disc though
o.O

[iargue]

did i mention i got this fixed?

the driver was actually on the disc that i burned ubuntu onto - for some reason however i had to manually install it from the disc though
o.O

Windows would have installed that automatically.

Good to know you got it solved though.