http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Ubuntu_annoyances 2026-05-11T04:11:48Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.35.1 http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php?title=Ubuntu_annoyances&diff=22181&oldid=prev 2006-12-27T00:52:58Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:52, 27 December 2006</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7" >Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The builtin dialup interface in Network Settings is unreliable (and does not have and easy way to diagnose errors), but disables the use of any other program, unless it itself is disabled.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The builtin dialup interface in Network Settings is unreliable (and does not have and easy way to diagnose errors), but disables the use of any other program, unless it itself is disabled.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On some boxes, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </del>wireless <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">does not scan for access points, and </del>will not find a new access point.  <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">command </del>line tools <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cannot </del>change the wireless settings.  Disabling the wireless in network settings and then using the command line tools is sometimes the easiest option.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On some boxes, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">using Network settings for </ins>wireless will not <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">work to </ins>find a new access point.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Command </ins>line tools <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">can find access points, but not </ins>change the wireless settings.  Disabling the wireless in network settings and then using the command line tools is sometimes the easiest option.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The solution to all of these issues is the same:  disable the interface in Network Settings and go back to using the command line tools.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The solution to all of these issues is the same:  disable the interface in Network Settings and go back to using the command line tools.</div></td></tr> </table>

MichaelWestwind http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php?title=Ubuntu_annoyances&diff=22180&oldid=prev 2006-12-27T00:48:03Z

<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Networking==<br /> <br /> Deactivating and reactivating ethernet is not reliable.<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;example: For some reason I have an erroneous dns number. The interface is configured by Ubuntu to DHCP. I deactivate and reactivate the interface, no change. I disable the interface and re-enable it, and activate it, no change. I go to command line and run dhclient and it works fine. Huh?<br /> <br /> The builtin dialup interface in Network Settings is unreliable (and does not have and easy way to diagnose errors), but disables the use of any other program, unless it itself is disabled.<br /> <br /> On some boxes, the wireless does not scan for access points, and will not find a new access point. command line tools cannot change the wireless settings. Disabling the wireless in network settings and then using the command line tools is sometimes the easiest option.<br /> <br /> <br /> The solution to all of these issues is the same: disable the interface in Network Settings and go back to using the command line tools.</div>

MichaelWestwind