[ale] starting network in Kubuntu

[Jim Philips]

Thanks! That's a lot of useful information. I'm setting out to try it now.

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Chuck Payne <terrorpup at gmail.com> wrote:

> you can always to do the following.
>
> sudo vim /etc/networking/interfaces
>
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> Of course change to the device you need.
>
>
> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-configuring-network-interface-cards-on-debian/
>
> Pup
>
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Jim Philips <briarpatch.jim at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > The output of ifconfig looks normal. But ifup eth0 and wlan0 both report
> > that the interface is not found. When I run dhclient, it goes out to all
> > interfaces, but doesn't connect to anything. Running netstat -nr after
> that
> > seems to show a connection to the modem, but no real IP address and I
> can't
> > ping anything. I would post some output here, but when I'm on Linux, I
> have
> > no way to capture and send.
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Tim Watts <tim at cliftonfarm.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> what runlevel are you in?
> >>
> >> what output do you get when you try starting the network/dhclient?
> >>
> >> what does ifconfig say afterwards?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 07:48 -0500, Jim Philips wrote:
> >> > I unexpectedly hosed my KDE setup in Kubuntu in trying to resolve some
> >> > dependencies. This would be a solvable problem, but I have no X
> >> > session available with KDE dead. And I don't have a network connection
> >> > at the command prompt...not even if I plug in ethernet directly. Here
> >> > are some things I have tried:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ifup eth0
> >> > ifup ath0
> >> > ifup wlan0
> >> > start networking
> >> > start network-manager
> >> > dhclient
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > None of this leads to any connection. In the old days, I had a
> >> > connection automatically on starting. Now, nothing seems to happen
> >> > until someone logs in to an X session. How can I get my network
> >> > connection?
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