[Staffslug] HELP WITH LINUX

Having just taken windows xp off my PC, and installed ubuntu witch works great. But i do have a problem. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT. I cannot install things like web-cam, Internet TV for football, etc is there a Linux o/s more like windows to get me started as i do not want to go back to windows but may have to please help simon law PLEASE REPLY TO simonjohnlaw(a)yahoo.co.uk sijohnlaw(a)talktalk.net THANK YOU ----- Original Message ---- From: &quot;staffslug-request(a)staffslug.org.uk&quot; <staffslug-request(a)staffslug.org.uk&gt; To: staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk Sent: Friday, 9 March, 2007 12:00:05 PM Subject: Staffslug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12 Send Staffslug mailing list submissions to staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to staffslug-request(a)staffslug.org.uk You can reach the person managing the list at staffslug-owner(a)staffslug.org.uk When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Staffslug digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: DNS problem [was Re: Unanswerable Question] (Carl Struyk) 2. Re: DNS problem [was Re: Unanswerable Question] (Andrew Edwards) 3. Re: DNS problem [was Re: Unanswerable Question] (Richard Smedley) 4. Re: Logo... (Kevanf1) 5. Re: Logo... (Kris Douglas) 6. Re: Logo... (Kevanf1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 19:00:56 +0000 From: "Carl Struyk" <carl(a)struyk.co.uk&gt; Subject: Re: [Staffslug] DNS problem [was Re: Unanswerable Question] To: staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk Message-ID: <4c226bff0703081100m2ed6b1aaxe1f29b0c635d538f(a)mail.gmail.com&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi Richard - I'll try those things in a minute as I've stopped using Ubuntu 6.10 and have put a Knoppix 5.1.1 Live DVD in and it works!! Well this has now got me stumped as I was sure it was the router. The odd thing is if i go into network card configuration and specify DHCP - it sort of screws things up. GAIM won't connect, Conquerer will actually still work whereas Iceweasel wont! I have checked the /etc/resolv.conf and it does indeed give me the ip of the router. I will boot into Ubuntu again and stay on that to try your commands now that I can see another distro works... many thanks! On 3/8/07, Richard Smedley <smedley358(a)btinternet.com&gt; wrote: ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 19:14:52 +0000 From: "Andrew Edwards" <edwards.andrew(a)gmail.com&gt; Subject: Re: [Staffslug] DNS problem [was Re: Unanswerable Question] To: staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk Message-ID: <7cee84140703081114p490bd98dg89bf455b6e01ab1e(a)mail.gmail.com&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed thanks for taking that one richard, i think it shows that i just booted my freebsd box for the first time in about 6 or more months! LOL scary thing is, it's probably been longer since i used linux ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 19:45:54 +0000 From: Richard Smedley <smedley358(a)btinternet.com&gt; Subject: Re: [Staffslug] DNS problem [was Re: Unanswerable Question] To: staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk Message-ID: <20070308194554.4ce1b020@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Okay, I think I was on the right track - hence the suggestion on Ubuntu to try wget, then wget -4 iow I suspect that the problem lies with your router's attitude to IPv6 :-/ Recent Ubuntu releases default to IPv6 (which is a good thing), however your router may be one of the few that won't (save, perhaps, with a firmware upgrade) play nicely with IPv6. Try typing sudo apt-get update I bet it tells you it's waiting for [0,0,0,0] instead of 194.169.254.10, or whatever it should be. Firefox will default to IPv6 on Ubuntu and so will apt and wget - unless you use the -4 switch. Konqueror doesn't. If you actually install Ubuntu, instead of running it live, and can't alter your router, let us know on the list and I'll tell you how to remove IPv6 from Ubuntu & Firefox. "Andrew Edwards" wrote: That sounds like a less-than-ideal situation :-/ Cheers, - Richard -- Richard Smedley, rs(a)m6-it.org Technical Director, www.M6-IT.org A PRINCE2 aware company Web services * Back-ups * Support * Training & Certification * E-Mail M6-IT CIC ``Software Freedom for the Education and Voluntary Sector'' M6-IT is a Community Interest Company, limited by guarantee Registered in England & Wales, Registration No: 6040154 11 St Marks Road, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY9 7DT ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:34:27 +0000 From: Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com&gt; Subject: Re: [Staffslug] Logo... To: staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk Message-ID: <7bca46c50703090234q20b4c9cak8043cd9f87d8627e(a)mail.gmail.com&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Kris, that is excellent :-) May I enquire where you got the Staffordshire knot design? Is it legal to use? I need a Staffordshire Knot logo myself but can't find a legal to use one.... :-( -- ============================================== Don't take it to the tip recycle it via the Freecycle(r) Network. For a group near to you look here: Worldwide http://www.freecycle.org/ United Kingdom http://uk.freecycle.org/ ============================================ Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Staffordshire ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:41:04 +0000 From: "Kris Douglas" <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com&gt; Subject: Re: [Staffslug] Logo... To: staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk Message-ID: <8d424b9e0703090241v57efe7a4ld091e197a047ebd9(a)mail.gmail.com&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I'll send ya the vector On 09/03/07, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: -- Regards, Kris Douglas - Softdel Limited Web: www.softdel.net Mail: kris(a)softdel.net