I'm sure this isn't it since you've tried other browsers, but when I have my wireless card in my laptop, Firefox starts up in off-line mode.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/21/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Dan</b> <<a href="mailto:dan@cpugeek.org">dan@cpugeek.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>You might also look for wired connections. I have this problem when I have more than one adapter loaded.
<br><br>do an ifconfig and look for a wired connection. If you have one and not using it disable it.<br><br>Dan<br><br>On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:06:26 -0500, Dan <<a href="mailto:dan@cpugeek.org">dan@cpugeek.org</a>> wrote:
<br>><br>> Check your resolv.conf make sure your dns servers are set properly.<br>><br>> Dan<br>><br>> On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:59:48 -0500, Theron Conrey <<a href="mailto:theron.conrey@dice.com">theron.conrey@dice.com
</a>><br>> wrote:<br>>> Looking for a good next step:<br>>><br>>> I'm helping a friend get a computer together for his daughter. She's<br>> been<br>>> using Ubuntu on his desktop, and he's ready to give her her own box.
<br>> So,<br>>> out we went, got a system built, and loaded the OS. I ran into some<br>>> issues with the atheros wifi driver and ndiswrapper (1.47 works the<br>>> installed version with Ubuntu 1.45 causes an issue where the card
<br>> reports<br>>> an incorrect pciid to the OS, don't ask, 1.47 resolved the issue and<br>>> that's all the further down that rabbit hole I ventured) and she's<br>> excited<br>>> to take this shiny workstation to school. Only one snag.... It doesn't
<br>> get<br>>> out to websites. I say the websites because synaptic works fine... IRC<br>>> works fine... Only the browser can't get out on the net. This is a<br>> quest<br>>> with msn account, and I'm not sure how everything with that type
<br>>> connection is structured. I guess what I'm looking for is what to check<br>>> next.<br>>><br>>> I can use ndiswrapper to get the card working and recognized by the OS.<br>>> I can get associated with the wireless using WEP.
<br>>> I can ping the router.<br>>> I can resolve web addresses.<br>>> I can apt-get to my heart's content.<br>>> I can connect to freenode and rant about this odd situation.<br>>> I just can't seem to get ANY browser to get out to the internet.
<br>> (firefox,<br>>> epiphany, w3m)<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> Much obliged for comments.<br>>> -Theron<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> -----Original Message-----<br>>> From:
<a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a>] On<br>>> Behalf Of Theron Conrey<br>>> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 8:45 AM
<br>>> To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group'<br>>> Subject: [Cialug] Xen Hosting here in Des Moines<br>>><br>>><br>>> Background:<br>>><br>>> I talked a little about a project I was working on at the last LUG
<br>> meeting<br>>> to get some services of mine moved out of my house and into a "real"<br>>> datacenter. My thought was to lock down my home network and have a<br>> server<br>>> at a CoLo facility or in a datacenter to host my mail and apache
<br>> services,<br>>> and associated services I use on the road. This quickly changed as I<br>>> realized the cost of putting a server in a data rack somewhere. So in<br>>> order to facilitate my own desire to get this stuff moved over, and not
<br>>> wanting to pay a service 30-50 bucks a month to get my own VM somewhere,<br>> I<br>>> decided to start my own Community Xen hosting project.<br>>><br>>> ----------<br>>> Update:<br>
>><br>>> Server is built, hosting is arranged, and the only thing left is get<br>> some<br>>> folks onboard, and get this thing racked.<br>>> Take a peek over to xenkibbutzdotcom, and see what we're doing.
<br>>> The cost is going to be 25 dollars a month. If you know someone outside<br>>> the LUG that is interested, tell them it's 30, or have them email me.<br>>><br>>> There are only five slots remaining, so if you're interested, let me
<br>> know<br>>> soon.<br>>> Possible uses?<br>>><br>>> Mail Server<br>>> Web Servers<br>>> Offsite Backups<br>>> EyeOS (remote desktop)<br>>> iFolder
<br>>> general tinkering<br>>><br>>><br>>> -Theron<br>>><br>>> If you're interested please contact me at <a href="mailto:theron@xenkibbutz.com">theron@xenkibbutz.com</a> for this
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