Wlan, printer and terminal problem plus suggestion about Help

Asked by Dutch

Hi!

First off -- I am new to Linux. I can install programs and write letters in Windows, which I have just left for Ubuntu. So...

I installed the newest Ubuntu on an Dell Inspiron 5100 (Pentium 4, memory: 512, AGP128, 40Gb hd,A-Link WL54PC Wlan card.

There is too much development happening on this front and the internet offers too many (often in terms a newbie does not understand) solutions for the problems I experienced.

So: who would walk me through possible solutions step-bystep?

Here are my problems:
a) Wlan does not work
b) The terminal rejects my administrator password
c) The printer works fine with e.g., Gedit, but the output is horrible under OpenOffice.
d) More a suggestion than a question: during installation I needed too often help via the internet -- not possible as long as I did not get my internet connection to work! More help might be included on the cd.

Remarks:

Wlan card: My neighbor suggests using the Windows driver (emulated), but has not told me how to do that.
Terminal (from Accessories): It does not matter whether I use su + password or sudo. "Authentication failure" is returned. I can install using Synaptic. In fact, everywhere else where the password is asked for, it is accepted.

The answer can be in English, German, Dutch or Finnish.

dmesg listing:

root@bob-laptop:/home/bob# dmesg
[17179569.184000] Linux version 2.6.15-26-386 (buildd@terranova) (gcc version 4. 0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)) #1 PREEMPT Thu Aug 3 02:52:00 UTC 2006
[17179569.184000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
[17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f800 (usable)
[17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 000000000009f800 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
[17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000000d2000 - 00000000000d4000 (reserved)
[17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000000dc000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
[17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000001ff70000 (usable)
[17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 000000001ff70000 - 000000001ff7b000 (ACPI data)
[17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 000000001ff7b000 - 000000001ff80000 (ACPI NVS)
[17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 000000001ff80000 - 0000000020000000 (reserved)
[17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000ff800000 - 00000000ffc00000 (reserved)
[17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fffffc00 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
[17179569.184000] 0MB HIGHMEM available.
[17179569.184000] 511MB LOWMEM available.
[17179569.184000] On node 0 totalpages: 130928
[17179569.184000] DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:0
[17179569.184000] DMA32 zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:0
[17179569.184000] Normal zone: 126832 pages, LIFO batch:31
[17179569.184000] HighMem zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:0
[17179569.184000] DMI 2.3 present.
[17179569.184000] ACPI: RSDP (v000 PTLTD ) @ 0x0 00f78e0
[17179569.184000] ACPI: RSDT (v001 PTLTD RSDT 0x06040000 LTP 0x00000000) @ 0x1ff76dd0
[17179569.184000] ACPI: FADT (v001 INTEL NBGV 0x06040000 PTL 0x00000003) @ 0x1ff7af64
[17179569.184000] ACPI: BOOT (v001 PTLTD $SBFTBL$ 0x06040000 LTP 0x00000001) @ 0x1ff7afd8
[17179569.184000] ACPI: DSDT (v001 INTEL Brkdle_G 0x06040000 MSFT 0x0100000e) @ 0x00000000
[17179569.184000] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x1008
[17179569.184000] Allocating PCI resources starting at 30000000 (gap: 20000000:d f800000)
[17179569.184000] Built 1 zonelists
[17179569.184000] Kernel command line: root=/dev/hdc3 ro quiet splash
[17179569.184000] Local APIC disabled by BIOS (or by default) -- you can enable it with "lapic"
[17179569.184000] mapped APIC to ffffd000 (01401000)
[17179569.184000] Initializing CPU#0
[17179569.184000] PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 32768 bytes)
[17179569.184000] Detected 2392.380 MHz processor.
[17179569.184000] Using pmtmr for high-res timesource
[17179569.184000] Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
[17179569.968000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 byte s)
[17179569.968000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
[17179569.984000] Memory: 508340k/523712k available (1976k kernel code, 14804k r eserved, 606k data, 288k init, 0k highmem)
[17179569.984000] Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervis or mode... Ok.
[17179570.064000] Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 4789.13 BogoM IPS (lpj=9578267)
[17179570.064000] Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized
[17179570.064000] SELinux: Disabled at boot.
[17179570.064000] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
[17179570.064000] CPU: After generic identify, caps: bfebf9ff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00004400 00000000 00000000
[17179570.064000] CPU: After vendor identify, caps: bfebf9ff 00000000 00000000 0 0000000 00004400 00000000 00000000
[17179570.064000] CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 8K
[17179570.064000] CPU: L2 cache: 512K
[17179570.064000] CPU: After all inits, caps: bfebf9ff 00000000 00000000 0000008 0 00004400 00000000 00000000
[17179570.064000] mtrr: v2.0 (20020519)
[17179570.064000] CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz stepping 07
[17179570.064000] Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
[17179570.064000] Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
[17179570.064000] Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
[17179570.080000] checking if image is initramfs... it is
[17179570.648000] Freeing initrd memory: 6617k freed
[17179570.664000] ACPI: Looking for DSDT ... not found!
[17179570.664000] ACPI: setting ELCR to 0200 (from 0c00)
[17179570.668000] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[17179570.668000] EISA bus registered
[17179570.668000] ACPI: bus type pci registered
[17179570.668000] PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd9b2, last bus=2
[17179570.668000] PCI: Using configuration type 1
[17179570.668000] ACPI: Subsystem revision 20051216
[17179570.676000] ACPI: Interpreter enabled
[17179570.676000] ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
[17179570.676000] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
[17179570.676000] PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
[17179570.700000] PCI quirk: region 1000-107f claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
[17179570.700000] PCI quirk: region 1180-11bf claimed by ICH4 GPIO
[17179570.700000] PCI: Ignoring BAR0-3 of IDE controller 0000:00:1f.1
[17179570.700000] Boot video device is 0000:01:00.0
[17179570.700000] PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0
[17179570.700000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
[17179570.704000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.AGP_._PRT]
[17179570.704000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.SLOT._PRT]
[17179570.704000] ACPI: Embedded Controller [EC0] (gpe 28) interrupt mode.
[17179570.704000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 *10 11 14 15)
[17179570.704000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 *10 11 14 15)
[17179570.704000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 10 11 14 15) *0, disab led.
[17179570.704000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 10 *11 14 15)
[17179570.704000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 10 11 14 15) *0, disab led.
[17179570.708000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 10 11 14 15) *0, disab led.
[17179570.708000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 3 10 11 14 15) *0, disab led.
[17179570.708000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 3 *10 11 14 15)
[17179570.748000] Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
[17179570.748000] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[17179570.768000] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 7 devices
[17179570.768000] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
[17179570.768000] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
[17179570.768000] PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq". If it help s, post a report
[17179570.772000] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:01.0
[17179570.772000] IO window: 3000-3fff
[17179570.772000] MEM window: e0100000-e01fffff
[17179570.772000] PREFETCH window: f0000000-f7ffffff
[17179570.772000] PCI: Bus 3, cardbus bridge: 0000:02:04.0
[17179570.772000] IO window: 00004000-000040ff
[17179570.772000] IO window: 00004400-000044ff
[17179570.772000] PREFETCH window: 30000000-31ffffff
[17179570.772000] MEM window: 34000000-35ffffff
[17179570.772000] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0
[17179570.772000] IO window: 4000-4fff
[17179570.772000] MEM window: e0200000-e02fffff
[17179570.772000] PREFETCH window: 30000000-31ffffff
[17179570.772000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1e.0 to 64
[17179570.772000] **** SET: Misaligned resource pointer: df90a7c2 Type 07 Len 0
[17179570.772000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 10
[17179570.772000] PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered
[17179570.772000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:04.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 10 ( level, low) -> IRQ 10
[17179570.772000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:04.0 to 64
[17179570.772000] Simple Boot Flag at 0x38 set to 0x1
[17179570.772000] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[17179570.772000] audit(1155286297.772:1): initialized
[17179570.772000] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
[17179570.772000] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[17179570.772000] Initializing Cryptographic API
[17179570.772000] io scheduler noop registered
[17179570.772000] io scheduler anticipatory registered
[17179570.772000] io scheduler deadline registered
[17179570.772000] io scheduler cfq registered
[17179570.772000] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
[17179571.128000] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[17179571.144000] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBC0,PNP0f13:MSE0] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[17179571.152000] i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 1.9.
[17179571.156000] serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[17179571.156000] serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[17179571.156000] serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[17179571.160000] serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[17179571.160000] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[17179571.160000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 48 ports, IRQ shar ing enabled
[17179571.160000] **** SET: Misaligned resource pointer: df98a3c2 Type 07 Len 0
[17179571.160000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 10
[17179571.160000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.6[B] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 10 ( level, low) -> IRQ 10
[17179571.160000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:1f.6 disabled
[17179571.160000] RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 65536K size 1024 b locksize
[17179571.160000] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
[17179571.160000] ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override w ith idebus=xx
[17179571.160000] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[17179571.164000] EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa.0
[17179571.164000] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 1
[17179571.164000] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 2
[17179571.164000] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 3
[17179571.164000] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 4
[17179571.164000] EISA: Detected 0 cards.
[17179571.164000] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[17179571.196000] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input0
[17179571.204000] IP route cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes )
[17179571.204000] TCP established hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 by tes)
[17179571.204000] TCP bind hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[17179571.204000] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 32768)
[17179571.204000] TCP reno registered
[17179571.204000] TCP bic registered
[17179571.204000] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[17179571.204000] NET: Registered protocol family 8
[17179571.204000] NET: Registered protocol family 20
[17179571.204000] Using IPI Shortcut mode
[17179571.204000] ACPI wakeup devices:
[17179571.204000] LID LANC AC97 USB1 USB2 EUSB
[17179571.204000] ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S5)
[17179571.204000] Freeing unused kernel memory: 288k freed
[17179571.256000] vga16fb: initializing
[17179571.256000] vga16fb: mapped to 0xc00a0000
[17179571.380000] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x25
[17179571.380000] fb0: VGA16 VGA frame buffer device
[17179572.448000] Capability LSM initialized
[17179572.576000] ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2])
[17179572.576000] ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8 throttling states)
[17179572.580000] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (34 C)
[17179573.144000] ICH4: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1
[17179573.144000] PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:1f.1 (0005 -> 0007)
[17179573.144000] **** SET: Misaligned resource pointer: df9f43c2 Type 07 Len 0
[17179573.144000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 11
[17179573.144000] PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered
[17179573.144000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 11 ( level, low) -> IRQ 11
[17179573.144000] ICH4: chipset revision 2
[17179573.144000] ICH4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
[17179573.144000] ide0: BM-DMA at 0x2020-0x2027, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb :pio
[17179573.144000] ide1: BM-DMA at 0x2028-0x202f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd :pio
[17179573.144000] Probing IDE interface ide0...
[17179573.880000] hda: MATSHITA CD-RW/DVD-ROM UJDA740, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
[17179574.552000] ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
[17179574.552000] Probing IDE interface ide1...
[17179574.840000] hdc: IC25N040ATCS04-0, ATA DISK drive
[17179575.512000] ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
[17179575.544000] hda: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)
[17179575.544000] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[17179575.552000] hdc: max request size: 128KiB
[17179575.552000] hdc: 78140160 sectors (40007 MB) w/1768KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16 /63, UDMA(100)
[17179575.552000] hdc: cache flushes not supported
[17179575.552000] hdc: hdc1 hdc2 hdc3 hdc4 < hdc5 >
[17179576.004000] usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
[17179576.004000] usbcore: registered new driver hub
[17179576.004000] USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.3
[17179576.004000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 10 ( level, low) -> IRQ 10
[17179576.004000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.0 to 64
[17179576.004000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
[17179576.004000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus nu mber 1
[17179576.004000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 10, io base 0x00001cc0
[17179576.008000] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[17179576.008000] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[17179576.072000] ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394'
[17179576.112000] **** SET: Misaligned resource pointer: dfcda202 Type 07 Len 0
[17179576.112000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 11
[17179576.112000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 11 ( level, low) -> IRQ 11
[17179576.112000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.1 to 64
[17179576.112000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
[17179576.112000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus nu mber 2
[17179576.112000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 11, io base 0x00001ce0
[17179576.112000] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[17179576.112000] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[17179576.216000] **** SET: Misaligned resource pointer: dfb40dc2 Type 07 Len 0
[17179576.216000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] enabled at IRQ 10
[17179576.216000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[D] -> Link [LNKH] -> GSI 10 ( level, low) -> IRQ 10
[17179576.216000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.7 to 64
[17179576.216000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
[17179576.216000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
[17179576.216000] PCI: cache line size of 128 is not supported by device 0000:00 :1d.7
[17179576.216000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus nu mber 3
[17179576.216000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 10, io mem 0xe0000000
[17179576.220000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 D ec 2004
[17179576.220000] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[17179576.220000] hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
[17179576.324000] ohci1394: $Rev: 1313 $ Ben Collins <email address hidden>
[17179576.324000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:04.1[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 10 ( level, low) -> IRQ 10
[17179576.372000] ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[10] MMIO=[e0206 000-e02067ff] Max Packet=[2048]
[17179576.464000] Attempting manual resume
[17179576.500000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[17179576.508000] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[17179576.960000] usb 2-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[17179577.644000] ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[00c04f42331d1061 ]
[17179591.744000] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
[17179591.796000] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
[17179591.872000] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
[17179591.892000] agpgart: Detected an Intel 845G Chipset.
[17179591.896000] agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe8000000
[17179591.912000] hw_random: RNG not detected
[17179592.280000] Real Time Clock Driver v1.12
[17179592.492000] usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
[17179592.536000] input: Logitech USB Mouse as /class/input/input1
[17179592.536000] input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Mouse] on usb-0000:00 :1d.1-1
[17179592.536000] usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
[17179592.536000] drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[17179592.620000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.5[B] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 10 ( level, low) -> IRQ 10
[17179592.620000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.5 to 64
[17179592.752000] input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input2
[17179592.936000] ts: Compaq touchscreen protocol output
[17179593.392000] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 5.9, id: 0x254ab1, caps: 0x8 04713/0x0
[17179593.440000] intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 55295 usecs
[17179593.440000] intel8x0: clocking to 48000
[17179593.440000] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /class/input/input3
[17179593.448000] b44.c:v0.97 (Nov 30, 2005)
[17179593.448000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:01.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 10 ( level, low) -> IRQ 10
[17179593.448000] eth0: Broadcom 4400 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:0b:db:9c:b7:23
[17179593.452000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:04.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 10 ( level, low) -> IRQ 10
[17179593.452000] Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:02:04.0 [1028:0149]
[17179593.452000] Yenta: Enabling burst memory read transactions
[17179593.452000] Yenta: Using CSCINT to route CSC interrupts to PCI
[17179593.452000] Yenta: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI
[17179593.452000] Yenta TI: socket 0000:02:04.0, mfunc 0x00000102, devctl 0x66
[17179593.684000] Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0000, PCI irq 10
[17179593.684000] Socket status: 30000020
[17179593.684000] Yenta: Raising subordinate bus# of parent bus (#02) from #02 t o #06
[17179593.684000] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge I/O window: 0x4000 - 0x4fff
[17179593.684000] cs: IO port probe 0x4000-0x4fff: clean.
[17179593.684000] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xe0200000 - 0xe02fff ff
[17179593.684000] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0x30000000 - 0x31ffff ff
[17179594.340000] pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
[17179594.416000] cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: excluding 0x200-0x20f
[17179594.416000] cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
[17179594.416000] cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
[17179594.416000] cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: clean.
[17179594.420000] cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
[17179594.440000] PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
[17179594.440000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 10 ( level, low) -> IRQ 10
[17179594.440000] rt2500 1.1.0 CVS 2005/07/10 http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
[17179594.440000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64
[17179594.644000] rt2500 EEPROM: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Chan nel
[17179594.644000] rt2500 EEPROM: 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 dBm Maximum
[17179594.832000] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[17179594.924000] SCSI subsystem initialized
[17179594.936000] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[17179594.952000] sbp2: $Rev: 1306 $ Ben Collins <email address hidden>
[17179594.952000] ieee1394: sbp2: Driver forced to serialize I/O (serialize_io=1 )
[17179594.952000] ieee1394: sbp2: Try serialize_io=0 for better performance
[17179595.028000] Adding 1421712k swap on /dev/hdc5. Priority:-1 extents:1 acro ss:1421712k
[17179595.180000] EXT3 FS on hdc3, internal journal
[17179595.380000] md: md driver 0.90.3 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
[17179595.380000] md: bitmap version 4.39
[17179596.336000] device-mapper: 4.4.0-ioctl (2005-01-12) initialised: dm-devel@ redhat.com
[17179596.836000] b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
[17179596.836000] b44: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX.
[17179597.136000] cdrom: open failed.
[17179599.312000] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[17179599.312000] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[17179599.312000] IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
[17179604.116000] ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (off-line)
[17179604.220000] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery present)
[17179604.312000] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
[17179604.312000] ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
[17179604.312000] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[17179604.312000] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
[17179604.436000] ibm_acpi: ec object not found
[17179604.472000] pcc_acpi: loading...
[17179604.572000] ACPI: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
[17179604.572000] ACPI: Video Device [GRFX] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
[17179609.464000] ra0: no IPv6 routers present
[17179609.660000] [drm] Initialized drm 1.0.1 20051102
[17179609.736000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 10 ( level, low) -> IRQ 10
[17179609.736000] [drm] Initialized radeon 1.24.0 20060225 on minor 0
[17179609.928000] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[17179610.700000] agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
[17179610.700000] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 1x mode
[17179610.700000] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 1x mode
[17179610.788000] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[17179611.196000] [drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map
[17179611.196000] [drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs
[17179612.116000] apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16ac)
[17179612.116000] apm: overridden by ACPI.
[17179616.452000] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.8
[17179616.452000] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[17179616.452000] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[17179616.452000] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[17179616.504000] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.8
[17179616.504000] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[17179616.564000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[17179616.564000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[17179616.564000] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.7
[17180813.508000] pccard: card ejected from slot 0
[17180813.568000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:03:00.0 disabled

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Dean Sas (dsas) said :
#1

I think the wireless instruction for your card are these ones https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT2500 to use the windows driver read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper

I'm not sure about your second two problems - you should use sudo and then your user password. Does using gksudo rather than sudo make any difference?

There are some plans afoot to include more help with the system - particularly with details about modems and wireless cards.

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Dutch (bob-abspoel) said :
#2

Thanks Dean!

I have just read your remarks and I appreciate your willingness to help. I
have to do other things right now. However, I will soon read the suggested
articles and try your suggestions. I'll be in touch.

Bob

On 8/11/06, Dean Sas <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Support request #1454 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/1454
>
> Comment:
> I think the wireless instruction for your card are these ones
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT2500 to use the
> windows driver read
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
>
> I'm not sure about your second two problems - you should use sudo and then
> your user password. Does using gksudo rather than sudo make any difference?
>
> There are some plans afoot to include more help with the system -
> particularly with details about modems and wireless cards.
>
>
>
>
>

--
Bob Abspoel
Good sites: www.isbm.fi and
http://paulabspoel.blogspot.com

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Dutch (bob-abspoel) said :
#3

Hi Dean!

I had a quick look. My system says the card is activated. However, I see
no lights (on the card) and the card does not find any network. I'll next
follow the instructions for ndiswrapper and try that way.

I'll also check your suggestion about gksudo, but that will unfortunately
have to be tomorrow (I am a teacher and school has started).

Why my printer should not work properly under OpenOffice, but work with
other editors, stumps me. OO does not require special drivers, does it? My
printer in an Epson C62.

Bob

On 8/11/06, Dean Sas <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Support request #1454 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/1454
>
> Comment:
> I think the wireless instruction for your card are these ones
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT2500 to use the
> windows driver read
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
>
> I'm not sure about your second two problems - you should use sudo and then
> your user password. Does using gksudo rather than sudo make any difference?
>
> There are some plans afoot to include more help with the system -
> particularly with details about modems and wireless cards.
>
>
>
>
>

--
Bob Abspoel
Good sites: www.isbm.fi and
http://paulabspoel.blogspot.com

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Dutch (bob-abspoel) said :
#4

request #1454:

Hi Dean!

Some progress: I can use the Root Terminal. However, I regularly get the
remark:
"Authentication Rejected, reason: None of the authentication protocols
specified are supported and hos-based authentication failed."
In spite of that the terminal lets me open e.g., gedit and issue commands.

One of the reasons I installed Ubuntu on my Dell Inspiron 5100 was that it
is slow under WinXP.
I used hdparm (after reading up on that command). The command "hdparm -t
/dev/hda" (from /dev) returns something strange: "read() failed:
Input/output error". I was able to set DMA to 1 and to turn on 32-bit
support. Then again when testing: "hdparm -m /dev/hda" returned
"HD10_GET_MULTCOUNT failed: Invalid argument".

It is probably unlikely, but does this have anything to do with my other
problems? Any idea why I get these returns?

A question before trying to use the windows driver for my Wifi card: should
I remove the Linux driver and can you point me in the direction of the
needed instructions?

I realize I should use Launchpad, but I am in the wrong place and I do not
have the needed info here. Sorry.

Thanks!

Bob Abspoel

--
Bob Abspoel
Good sites: www.isbm.fi and
http://paulabspoel.blogspot.com

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Dutch (bob-abspoel) said :
#5

Hi Dean!

Sorry - did you get my email about hdparm? I am ashamed of myself: my hd is
hdc, so obviously I got error messages.
Should have looked at /dev before assuming it was hda.

Related to this another question, though. I noticed Dell has created a
separate partition with their stuff in it. Is it safe to reformat that
partition?

Thanks!

Bob

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Dean Sas (dsas) said :
#6

Bob,

If you're sure you no longer want the stuff on there (I assume it contains windows XP recovery stuff + whatever freebies dell give you) then you should be fine to delete it. You may need to get a windows disc if you wish to reinstall Xp then though.

I don't know why you're getting this error: "Authentication Rejected, reason: None of the authentication protocols
specified are supported and hos-based authentication failed." Using gksudo is supposed to work around that permissions error.

I don't think that you need to remove your current windows driver - likely you can just disable the interface in system->administration->networking and then follow the ndiswrapper tutorial at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper

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Dutch (bob-abspoel) said :
#7

Thanks Dean!

I'm learning... slowly. I am reminded of the days when I learned to use
DOS. I did that in two days. Let's see how long this will take me.

Bob

On 8/16/06, Dean Sas <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Support request #1454 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/1454
>
> Comment:
> Bob,
>
> If you're sure you no longer want the stuff on there (I assume it contains
> windows XP recovery stuff + whatever freebies dell give you) then you should
> be fine to delete it. You may need to get a windows disc if you wish to
> reinstall Xp then though.
>
> I don't know why you're getting this error: "Authentication Rejected,
> reason: None of the authentication protocols
> specified are supported and hos-based authentication failed." Using gksudo
> is supposed to work around that permissions error.
>
> I don't think that you need to remove your current windows driver - likely
> you can just disable the interface in system->administration->networking and
> then follow the ndiswrapper tutorial at
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
>

--
Bob Abspoel
Good sites: www.isbm.fi and
http://paulabspoel.blogspot.com

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Dutch (bob-abspoel) said :
#8

Dean,

I finally got halfway decent print-outs via OpenOffice (with my Epson C62).
It requires using the very best possible setting to get a little better than
draft quality.

That is good enough for me for 98% of what I need, so I am not going to
spend more time on this issue. I thought I'd tell you, though. The driver
has an amazing number of useful possibilities and works with other
programs. If more people report this problem, it might be worth looking
into.

Still no luck with WiFi. The terminal works in spite of the dire warnings.

Bob

On 8/16/06, Dean Sas <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Support request #1454 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/1454
>
> Comment:
> Bob,
>
> If you're sure you no longer want the stuff on there (I assume it contains
> windows XP recovery stuff + whatever freebies dell give you) then you should
> be fine to delete it. You may need to get a windows disc if you wish to
> reinstall Xp then though.
>
> I don't know why you're getting this error: "Authentication Rejected,
> reason: None of the authentication protocols
> specified are supported and hos-based authentication failed." Using gksudo
> is supposed to work around that permissions error.
>
> I don't think that you need to remove your current windows driver - likely
> you can just disable the interface in system->administration->networking and
> then follow the ndiswrapper tutorial at
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
>

--
Bob Abspoel
Good sites: www.isbm.fi and
http://paulabspoel.blogspot.com

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Dean Sas (dsas) said :
#9

Hmm, I don't know what to advise then, it may be useful to visit ubuntuforums.org and ask around there about your wireless issue.

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Dutch (bob-abspoel) said :
#10

Hi Dean!

In the beginning of August I asked for your help. Let me tell you what
happened and I have a request concerning a specific situation.

About the terminal returning dire warnings: the problem just disappeared. I
do not know why (update?). However, if you want to have a look and you can
tell me which files, logs -- or whatever -- you need, let me know.

The Wlan card was simply broken. Amazing, how easily that happens. During
the last two months I ran into two cases. Both cards were relatively new.
A new card solved my problem. Suggestion (or question: does one exist?): a
program that checks the card for physical weaknesses would be welcome! The
internet is full of writings about the difficulties to get those cards to
work under Linux. The obvious possibility that such a card might actually
be weak I have not often seen in the replies given to requests for help.

Then the request. Yesterday I changed my monitor. I had an old 21" Nokia
and now I changed to an 19" LCD. First there was the -- too difficult for
newbies! -- process of finding out you cannot simply make Ubuntu look for
updated hardware. I had to manually change a file. Once you learn that, it
is not difficult -- but obviously not as graceful a solution as the
possibility to make Linux scan the system for changes. My problem: I added
36 bit color depth -- which the driver did not support. When I rebooted, I
was told as much, but not how to actually get back to a graphical screen.
That means a full stop for someone, who has not studied command line
solutions or does not guess you can actually select an older setup during
booting. Therefore, instructions should be added to the screen that appears
when Xserver cannot start! You see, for many it will be true that -- once
they cannot get into a graphical form of Linux -- they cannot go online to
look for solutions.

I know there is no problem once you know the commands. However, most
problems occur when a newbie tries to set up Linux. The possibilities of
full stops because of inability to get needed info should be dealt with.
So, if you can do something about this, please...

Ubuntu is very nice and I am learning to use it. Thanks for the good job
you guys are doing -- keep it up.

Bob Abspoel
Hanko, Finland

On 8/11/06, Dean Sas <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Support request #1454 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/1454
>
> Comment:
> I think the wireless instruction for your card are these ones
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT2500 to use the
> windows driver read
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
>
> I'm not sure about your second two problems - you should use sudo and then
> your user password. Does using gksudo rather than sudo make any difference?
>
> There are some plans afoot to include more help with the system -
> particularly with details about modems and wireless cards.
>
>
>
>
>

--
Bob Abspoel
Good sites: www.isbm.fi and
http://paulabspoel.blogspot.com

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Dean Sas (dsas) said :
#11

Dutch wrote:
Hi,

> About the terminal returning dire warnings: the problem just disappeared. I
> do not know why (update?). However, if you want to have a look and you can
> tell me which files, logs -- or whatever -- you need, let me know.

To be honest I wouldn't really know where to start, thinking back maybe
it was a PAM problem or something - but I don't know much about that
currently. I'm happy it's working for you though presumably an upgrade
or something fixed it.

> The Wlan card was simply broken. Amazing, how easily that happens. During
> the last two months I ran into two cases. Both cards were relatively new.
> A new card solved my problem. Suggestion (or question: does one exist?): a
> program that checks the card for physical weaknesses would be welcome! The
> internet is full of writings about the difficulties to get those cards to
> work under Linux. The obvious possibility that such a card might actually
> be weak I have not often seen in the replies given to requests for help.

Wow, I'd steer clear of that manufacturer in future. I can't imagine
that a program to check the card for physical weaknesses is really
practical, especially when there is not already a perfect driver for the
card. I don't imagine many people would particularly be interested in
writing it.

> Then the request. Yesterday I changed my monitor. I had an old 21" Nokia
> and now I changed to an 19" LCD. First there was the -- too difficult for
> newbies! -- process of finding out you cannot simply make Ubuntu look for
> updated hardware. I had to manually change a file. Once you learn that, it
> is not difficult -- but obviously not as graceful a solution as the
> possibility to make Linux scan the system for changes.

The x.org developers have done some work so that you don't have to edit
this file as often in the future. I'm not sure when the code will be
released though maybe in time for Ubuntu 7.04. There's also a
specification [1] about it which will be discussed at the next developer
summit.

> Therefore, instructions should be added to the screen that appears
> when Xserver cannot start! You see, for many it will be true that -- once
> they cannot get into a graphical form of Linux -- they cannot go online to
> look for solutions.

I think that ideas around that were discussed at one point. It seems
that future efforts may go into making the x server start no matter
what. Again there's a specification [2] for this to be discussed at the
next developer summit.

> So, if you can do something about this, please...

My level of engagement with Ubuntu is mainly QA (testing and bug
triaging) and support. I don't really have anything to do with the
programming side at the moment, and I think the development team are
already planning things which if implemented will at least ease these
specific problems.

Have fun,
Dean

[1]
https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/simple-x-mode-selection
[2] https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/bullet-proof-x

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