How to find settings on my Lenovo R400

What desktop session are you using?

Is this an issue with wireless connectivity?

Thank you for requesting more information. I use both Tors and Mozilla Firefox. Tors is limited somewhat, not recognised by the 'mainstream' so I have to make use of Mozilla. Is this what you mean when you ask what desktop session I use? Duck Duck Go is my search engine.

Wireless connection is okay I assume. I access the internet by using the Ethernet cable. I'm unable to connect directly with the router on my laptop. (Although my daughter when visiting, was able to connect with her own laptop, but she does not use Ubuntu)

> On 12 January 2021 at 11:45 actionparsnip <email address hidden> wrote:
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Tor is well known. Its not special. Its just Firefox with a built in tunnel to the Tor network. There's videos all over YouTube and reviews online it's quite mainstream, trust me.

Do you use a VPN for Web access or do you just use Tor?

No, I don't use VPN. Perhaps I should? Maybe it's the reason that so many alternative sites just don't recognise Tor? I admit,to being ignorant of VPN. Just researching what it means!
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thank you for responding to my question but you have now gone silent. Does my answer that I just use Tor, not VPN for web access, alter my original question which is how to find my 'settings' on ubuntu 20-04 that has mysteriously disappeared.
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Click on Activities Type the word Setting in the search box, Enter . When you are in setting you can right click and add to favorites.
https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/ubuntu-help/index.html

Thank you.
I followed your instructions:
Activities-Typed in 'Settings' in 'search'
The following came up:
LightDM GTK+Greeter settings
Monitor Settings
Openbox Settings
PowerManager
SessionSettings
Tor Browser Launcher Settings
Saved all.

I'm confused as to the meanings of the above terms. How any of these will assist in connection lap top to router. I'm still using the Ethernet cable as the only way to access the internet.

> On 14 January 2021 at 00:55 Bernard Stafford <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Click on Activities Type the word Setting in the search box, Enter . When you are in setting you can right click and add to favorites.
> https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/ubuntu-help/index.html
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Are you wanting to connect the laptop to the router using a wireless connection instead of wired. Is that the issue here please?

Yes, Thank you. This is exactly what I want to do. I just cannot figure out why my laptop will not accept a wireless connection to the router. My server, The phone-coop, have instructed me to go into 'settings' and cannot help unless I do this.
The settings (general) appears to be hidden somewhere. And despite following actionsnip directions, as set out below, I'm no more enlightened.
Thank you for responding. I welcome any further help!
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> Are you wanting to connect the laptop to the router using a wireless
> connection instead of wired. Is that the issue here please?
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https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/ubuntu-help/gs-get-online.html.en
https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/ubuntu-help/net.html.en
https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/ubuntu-help/net-wireless.html.en

Thank you,
These links look very helpful.
I am more hopeful.
Many thanks
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If wireless is the issue then why didn't you say that in the original post instead of "How to find settings" which is nothing to do with wireless issues and we could have moved this forward a lot quicker. I even asked you in my very first reply but then you started talking about web browsers and how Tor isn't mainstream (which is also absolutely irrelevant to your issue).

What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C network

Thaniks

In future, if you make questions. Simply write what the issue is. Your question should have been along the lines of:
Hi, my LenovoR400 running Ubuntu 20.04 cannot connect to the internet wirelessly. Wired is OK

Instead we got:
I cannot find the 'Settings' on my LenovoR400 laptop.

Much clearer isn't it. If you post better questions the we can help faster

You can make Tor your default web browser by open preferences within Tor.
Thank You,
We are glad to help with any other questions that you may have.

Top right corner of your screen -> drop-down box, open. -> Settings -> Network -> Gear (circle) (click) This has wired and wireless networking within it. In the Security tab their is a slide Off and On button for 802.1xSecurity Slide to On position. This will let you enable your wireless network.