I can't set up my Ubuntu 12.10 (now running alongside my iMac)'s network. It doesn't even detect it.
The network is an apple network (airport extreme), if that helps.
Suggestions?
Edit 2: Didn't work >.<
I'm not getting any signal at all.
Ubuntu 12.10 Network difficulty
Started by Coconut Man, Jan 12 2013 08:59 PM
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Posted 12 January 2013 - 08:59 PM
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Posted 12 January 2013 - 09:01 PM
Try windows? 
Can the ubuntu box see the internet, and the other's can't see it, or is it getting no network signal at all?
Can the ubuntu box see the internet, and the other's can't see it, or is it getting no network signal at all?
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Posted 12 January 2013 - 09:02 PM
It wasn't getting any signal at all, but it wasn't anything a little terminal couldn't fix 
...you know that I wouldn't consider Windows as an alternative to Ubuntu if it were between that and Solaris?
Well if it were 7, maybe....
...you know that I wouldn't consider Windows as an alternative to Ubuntu if it were between that and Solaris?
Well if it were 7, maybe....
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Posted 12 January 2013 - 09:42 PM
Actually, it's not working again.
Help?
Help?
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Posted 12 January 2013 - 11:40 PM
need to be a bit more specific. is ubuntu just not reading your network card, or just the wireless network. does a wired connection function?
probably should post what the network card is, too (unless that's what that airport thing is. don't know jack about apple hardware).
probably should post what the network card is, too (unless that's what that airport thing is. don't know jack about apple hardware).
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Posted 13 January 2013 - 01:54 AM
I honestly have never needed to use a wireless "card" I believe... It's fully seamless 99% of the time. It doesn't detect the network, and I think I need a driver for it. What driver would work best?
Sorry if I say something stupid I believe a card is literally hardware but if it's software please explain xD
Sorry if I say something stupid I believe a card is literally hardware but if it's software please explain xD
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Posted 13 January 2013 - 08:11 AM
Anyone have any ideas?
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Posted 13 January 2013 - 09:42 AM
If it connects to the internet wirelessly, you have a wireless card. To know what driver you need, you have to know what card you have.I honestly have never needed to use a wireless "card" I believe... It's fully seamless 99% of the time. It doesn't detect the network, and I think I need a driver for it. What driver would work best?
Sorry if I say something stupid I believe a card is literally hardware but if it's software please explain xD
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Posted 13 January 2013 - 11:50 AM
Okay, forget that, I can't find the iMac data. I tried to boot into Mac, but nothing was there. is the data gone? Completely? I back it up regularly so I wouldn't have lost much, but...
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Posted 13 January 2013 - 01:12 PM
you may not have installed ubuntu correctly. unless you accidentally wiped everything installing, the data is likely there, just installing ubuntu overwrote a boot process. check your hard drive contents in ubuntu, as it should have mounted your mac partition.
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Posted 14 January 2013 - 09:46 AM
It doesn't matter, I last backed it up last week so I can try as many times as I like to get it right
Thanks for the help, though.
EDIT: I had to delete Ubuntu and it wouldn't recognize Time Machine until a date from 2011....it sucks, but it's not my work computer, so I didn't have any real important files lost. I didn't even lose any music or games, which was the real factor. Steam saves files in the cloud so I didn't lose anything there, and I back up my music separately and the computer recognized that (even if it didn't there are ways to get songs from an iPod back onto a computer, so I'd be safe anyways).
I'm going to back up on more than one device from now on...
Thanks for the help, though.
EDIT: I had to delete Ubuntu and it wouldn't recognize Time Machine until a date from 2011....it sucks, but it's not my work computer, so I didn't have any real important files lost. I didn't even lose any music or games, which was the real factor. Steam saves files in the cloud so I didn't lose anything there, and I back up my music separately and the computer recognized that (even if it didn't there are ways to get songs from an iPod back onto a computer, so I'd be safe anyways).
I'm going to back up on more than one device from now on...
