make sure your wireless device powered on at boot time and try searching for wireless networks. u can also try wifi-radar
good luck
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> From: ubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 45, Issue 61
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> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 18:28:30 +0100
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> 1. Re: Google madness (Wolf Canis)
> 2. Re: Google madness (sktsee)
> 3. Re: Re:Slow performance on Hoary/Gutsy (sktsee)
> 4. Re: Google madness (Wade Smart)
> 5. Fwd: how do I unsubscribe from the mailing list?
> (Yakov Flaumenhaft)
> 6. Re: Google madness (Ioannis Vranos)
> 7. Re: how do I unsubscribe from the mailing list?
> (Nicolae Ghimbovschi)
> 8. Firefox 3.05b - Sound for Adobe Flashplayer 9 worked then
> quit (Alex Janssen)
> 9. Re: Google madness (Karl Larsen)
> 10. wireless roaming (Ed Jabbour)
> 11. Re: Google madness (Karl Larsen)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 18:38:24 +0200
> From: Wolf Canis
> Subject: Re: Google madness
> To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID:
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
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> Karl Larsen wrote:
>> I hope I am not the only one who has a constant internet thing going
>> to Google. I noticed that the Internet was being used heavy and then
>> noticed Google was not settled down. I killed Google and the Internet
>> stopped being busy.
>>
>> So now I will bring up Google only when I use it.
>>
>> Karl
> Hello Karl,
> do you know NoScript ( http://noscript.net/ )? If not try it. The most
> traffic
> comes from ads and google-analytics. With the extension NoScript you can
> very fine adjust which sites or which scripts are be executed or not. That
> also applies to every plugin. The UI is very user friendly.
>
> W. Canis
>
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 11:38:50 -0500
> From: sktsee
> Subject: Re: Google madness
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>
> Message-ID:
> Content-Type: text/plain
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>
> On Sun, 2008-05-04 at 18:04 +0200, Nils Kassube wrote:
>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>> I killed Google and the
>>> Internet stopped being busy.
>>
>> Bill Gates will thank you for killing Google
>>
>>
>> Nils
>>
>
> Too bad he didn't kill Microsoft while he was at it. :/
>
> --
> sktee
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 11:39:05 -0500
> From: sktsee
> Subject: Re: Re:Slow performance on Hoary/Gutsy
> To: torbjorn@gmx.net, "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general
> discussions"
> Message-ID:
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
>
> On Sun, 2008-05-04 at 16:09 +0200, Torbj?rn ?sterdahl wrote:
>> Obviously the version I installed last week was 8.04 Hardy Heron. Hoary
>> Hedgehog was 5.04, if I remember things correctly. Typo.
>>
>> Torbj?rn
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 2008-05-04 at 08:57 -0500, Anna EdwARds wrote:
>>> If i were you, i would back up anything of any importance and
>>> reinstall 7.04 if you can find it and wait untill the next lts
>>> (following old pattern it should be 8.06) and then stick with lts
>>> editions. If you want a 7.04 disk i have plenty to spair just give me
>>> a shout.
>>>
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>>> --- Original Message ---
>>> Date: Sun May 04 06:23:21 PDT 2008
>>> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Torbj=F6rn_=D6sterdahl?=
>>> To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
>>> Subject: Slow performance on Hoary/Gutsy
>>> ---
>>>
>>> I have a very slow performance on my system. The machine is somewhat
>>> aged; it is a Nvida Nforce 2 with a AMD Athlon XP 2000+ CPU and 1GB
>>> RAM. I have used Ubuntu since version 5.04, I do not know if I just
>>> need to take this degradation into account? With Hoary I did a new
>>> install for the first time since April 2005. Previously I always used
>>> the upgrade option. After the install I noticed that the harddrive is
>>> identified with as a serial ATA drive, although I am confident that
>>> this old drive is does not have a serial ATA interface. Could this be
>>> the reason for slow performance? DMA seem to be enabled from what I
>>> can see.
>>>
>>> I am grateful for all sorts of advice before I resort to buying some
>>> new hardware.
>>>
>>> sudo hdparm -i /dev/sda
>>>
>>> /dev/sda:
>>>
>>> Model=ST3120024A , FwRev=3.33 , SerialNo=3KA1EJGH
>>> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
>>> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
>>> BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?16?
>>> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=234441648
>>> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
>>> PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
>>> DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
>>> UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
>>> AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
>>> Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2:
>>> ATA/ATAPI-1,2,3,4,5,6
>>>
>>> * signifies the current active mode
>>>
>>> dmesg|grep sda
>>> [ 33.856254] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 234441648 512-byte hardware sectors
>>> (120034 MB)
>>> [ 33.856271] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
>>> [ 33.856274] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
>>> [ 33.856296] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache:
>>> enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
>>> [ 33.856357] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 234441648 512-byte hardware sectors
>>> (120034 MB)
>>> [ 33.856369] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
>>> [ 33.856373] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
>>> [ 33.856391] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache:
>>> enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
>>> [ 33.856396] sda
river 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type
>>> methods
>>> [ 33.871214] sda1 sda4 < sda5 sda6>
>>> [ 33.891302] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
>>> [ 51.277416] Adding 1951856k swap on /dev/sda5. Priority:-1 extents:1
>>> across:1951856k
>>> [ 51.836651] EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
>>> [ 52.590173] EXT3 FS on sda6, internal journal
>>>
>
> The device node name change from /dev/hda to /dev/sda results from the
> libata library handling the SATA, and/or PATA devices on your system.
> It's pretty much a cosmetic change as libata supports most PATA devices
> just fine. Usually it's really old drives, or mainboards with quirky
> controllers that can be problematic.
>
> My drive is a Seagate (ST380215A) also, and the output I get from hdparm
> and dmesg is practically identical to what you posted, and I've not
> suffered any performance hit using libata. Of course, I haven't upgraded
> to hardy yet, so I may be in for unpleasant surprise when I do. :/
>
> I think the most likely cause for the performance loss is that one or
> more processes have malfunctioned and are eating up CPU cycles, or
> causing excessive IO. Here's a few suggestions in no order to help
> troubleshoot the problem.
>
> 1. Run top, say, 10 minutes after rebooting to see if any process is
> hoarding the cpy or causing excessive io.
>
> 2. make sure the swap file is on. "swapon -s" should list the active
> swap.
>
> 3. Install bootchart to audit the system's boot sequence.
>
> 4. Have a sane host name. If you give your machine a host name like
> myhostname.com, a lot of apps are going to spend a lot of time doing
> lookups and timing out because it isn't a valid registered name with
> DNS. Just set the hostname to a name without a domain, or to something
> like myhostname.site in the /etc/hosts file.
>
> 5. Compare performance between booting with a Gutsy LiveCD vs. a Hardy
> LiveCD. Mount your hardisk and perform timing tests with hdparm -Tt
>
> 6. Turn off Desktop effects if they are enabled.
>
> That should get you started. Hopefully, other list members wiil chime in
> with other suggestions.
>
> --
> sktsee
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 11:45:39 -0500
> From: Wade Smart
> Subject: Re: Google madness
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>
> Message-ID:
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
>>> Hi Vince, I have not done a thing to fix the problem. What I'm doing
>>> now is turn off Google except when using it.
>>
>> I apologize if I appear a bit thick, but again, what do you mean by
>> "turning off" Google ? I would like to understand so I can do the
>> same ! ;-)
>>
>> --
>> Vince
>>
> 20080504 1144 GMT-6
>
> Must be referring to either using NoScript to disallow the google javascript
> from running or possibly in reference to turing off the google page - as in
> moving away from that page.
>
> Wade
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 19:49:11 +0300
> From: "Yakov Flaumenhaft"
> Subject: Fwd: how do I unsubscribe from the mailing list?
> To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID:
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> ??"?
> Could someone please tell me how to unsubscribe myself from this mailing list
> thanks
> Yakov
>
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>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 19:49:38 +0300
> From: Ioannis Vranos
> Subject: Re: Google madness
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>
> Message-ID:
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>> I hope I am not the only one who has a constant internet thing going
>> to Google. I noticed that the Internet was being used heavy and then
>> noticed Google was not settled down. I killed Google and the Internet
>> stopped being busy.
>>
>> So now I will bring up Google only when I use it.
>
>
> May you clarify what you mean with more details?
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 19:58:06 +0300
> From: "Nicolae Ghimbovschi"
> Subject: Re: how do I unsubscribe from the mailing list?
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>
> Message-ID:
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
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> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
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> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Yakov Flaumenhaft wrote:
>> ??"?
>> Could someone please tell me how to unsubscribe myself from this mailing list
>> thanks
>> Yakov
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 13:11:36 -0400
> From: Alex Janssen
> Subject: Firefox 3.05b - Sound for Adobe Flashplayer 9 worked then
> quit
> To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID:
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> I just upgraded to U8.04 and started Firefox by clicking a link
> (http://linux.sys-con.com/read/558171.htm) to an article. There was a
> flash ad on that page and it was playing sound. FF prompted me, as it
> had a few times before, to load version 2 settings or keep the 3.0b5
> defaults. I clicked to load the v2 settings that I had been using for a
> year and the sound stopped. I guess that was a mistake. Flash sound
> plays on youtube, but not for this ad. This ad plays on a desktop I
> have, but not on my laptop, anymore. I cannot discern the differences
> in the setups, as of yet.
> Anyone got any ideas about what may have happened to the sound?
> Should I try deleting all traces of Firefox and reinstalling to get it
> back to defaults?
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
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>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 11:12:07 -0600
> From: Karl Larsen
> Subject: Re: Google madness
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>
> Message-ID:
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
>>> Hi Vince, I have not done a thing to fix the problem. What I'm doing
>>> now is turn off Google except when using it.
>>>
>>
>> I apologize if I appear a bit thick, but again, what do you mean by
>> "turning off" Google ? I would like to understand so I can do the
>> same ! ;-)
>>
>> --
>> Vince
>>
>>
> I really can't explain well. What I did was click on "loading" tab
> and then clicked on Close Tab. It was simple and something you do
> without thinking :-)
>
>
> Karl
>
>
> --
>
> Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
> Linux User
> #450462 http://counter.li.org.
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>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 13:20:29 -0400
> From: Ed Jabbour
> Subject: wireless roaming
> To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID:
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Wireless networking is set up via /etc/network/interfaces. It works fine,
> unless I visit the local coffee shop - different network, so it's a real pain
> to set up. There must be an easier way - something that lists all available
> networks and asks "which one do you want?" . I use kde and have tried
> knetworkmanager, kwifimanager and wireless assistant. None of them does
> that - w/o a connection, no networks are listed. Any advice, pointers, etc.
> appreciated.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 11:28:30 -0600
> From: Karl Larsen
> Subject: Re: Google madness
> To: Wolf.Canis@googlemail.com, "Ubuntu user technical support, not for
> general discussions"
> Message-ID:
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Wolf Canis wrote:
>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>> Hash: SHA1
>>
>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>
>>> I hope I am not the only one who has a constant internet thing going
>>> to Google. I noticed that the Internet was being used heavy and then
>>> noticed Google was not settled down. I killed Google and the Internet
>>> stopped being busy.
>>>
>>> So now I will bring up Google only when I use it.
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>
>> Hello Karl,
>> do you know NoScript ( http://noscript.net/ )? If not try it. The most
>> traffic
>> comes from ads and google-analytics. With the extension NoScript you can
>> very fine adjust which sites or which scripts are be executed or not. That
>> also applies to every plugin. The UI is very user friendly.
>>
>> W. Canis
>>
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>> =UKoL
>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>>
>>
>>
> I tried but for a strange unknown reason it will not load on my
> Firefox. It says to read the error log but I have never found that.
>
> Makes me mad! This is just like Windows :-)
>
> Karl
>
>
> --
>
> Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
> Linux User
> #450462 http://counter.li.org.
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