> Hi there,
>
> For some years I was a happy user of (X)Ubuntu, wired to the Internet.
> Until a couple of weeks ago when I suddenly noticed that the Network
> Manager applet no longer was visible next to the clock in the top hand
> right corner of my screen. The mail reader Epiphany didn't receive mail
> anymore; Google wasn't available either.
>
> I did not alter anything of the system.
>
> What do I have to do to get the connection to the Internet back again?
> Please be not too concise in your explanation as I have little knowledge
> of the ins and outs of Linux.
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> Daniel Hoogland
I don't really know how you will fix this if this in Xubuntu 8.10.
If the release you are using is really Xubuntu 8.10, you should upgrade
to a supported release. Xubuntu 8.10 has not had any updates since
about April of 2010, so it is highly unlikely any kind of update or
anything caused this to vanish. It is strongly suggested to upgrade
this to at least 10.04, which is an LTS release, supported for three
years from its release. That makes Xubuntu 10.04 good until October of
2013, if you don't like upgrading.
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For some years I was a happy user of (X)Ubuntu, wired to the Internet.
Until a couple of weeks ago when I suddenly noticed that the Network
Manager applet no longer was visible next to the clock in the top hand
right corner of my screen. The mail reader Epiphany didn't receive mail
anymore; Google wasn't available either.
I did not alter anything of the system.
What do I have to do to get the connection to the Internet back again?
Please be not too concise in your explanation as I have little knowledge
of the ins and outs of Linux.
Thanks very much,
Daniel Hoogland
I don't really know how you will fix this if this in Xubuntu 8.10.
If the release you are using is really Xubuntu 8.10, you should upgrade
to a supported release. Xubuntu 8.10 has not had any updates since
about April of 2010, so it is highly unlikely any kind of update or
anything caused this to vanish. It is strongly suggested to upgrade
this to at least 10.04, which is an LTS release, supported for three
years from its release. That makes Xubuntu 10.04 good until October of
2013, if you don't like upgrading.
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Charlie Kravetz
Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/]
Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]
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What do I have to do to get the connection to the Internet back again?
I would try to (re)start nm-applet. Start a terminal window (under
Accessories from the Applications menu), then type the command
nm-applet
(followed by pressing the Enter key).
mike
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07-23-2011, 09:30 AM
Alok
The Network Manager applet has vanished from the top panel in Ubuntu 8.10
Dear Mike,
From the above output, it seems that both your ethernet ports are down. Which one do you use to connect to the Internet. Try the following commands in a terminal. Atleast one might work.
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
ifup eth0
ifup eth1
On 23 July 2011 08:22, D. Hoogland <dhoogland@interestate.nl> wrote:
Hello Mike,
I tried another command I once read in a post:
ip addr show
Ubuntu 10.04 replied:
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state
UNKNOWN
What do I have to do to get the connection to the Internet back again?
I would try to (re)start nm-applet. Start a terminal window (under
Accessories from the Applications menu), then type the command
nm-applet
(followed by pressing the Enter key).
mike
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07-23-2011, 11:08 AM
"D. Hoogland"
The Network Manager applet has vanished from the top panel in Ubuntu 8.10
Hello Alok,
After the command 'sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart' and
after supplying the password, Ubuntu replied:
* Reconfiguring network
interfaces...********************************** [ OK ]
Then I typed 'ifup eth0', and the system answered:
ifup: failed to open statefile /var/run/network/ifstate:
Permission denied
The same with 'ifup eth1':
ifup: failed to open statefile /var/run/network/ifstate:
Permission denied
How to proceed from here?
Thanks in advance, regards, Daniel
On 23-7-2011 11:30, Alok wrote:
Dear Mike,
From the above output, it seems that both your ethernet ports are
down. Which one do you use to connect to the Internet. Try the
following commands in a terminal. Atleast one might work.
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
ifup eth0
ifup eth1
On 23 July 2011 08:22, D. Hoogland <dhoogland@interestate.nl>
wrote:
Hello
Mike,
I tried another command I once read in a post:
ip addr show
Ubuntu 10.04 replied:
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc
noqueue state UNKNOWN
What do I have to do to get the connection to the Internet back again?
I would try to (re)start nm-applet. Start a terminal window (under
Accessories from the Applications menu), then type the command
nm-applet
(followed by pressing the Enter key).
mike
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07-23-2011, 06:13 PM
Alok
The Network Manager applet has vanished from the top panel in Ubuntu 8.10
please add sudo in front of the command.
sudo ifup eth0
sudo ifup eth1
Then use the "ipconfig" or " ip addr show" to check whether your ethernet is up.
On 23 July 2011 16:38, D. Hoogland <dhoogland@interestate.nl> wrote:
Hello Alok,
After the command 'sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart' and
after supplying the password, Ubuntu replied:
* Reconfiguring network
interfaces...********************************** [ OK ]
Then I typed 'ifup eth0', and the system answered:
ifup: failed to open statefile /var/run/network/ifstate:
Permission denied
The same with 'ifup eth1':
ifup: failed to open statefile /var/run/network/ifstate:
Permission denied
How to proceed from here?
Thanks in advance, regards, Daniel
On 23-7-2011 11:30, Alok wrote:
Dear Mike,
From the above output, it seems that both your ethernet ports are
down. Which one do you use to connect to the Internet. Try the
following commands in a terminal. Atleast one might work.
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
ifup eth0
ifup eth1
On 23 July 2011 08:22, D. Hoogland <dhoogland@interestate.nl>
wrote:
Hello
Mike,
I tried another command I once read in a post:
ip addr show
Ubuntu 10.04 replied:
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc
noqueue state UNKNOWN
What do I have to do to get the connection to the Internet back again?
I would try to (re)start nm-applet. Start a terminal window (under
Accessories from the Applications menu), then type the command
nm-applet
(followed by pressing the Enter key).
mike
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07-24-2011, 10:27 AM
daan
The Network Manager applet has vanished from the top panel in Ubuntu 8.10
Hello Mike,
The icon of Sound Preferences (a picture of a loudspeaker) is the only
icon that has been present all the time.
Nevertheless I followed your advice: I added the Notification Area which
added the Network Connection icon (a picture of a connected male-female
plug between a wired line) and the Rhythmbox icon (a picture of a
speaker box).
Then I opened Epiphany and received emails again. Browsing is also
possible.
Thus, adding the Notification Area proved to be the solution!.
Mike, thank you very much for your help! I am very glad that I can use
Ubuntu again.
Kind regards, Daniel
On Sat, 2011-07-23 at 09:45 -0700, Mike Kupfer wrote:
> D. Hoogland wrote:
>
> > Thank you for your help. After I gave in the command I got the
> > following reply:
> >
> > An instance of nm-applet is already running.
> > ** (nm-applet:1840): WARNING **: <WARN> constructor():
> > Couldn't initialize the D-bus manager.
>
> Okay, so nm-applet is already running, but it's not showing itself in
> your panel.
>
> In your original post, you wrote
>
> > Until a couple of weeks ago when I suddenly noticed that the
> > Network Manager applet no longer was visible next to the clock in the
> > top hand right corner of my screen.
>
> Do you know if there are other applets/icons missing, such as the volume
> control or the power manager applet? It may be that you lost the
> Notification Area. If that's the problem, you could try putting it
> back. To do this, right-click on any item in the panel and select "Add
> New Items". Then scroll down to Notification Area, select it, and click
> on Add.
>
> mike
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07-24-2011, 10:40 AM
daan
The Network Manager applet has vanished from the top panel in Ubuntu 8.10
Hello Alok,
I followed your advice. The system responded:
Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
then I typed: sudo ifup eth1
the answer was:
ifup: interface eth1 already configured
Another Linux user thought that the Notification Area icon had vanished
from the top panel line, and suggested to bring it back again via Add to
Panel, Notification Area, Add.
And this turned out to be the solution to the problem. So, I am back in
business again!. I am very glad that I can use Ubuntu again.
Thank you very much for your help,
kind regards,
Daniel
On Sat, 2011-07-23 at 23:43 +0530, Alok wrote:
> please add sudo in front of the command.
>
> sudo ifup eth0
> sudo ifup eth1
>
> Then use the "ipconfig" or " ip addr show" to check whether your
> ethernet is up.
>
> On 23 July 2011 16:38, D. Hoogland <dhoogland@interestate.nl> wrote:
> Hello Alok,
>
> After the command 'sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart' and
> after supplying the password, Ubuntu replied:
>
> * Reconfiguring network interfaces...
> [ OK ]
>
> Then I typed 'ifup eth0', and the system answered:
>
> ifup: failed to open statefile /var/run/network/ifstate:
> Permission denied
>
> The same with 'ifup eth1':
>
> ifup: failed to open statefile /var/run/network/ifstate:
> Permission denied
>
>
>
> How to proceed from here?
>
>
> Thanks in advance, regards, Daniel
>
>
>
> On 23-7-2011 11:30, Alok wrote:
> > Dear Mike,
> >
> > From the above output, it seems that both your ethernet
> > ports are down. Which one do you use to connect to the
> > Internet. Try the following commands in a terminal. Atleast
> > one might work.
> >
> > sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
> > ifup eth0
> > ifup eth1
> >
> > On 23 July 2011 08:22, D. Hoogland
> > <dhoogland@interestate.nl> wrote:
> > Hello Mike,
> >
> > I tried another command I once read in a post:
> >
> > ip addr show
> >
> > Ubuntu 10.04 replied:
> >
> > 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc
> > noqueue state UNKNOWN
> > link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd
> > 00:00:00:00:00:00
> > inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
> > inet6 ::1/128 scope host
> > valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
> > 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop
> > state DOWN qlen 1000
> > link/ether 00:01:29:fb:37:b9 brd
> > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> > 3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop
> > state DOWN qlen 1000
> > link/ether 00:01:29:fb:38:48 brd
> > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> > 4: vboxnet0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc
> > noop state DOWN qlen 1000
> > link/ether 0a:00:27:00:00:00 brd
> > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >
> > Is this of any help to you (and me)?
> >
> > kind regards,
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >
> >
> > On 23-7-2011 4:59, Mike Kupfer wrote:
> > > D. Hoogland wrote:
> > >
> > > > What do I have to do to get the connection to the Internet back again?
> > > I would try to (re)start nm-applet. Start a terminal window (under
> > > Accessories from the Applications menu), then type the command
> > >
> > > nm-applet
> > >
> > > (followed by pressing the Enter key).
> > >
> > > mike
> > >
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