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06-16-2015, 06:30 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2015
Posts: 7
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I used // as a example from programming.
Maybe i am are you offended? It's just a word.
On xubuntu I remember ipconfig working and giving me all the info on my ip and Mac address. On debian it is not.
Ip addr does work. ??why
At /etc/network/interfaces there are some lines:
# The loopback network interface
Auto lo
Iface lo inet loopback
I know wlan, etho but lo?
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06-16-2015, 06:32 AM
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#17
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,882
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That is the loopback interface, leave it alone.
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06-16-2015, 06:47 AM
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#18
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,727
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Quote:
Originally Posted by debianisabitch
/etc/network/interfaces:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
Which I found before only with a # in front of the second line like this.
#iface eth0 inet dhcp
Which didn't do anything because # makes the line irrelevant like a //comment right?
So I removed it and funny thing happened.
My complete internet connection is gone.
Saying:
Ethernet Network
device not managed
While device not managed is supposed to be my connection 1 I am using cable so I know it's eth0
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Uncommenting that line causes the networking daemon to manage the connection of 'eth0'. This is why you see "not managed" from the other, presumably GUI, programme. (network manager?). If you disable that line again, network manager will handle your ethernet connection (after reboot/stopping networking daemon and starting network manager daemon.
If you only have a wired connection, then you probably don't need network manager at all.
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06-16-2015, 06:52 AM
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#19
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: ...uncanny valley... infinity\1975; (randomly born:) Milwaukee, WI, US( + travel,) Earth&Mars (I wish,) END BORDER$!◣◢┌∩┐ Fe26-E,e...
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Hi.
 Use another based on Debian? Sounds kinda silly to me...
Why not a more feature friendly DE like KDE for e.g?
Best wishes and have fun. 
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06-16-2015, 06:55 AM
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#20
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Moderator
Registered: Mar 2011
Location: USA
Distribution: MINT Debian, Angstrom, SUSE, Ubuntu, Debian
Posts: 9,968
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jamison20000e
Hi.
 Use another based on Debian? Sounds kinda silly to me...
Why not a more feature friendly DE like KDE for e.g?
Best wishes and have fun. 
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That's been suggested, such as LMDE which is very good, very useful where one can get running with little fuss, but the OP persists in saying that they don't want to do that. So they complain, ask a bunch of questions, persons detect that since they are fairly new it might be best if they started with a more service-able desktop version, .... however.
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06-16-2015, 07:00 AM
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#21
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2011
Location: London, UK
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 1,959
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Debian will give you your network config by entering the command When asked for a password, enter your user password.
Last edited by JeremyBoden; 06-16-2015 at 07:02 AM.
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06-16-2015, 08:25 AM
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#22
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,727
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No need to run a command as root just because it's not in your $PATH
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2 members found this post helpful.
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06-16-2015, 08:57 AM
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#23
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: ...uncanny valley... infinity\1975; (randomly born:) Milwaukee, WI, US( + travel,) Earth&Mars (I wish,) END BORDER$!◣◢┌∩┐ Fe26-E,e...
Distribution: any GPL that work on freest-HW; has been KDE, CLI, Novena-SBC but open.. http://goo.gl/NqgqJx &c ;-)
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Debian will also give you a simple GUI for your WiFi, if you install one or it came with the environment. When I was a had to  install bloat  and as always (with my hardware) non-free drivers. 
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06-16-2015, 05:01 PM
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#24
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2015
Location: mexico
Distribution: Debian Wheezy, MX-14, Debian Jessie
Posts: 25
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Well, I am getting some good laughs reading this thread, and I want to compliment those trying to help, you all have a lot of patience,...
the part that made me laugh the most,
Quote:
On xubuntu I remember ipconfig working and giving me all the info on my ip and Mac address. On debian it is not.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipconfig
That is amazing, I did not know xubuntu started using "windows" commands, but then it has been about 5 or 6 years since I tried using xubuntu, I do still have a "live cd" I made, a few years ago,..
Any way, keep trying, you will get it figured out, I hope. Good Luck 
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06-17-2015, 06:17 AM
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#25
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2015
Posts: 7
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Leave it alone? What does it do?
KDE same as xfce right? debian with a different GUI? I seen the downloads xfce KDE. ....
So about the network manager i uncommented that line and it works again like you said. So the problem with my Internet stopping every 5 minutes has nothing to do with adding any lines to /etc/network/interfaces? Or a network manager?
Xubuntu is not service - able enough?
How do I learn debian if I am going to use something like LMDE. I'm sure I will be setting everything up on that. Using it until boredom then trying debian again and i will still not know how debian works.
Ipconfig/ifconfig ok ok I messed up. I knew for sure in xubuntu it was not ip addr.
When downloading debian you only have to download 1.iso if you have a good connection right? Now I had many problems installing like missing firmware. If I downloaded 1 2 and 3. It would have been a smooth install?
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06-17-2015, 06:22 AM
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#26
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,882
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No.
Non-free firmware is not included in any official Debian ISO's.
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06-17-2015, 06:52 AM
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#27
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: ...uncanny valley... infinity\1975; (randomly born:) Milwaukee, WI, US( + travel,) Earth&Mars (I wish,) END BORDER$!◣◢┌∩┐ Fe26-E,e...
Distribution: any GPL that work on freest-HW; has been KDE, CLI, Novena-SBC but open.. http://goo.gl/NqgqJx &c ;-)
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I can't use Konqueror to watch Hulu but Firefox works fine. Why? Because they're different\*. Maybe a teckie chould?
Last edited by jamison20000e; 06-20-2015 at 09:34 AM.
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06-17-2015, 06:54 AM
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#28
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: ...uncanny valley... infinity\1975; (randomly born:) Milwaukee, WI, US( + travel,) Earth&Mars (I wish,) END BORDER$!◣◢┌∩┐ Fe26-E,e...
Distribution: any GPL that work on freest-HW; has been KDE, CLI, Novena-SBC but open.. http://goo.gl/NqgqJx &c ;-)
Posts: 4,888
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Try wicd... wireless manager (again with non-free drivers.)
Last edited by jamison20000e; 06-17-2015 at 06:58 AM.
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06-17-2015, 06:56 AM
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#29
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2011
Location: London, UK
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 1,959
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Quote:
Originally Posted by debianisa*****
So about the network manager i uncommented that line and it works again like you said. So the problem with my Internet stopping every 5 minutes has nothing to do with adding any lines to /etc/network/interfaces? Or a network manager?
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Run an Internet speed test; if it gives a bad result it is likely that you have a poor broadband connection and/or some poor internal wiring.
Intermittent failures are almost always hardware related.
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06-17-2015, 07:32 AM
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#30
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Member
Registered: Oct 2011
Location: India
Distribution: Win 10, Debian and ubuntoooo
Posts: 62
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Hello,
Can you provide your operating hardware (i.e cpu mem hdd etc.) specs, and also why you want debian to be your operating system. I know you have mentioned that you must have installed a 100 times and the disks might start giving errors. But still please do tell. Further do you have a wired network or wireless network and does speed provide isos to be downloaded or enable you to run complete installation from net?
I have been in your position and have for past few years trying to learn the ropes.
But right now i am running my ubuntu from external hdd with no internal hdd with virtual box running win7 , debian and winxp/ubuntu. I think i have atleast tried to run and install a stable Linux system since my early days starting with suse,knoppix and finally the almighty debain. But for bells and whistles i settled with ubuntu. And to do that i must have wrote and re-wrote on the hardisk atleast thousands of times due to bad choices i made before selecting my installation.
I would be glad to offer my advise if u may require.
regards
Last edited by cmgeo; 06-17-2015 at 07:39 AM.
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