[SOLVED] Network Issues

CincinnatiKid · 08-11-2010, 07:35 PM

I have a laptop with Ubuntu 9.04 on it. I wanted to try out fluxbox, so I did a apt-get install fluxbox. When I went into fluxbox, I was having trouble getting connected to my network wirelessly.

I saw a post online that said to install wicd. So I did a apt-get install wicd. This removed the Gnome network manager (nm-applet) which I didn't realize that it would do. I removed wicd when I saw this is what happened, and now I can't connect to a wired or wireless network.

I tried connecting to my wired network, and I ran

Code:

sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.115

but I still can't access the internet, or other things on the network. Does anyone have any suggestions?

CincinnatiKid · 08-11-2010, 07:43 PM

Sorry I posted too soon, because I just figured out what to do, I ran

Code:

sudo dhclient
sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome

That did the trick. Maybe this is for a different forum, but does anyone know how I can get connected to my wireless network from within fluxbox?

CincinnatiKid · 08-11-2010, 09:43 PM

I just ended up using the gnome network manager in fluxbox, I added the following to my ~/.flusbox/startup file:

Code:

nm-applet --sm-disable &