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theodore_kh
post Oct 23 2006, 12:49 AM

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I just got myself the ubuntu 6.06.

This is my first time, however I had quickly encounted an error which I couldn't figure it out.

I can surf the net with firefox, yet I can't do any update or whenever my system needs to download stuff from the internet.

I'm using a proxy connection.

This is my university setup for internet connection on pc
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/CITS/Getting+Help/ge...er+settings.htm

Below are some commands of my pc:
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ipconfig

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iwconfig

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iwlist scan

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sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

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route

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sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

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sudo lspci

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sudo lshw

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theodore_kh
post Oct 23 2006, 01:00 AM

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Firewall?

I didn't install anything only ubuntu.

Hehe, apart of it is I still don't know how to install stuff..

Learning..
theodore_kh
post Oct 23 2006, 01:11 AM

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1. I didn't install any firewall, by default ubuntu don't come with firewall, right?

2. what is that?
Is it system > preferences > network proxy ?
Either manual configuration, direct connection or automatic proxy connection, my firefox still works properly. But still can't update ubuntu.

3. I dont think they did, since my windows xp works fine.
theodore_kh
post Oct 24 2006, 01:17 AM

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QUOTE(oshiri @ Oct 23 2006, 07:30 PM)
The first thing you need to do on any Debian/Ubuntu is to :
sudo apt-get update

so that the packages database will be updated and Ubuntu knows where to find it.
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But the problems lies in here. I can only surf the net with firefox and GAIM and dictionary and download stuff.

But when comes to installing programs from net or updating ubuntu, it just won't connect..
theodore_kh
post Oct 24 2006, 09:52 AM

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Or can someone teach me how to configure my internet proxy connection?

At the system > preferences> network proxy
That one I choose auto configure with http://www.ntu.edu.sg/proxy.pac

What is that one anyway? Even if I choose direct connection or manual or even type the address wrongly in auto configuration, it doesn't affect my surfing internet and MSN. Seems like it doesn't function anyhow.


and at the other at network settings under administration > network

I choose DHCP, or whatever is it , only that my internet will work. If I choose static I totally can't connect to my university website at all.

Inside the DNS it is auto configured for me
ntu.edu.sg
and the ip is 155.69.X.X.


I already tried sudo apt-get update. But ubuntu can't detect the internet and cant update
theodore_kh
post Oct 24 2006, 11:38 AM

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How come they say that I am not the owner of the account even I am only the single user ?

I log in with username oem and password..


I think i am a temporary user, because they wrote
OEM (temporary user).

I can download that wget. But they don't allow me to install it.

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nevermind.

I fix it de. I done that by changing the root password and log in with root account

This post has been edited by theodore_kh: Oct 24 2006, 12:23 PM

 

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