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Desidero · 02-15-2008, 11:11 AM

Good + bad news update!

Strange things are happening. I was playing around with the GRUB boot loader to get BT working with that (was using the windows boot loader pointed at lilo.mbr before) and a few things have changed. The first time I successfully loaded via GRUB, the internet actually worked. I was going to come and post here, but after clicking login on the 3rd website I went to, it suddenly stopped working. I haven't been able to recreate this situation after rebooting, etc. I even tried reinstalling BT and running it from GRUB in an attempt to recreate the scenario.

Also, every time BT loads up now, the little computer icon for my eth0 (wired) connection shows up in the system tray, but goes away within 1-3 seconds. I don't recall if it was there the time that my internet worked, sadly. I was excited about it working after messing around for 2 days trying to figure it out.

Another strange thing is that the network connection viewer isn't showing eth0 even when it's set to "UP" in ifconfig now. It always used to, despite not working.

Other than that, things are as they were. IP info comes up, but no connection.

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*edit* I'm pretty sure what's happening is the OS is getting my wired card all set up first. Once that's done, it tries to get the wireless connection going at the same time, which causes conflicts. I'll have to look around Google to see if there's a way to make the startup process avoid auto-connecting to both sources. If you know what to edit off the top of your head, it'd be very helpful.

02-15-2008, 11:11 AM	#15 (permalink)
Desidero Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 108 -4 Internets	Good + bad news update! Strange things are happening. I was playing around with the GRUB boot loader to get BT working with that (was using the windows boot loader pointed at lilo.mbr before) and a few things have changed. The first time I successfully loaded via GRUB, the internet actually worked. I was going to come and post here, but after clicking login on the 3rd website I went to, it suddenly stopped working. I haven't been able to recreate this situation after rebooting, etc. I even tried reinstalling BT and running it from GRUB in an attempt to recreate the scenario. Also, every time BT loads up now, the little computer icon for my eth0 (wired) connection shows up in the system tray, but goes away within 1-3 seconds. I don't recall if it was there the time that my internet worked, sadly. I was excited about it working after messing around for 2 days trying to figure it out. Another strange thing is that the network connection viewer isn't showing eth0 even when it's set to "UP" in ifconfig now. It always used to, despite not working. Other than that, things are as they were. IP info comes up, but no connection. --------------------- edit I'm pretty sure what's happening is the OS is getting my wired card all set up first. Once that's done, it tries to get the wireless connection going at the same time, which causes conflicts. I'll have to look around Google to see if there's a way to make the startup process avoid auto-connecting to both sources. If you know what to edit off the top of your head, it'd be very helpful. Last edited by Desidero : 02-15-2008 at 01:13 PM.