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wow, this is really strange. my internet connection will only allow me to access a few sites and won't let me connect to the linuxforums chat room. also gaim keeps ...
- 08-11-2005 #1Linux Engineer
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internet shot to hell
wow, this is really strange. my internet connection will only allow me to access a few sites and won't let me connect to the linuxforums chat room. also gaim keeps shutting down randomly. it's like a virus or something. i can't download rkhunter or clamAV either. my modem is a crappy speedtouch (silver). the one that needs the script to connect to the internet.
any help would be appreciated, thanksHere's why Linux is easier than Windows:
Package Managers! Apt-Get and Portage (among others) allow users to install programs MUCH easier than Windows can.
Hardware Drivers. In SuSE, ALL the hardware is detected and installed automatically! How is this harder than Windows' constant disc changing and rebooting?
- 08-11-2005 #2Linux Newbie
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for these chatrooms get xchat
(apt-get install xchat)
i cant help you past that i dont think. is there a pattern in which sites it lets you go? what kind of connection? dsl? cable? dial-up? this will help ppl help you
- 08-12-2005 #3Linux Engineer
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it seems that restarting my computer has solved the problems. the connnection worked perfectly on SuSE when i restarted my computer. perhaps something was corrupted in debian? another oddity, i was being redirected to google.nl by default. it's all back to normal now but i'm afraid it could happen again.
if you still want to know i am using an ADSL connection provided by the lovely speedtouch 330 usb modem
uke:
i don't think there was really a pattern, it just seemed random.Here's why Linux is easier than Windows:
Package Managers! Apt-Get and Portage (among others) allow users to install programs MUCH easier than Windows can.
Hardware Drivers. In SuSE, ALL the hardware is detected and installed automatically! How is this harder than Windows' constant disc changing and rebooting?
- 08-12-2005 #4Just Joined!
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That's really weird. It sounds like it could've been a proxy issue. Did you set a proxy shortly before this happened?
- 08-13-2005 #5Linux Engineer
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nope, not at all. i think i discovered the problem though. the fs is corrupt. the fsck ran on startup and detected corruption at around 74%. unfortunately i don't know how to fix it. i tried to run fsck from SuSE but i don't really know how to do it, can anyone help?
Here's why Linux is easier than Windows:
Package Managers! Apt-Get and Portage (among others) allow users to install programs MUCH easier than Windows can.
Hardware Drivers. In SuSE, ALL the hardware is detected and installed automatically! How is this harder than Windows' constant disc changing and rebooting?
- 08-14-2005 #6Linux Guru
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- 08-15-2005 #7Linux Engineer
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cool thanks. i learned something today. it would explain the stuff that was happening to my bro on battle.net last night as well. though it seems too common (twice in one week).
Originally Posted by qub333 Here's why Linux is easier than Windows:
Package Managers! Apt-Get and Portage (among others) allow users to install programs MUCH easier than Windows can.
Hardware Drivers. In SuSE, ALL the hardware is detected and installed automatically! How is this harder than Windows' constant disc changing and rebooting?
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