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  1. 08-28-2011 #1
    Jaron11
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    New to Linux Mint

    Got sick of Windows and decided to give Linux a try. But I have hit a snag. Internet.
    I plugged a cable into the port but it wont connect. The circle goes at the bottom like it is trying but after a minute it quits. So i have no way to connect that laptop to the net.

    I think I can get the rest figured out once I am past that point. The machine seems to run quite a bit faster with Linux and I do like it so far, if I could just connect to the net.

    Thanks!
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    Hello and Welcome!

    What type of connection do you have? Broadband? PPP? Dial-up?
    If you could give some detail, we might be able to help.
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  3. 08-28-2011 #3
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    I have cable internet, so broadband. On windows and mac i just plug the cable in and it connects.
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  4. 08-29-2011 #4
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    This might be trivial, but some times, you have to click on the connection icon at the bottom right, and tell it what to use to connect. It should be set to Auto eth0 by default.
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    Was this solved? Please let us know...
    - Clouds don't crash - Bertrand Meyer

    registered Linux user 393557

    finally - hw to brag about - but next year it will look pitifully quaint:
    Athlon64 X2 3800 - 1G PC3200 - 250G SATA - ati radeon x300
    circa 2006
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    Hello

    Hi Jaymringer - welcome... couple of things you might want to know:

    1. Linus is the first name of the guy responsible for Linux, the OS -
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
    2. You might want to introduce yourself at the Coffee Lounge.

    Reading posts is a great way to pick some things up - just be careful what you pick up
    - Clouds don't crash - Bertrand Meyer

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    finally - hw to brag about - but next year it will look pitifully quaint:
    Athlon64 X2 3800 - 1G PC3200 - 250G SATA - ati radeon x300
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  7. 09-19-2011 #7
    Jaron11
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    As far as my problem went, I took Mint off and put Ubuntu 11.04 on. Thanks for the help, but I dont want an OS thats just as much trouble as windows was.
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  8. 09-23-2011 #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by twoHats View Post
    Reading posts is a great way to pick some things up - just be careful what you pick up
    lol.

    I had this problem with my laptop when I used wireless. If you right click the computer icon on the start bar (is that what it's called?) a menu pops up with the option "enable networking". For some reason, this would sometimes untick itself and I had to manually tick it again.

    You can try that if you ever want to go back to linux mint =p
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  9. 10-01-2011 #9
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    For whatever reason, Mint uses a different version of network manager and it's kind of a pain in the butt sometimes. Enjoy Ubuntu!
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