Posts Tagged ‘Kubuntu’

[SOLVED] CD-ROM not mounting on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

Lucid Lynx is great but is has some small problem like CD-ROM not mount automatically. However like all other simple problems, this can also be solved easily. Each time you insert CD-ROM, you can type in the following in Terminal and CD-ROM will be mounted.

sudo mkdir /media/cdrom; sudo mount /dev/cdrom/ /media/cdrom/

If this works, you may want to mount the CD-ROM automatically. You can do this by setting up your computer try to mount CD-ROM drive every minute. This can be done by:

sudo crontab -e

If it is the first time you are launching the command, it will ask you to choose editor, choose nano. Now enter the following line in the editor:

* * * * * mkdir /media/cdrom; mount /dev/cdrom/ /media/cdrom/

Then press “Ctrl+O” and press “Enter” to save and then “Ctrl+X” to close.

Now when you enter CD-ROM, just wait a while and the CD-ROM will be automatically mounted within one minute.

Please fill free to ask any questions regarding this issue.

[SOLVED] Wireless [WiFi] in ubuntu 9.10-10.04

I just bought a new laptop. OK I had the similar problems. The network applet shows “Device not Ready”. Then all the technique that was shown in the Ubuntu forums was not helpful. The solution was not that big as the big is the problem. And with the similar solution, I helped my 2 friend’s with the same.

Requirements:

  1. Your Laptop/PC
  2. Internet Access
    This is required to install the drivers. Or may not be required in another process as shown below

You have your PC/Laptop and you have the problem, So I hope that you have the Wireless problem. Here is the thing you can do:

  • Goto your Administration>Hardware Drivers
  • Then it searches for the missing drivers.
    Install + Activate the missing Wireless Driver from you existing INTERNET.

But what if I am not able to use INTERNET at any cost in my Ubuntu?

Then this is the thing you got to do:

  • Goto your Administration>Hardware Drivers
  • Then it searches for the missing drivers.
  • Click on Activate by selecting your wireless device.
  • Then it tries to download the files that are required for the installation of wireless.
  • But click Cancel.
  • It gives you the error log in the same window.
  • Then select all and copy in some text editor.
  • After that get only the URL part, i.e. the Debian file part.
  • Save the file and get the file from a place where INTERNET is available.
  • I don’t need to say the process to download the files.
  • [NOTE] Sometimes you may see multiple driver activation (As far from my one friend’s), you may repeat the similar steps and get your Wireless active.

[MORE:] Some of the people might be so lucky that they have already the drive installed but might not be active.

What to do with those files?

You need to run Ubuntu again after you download and run the debian file.  Then it will install all the requirements that you need. But make sure if there are multiple files to be installed, there might be the condition to manage the order to install. Don’t  worry about the order, the installer will itself guide the order.

If you get the problem continuously try this:

  • Open this /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf in root mode in text editor.
  • Then keep a “#” sign in front of your device. Like: “#blacklist ath_pci” in case of mine.
  • The above file may not be existing in case of yours. The file name might be in the name of your device.
  • Just a simple reboot and in terminal “sudo ifup wlan0“.

Well nothing’s works for you? If no just buy a router and connect to INTERNET and then connect it via cable.

Have fun with the INTERNET.