[ale] starting network in Kubuntu

[tim at cliftonfarm.org (Tim Watts)]

what runlevel are you in?

what output do you get when you try starting the network/dhclient?

what does ifconfig say afterwards?


On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 07:48 -0500, Jim Philips wrote:
> I unexpectedly hosed my KDE setup in Kubuntu in trying to resolve some
> dependencies. This would be a solvable problem, but I have no X
> session available with KDE dead. And I don't have a network connection
> at the command prompt...not even if I plug in ethernet directly. Here
> are some things I have tried:
> 
> 
> ifup eth0
> ifup ath0
> ifup wlan0
> start networking
> start network-manager
> dhclient
> 
> 
> None of this leads to any connection. In the old days, I had a
> connection automatically on starting. Now, nothing seems to happen
> until someone logs in to an X session. How can I get my network
> connection?
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