Ubuntu newb

[Castar]

Ok after hosing my system I finally have Ubuntu installed on HD1 and XP on HD0.
I can dual boot from either system depending on what bios has as 1st HD. That was achieved my editing boot.ini and /boot/grub/menu.1st. Easy enough...
As far as my network I have DSL service coming into an Embarq 660 modem which is in bridged (DMZ) mode. From there it goes into a wireless G Linksys WRT54GS 4 port wireless router. I do not normally use the wireless. This was set up as DCHP.
When trying to get Ubuntu up, it would not connect to the net but the other XP box would UNLESS Ubuntu was running. XP connects on both boxes always unless Ubuntu is running. In an attempt to fix that I set the router to manual. Router is set at 192.168.0.1. I set both XP boxes with static IP's 192.168.0.10 and 192.168.0.20 and the printer at 192.168.0.150 gateway at 192.168.0.1 and subnet at 255.255.255.0 with DCHP server at 192.168.0.1.
All works just fine with static IP's except Ubuntu which has the same settings installed using alternate install CD. I used 192.168.0.10 for both XP and Ubuntu since its dual boot.
Ubuntu upon 1st reboot will rename eth0 to ifup eth0. I can reconfigure this to the proper settings but can not change the name. Also the subnet mask ALWAYS changes to a single number upon reboot. I can not delete that card.
When this did not work I manually did the settings by editing /ect/network/interfaces to...

iface eth0 (or whatever card is called) inet static
address 192.168.0.10
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1

While in root Ubuntu finds errors when I try ifup eth0 or ifdown eth0.
Sometimes Ubunto will see the card ok and say it connected. Then I can actually ping 192.168.0.10 but nothing else. Now I can't even see the 2 monitors in the corner.

I have a Striker Extreme MB with 2 onboard nics. I have disabled one of them in bios for simplicity. I have read about this card and some fixes. The fix was editing /ect/modprobe.d/options and adding

options forcedeth msi=0 msix=0

This doesnt seem to do anything.I have Googled and Googled and Googled and have not gotten anywhere. This becomes more difficult as I am a total Ubuntu newb. After this is resolved I have to attack installing the proper video drivers. Apparently the Nvidia 8800 GTX has issues.
Regardless, anyone have suggestions. I'd post logs ect but I dont know how or what to post nor do I know how to get the logs from Ubuntu to XP for posting short of burning them on cd maybe??

HELP!! :)


John
Also posted here.... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6217084#post6217084

[Castar]

Maybe this will help? Anything else I should post?




john@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1a:92:81:1b:71
inet addr:192.168.0.10 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21a:92ff:fe81:1b71/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:2212 (2.2 KB)
Interrupt:214 Base address:0x8000



here is /ect/network

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.10
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1
# dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
dns-nameservers 192.168.0.1
dns-search john




here is /ect/modprobe.d/options

# Enable double-buffering so gstreamer et. al. work
options quickcam compatible=2

# Default hostap to managed mode
options hostap_pci iw_mode=2
options hostap_cs iw_mode=2

# Stop auto-association.
# LP: #264104
options ipw2200 associate=0
options forcedeth msi=0 msix=0

# XXX: Ignore HPA by default. Needs to be revisted in jaunty
options libata ignore_hpa=1
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[Draco]

For some reason I missed the original post. Looking through it, I see nothing wrong. Did you go to System>Administration>Authorizations and make sure that you as user have the rights to modify network connections? Otherwise, whatever changes you make will not take effect. That could explain why your subnet keeps changing on reboot. Off to work.

~Johnny Jones

[Castar]

All my changes have been made from command with sudo or with sudo -s

[Castar]

YEA!!!! ok gave up went out and spent 12.00 on a nic card threw it in and whamo! I have 3 nics in this box now but could not get any workarounds to produce results. Gonna go explore and update now...........:)

[Draco]

YEA!!!! ok gave up went out and spent 12.00 on a nic card threw it in and whamo! I have 3 nics in this box now but could not get any workarounds to produce results. Gonna go explore and update now...........:)

WOW! The 2 nics you had weren't compatible?

~Johnny Jones

[Castar]

compatible yes, but they both are onboard. its an nVidia card which required forcedeth. even after loading that I had no luck. Then there is this bug with static ip's that only complicated things.