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IT WORKED!!!!!! IT WORKED!!!!! IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I still have a ton of set up issues, I need to complete the installation, get my wireless drivers, etc. But I have a wired connection!!! ...

I just checked in. I will try the BIOS thing. I was also looking at flashing the BIOS as an option. For some reason I wasn't getting any forum notifications. I will let you know in the next day or...

I tested the ethernet cable on my laptop. It works, I loaded webpages.

When I entered the first command it recommended using SU, so I did. Here is a copy/paste of the terminal, with commands...

There is no right click function. But there is a dropdown menu and a checkbox. It has been checked this whole time. I unchecked it and rechecked it, upon the second ping I have received the same...

To the first command:
04:0e.0 Firewire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI controller (rev c0) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci...

Connect: Network is unreachable

; <<>> DiG 9.9.2-P1 <<>>
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

So... I tried the nomodset thing again, and it did not work. But I rebooted a few times, and the normal boot process, miraculously, took me to the GUI. I looked for additional drivers and none are...

" /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=UUID+7f176015-596c-46dc-a66a-6dc6bc04a0ca ro quiet splash nomodset $vt_handoff "
Is what I typed, then I did CTRL + X and I booted to the same black...

I have always been able to run the live session. I will confirm when I have a chance. Over the next 4 days I will only be able to pop into the forums a few hours a day, since I have summer finals...

I have been having a horrible time trying to install a linux distro. I just can't seem to get it up and running. I was having trouble with Ubuntu 12.04 (...

I decided to take drastic action and overwrite both my SSD and HDD with a slow write. After doing this, I did yet another install of 13.04. This time I have no bright graphical background. I just...

Having trouble with usb at the moment, so I am typing this out; I will look out for errors.

The results for the first command have changed, must be something I did after my install attempts.
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Unrelated update: I plugged in a usb wireless device, and It was having the same exact connect/disconnect issue as the hardline and the wireless card.

Ok. I am sorry, for still not getting this,...

I am having an error during install. I don't understand it all, but I am pasting it. It is mentioning Debian, I had a Debian install attempt a while ago, but I installed over it like 3 times.
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I also tried following the instructions here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFh2EZhUKgs ...to no avail. I think I will try yet another fresh install, this time with a new .iso, maybe 13.04. Wish me...

I logged in to the router via my laptop, which was on the WiFi with 192.168.1.1. I changed the security to wpa2. Now I cannot get on the WiFi on my laptop either, and I have lost access to the...

The wireless was disabled when I did the first wireless_script, since it kept prompting me every 10 seconds for a wireless key. I did: gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8192ce.conf Then I created: ...

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I downloaded the script to a usb. When I try to turn it into an exe file via: properties> make executable , it does not allow me to change it. I can open the file in gedit, but I can't save it as...

I am having some trouble. I am saving the file to a usb, but I cannot make it executable. It simply will not let me make it exe. I downloaded the target to my usb, and when I go to Properties>make...

Is there perhaps some sort of step-by step Internet terminal set up that I can do?

Out of desperation I tried a reinstall from the same USB. Same problems as before, no usb ports, attempts to connect to the internet every 10-15 seconds or so, both wired and wireless. It was even...

[ 2.741201] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 2.742536] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 5.317017] wlan0: authenticate with 00:26:f2:92:64:da
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I just can't understand why it connects for a few seconds and then disconnects. It must have been some kind of firmware issue that is left over from my failed Debian install. Can I force it to stay...