Installing Kubuntu on a ThinkPad A30 - Revision history

Aurora: /* Wireless LAN */

2008-10-14T23:46:52Z

‎Wireless LAN

Jstrauss: /* Summary */

2007-01-08T01:57:57Z

‎Summary

84.166.239.38: /* Configure wpa_supplicant */

2005-12-07T16:59:30Z

‎Configure wpa_supplicant

Tonko: /* Summary */

2005-11-21T03:05:00Z

‎Summary

Tonko at 03:03, 21 November 2005

2005-11-21T03:03:19Z

Jstrauss at 22:17, 20 November 2005

2005-11-20T22:17:52Z

Jstrauss at 22:10, 20 November 2005

2005-11-20T22:10:34Z

Jstrauss at 21:21, 20 November 2005

2005-11-20T21:21:52Z

Jstrauss at 19:27, 20 November 2005

2005-11-20T19:27:28Z

69.129.2.46 at 19:17, 20 November 2005

2005-11-20T19:17:00Z

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 I wanted to use WPA encryption.  To get WPA you must use the wpasupplicant module.  In order to use the wpasupplicant module you must also use the hostap wireless driver.  Kubuntu comes with both the hostap and orinico wireless drivers installed by default.  But, you need to install the hostap-utils package because it does a couple of things for you (like blacklisting the orinico driver so it doesn't load on boot and adds another wireless interface).
-   # sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant hostap_utils -y
+   # sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant hostap-utils -y
 === Rename network interfaces ===

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 = Summary =
 I have a {{A30}} (2652-3CU) model.  I wanted to install {{Kubuntu}} upon it and get everything working, using the base install as much as possible.  That is I didn't want to install a bunch of extra software.  I just wanted an 'out of the box' configuration
 == Update System ==
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 == Wireless LAN ==
 I wanted to use WPA encryption.  To get WPA you must use the wpasupplicant module.  In order to use the wpasupplicant module you must also use the hostap wireless driver.  Kubuntu comes with both the hostap and orinico wireless drivers installed by default.  But, you need to install the hostap-utils package because it does a couple of things for you (like blacklisting the orinico driver so it doesn't load on boot and adds another wireless interface).
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    eth0 mac 00:d0:59:83:5f:d2
    wlan1 mac 00:20:e0:89:8f:e2
 === Configure wpa_supplicant ===

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 in my case it looks like:
-   # wpa_passphrase StayOffChannelOne my_password >> >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
+   # wpa_passphrase StayOffChannelOne my_password >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
 === Edit /etc/network/interfaces ===

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 = Summary =
-I have a {{A30}} (2652-3CU) model.  I wanted to install Kubuntu upon it and get everything working, using the base install as much as possible.  That is I didn't want to install a bunch of extra software.  I just wanted an 'out of the box' configuration
+I have a {{A30}} (2652-3CU) model.  I wanted to install {{Kubuntu}} upon it and get everything working, using the base install as much as possible.  That is I didn't want to install a bunch of extra software.  I just wanted an 'out of the box' configuration
 == Update System ==

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 = Summary =
-I have a A30 (2652-3CU) model.  I wanted to install Kubuntu upon it and get everything working, using the base install as much as possible.  That is I didn't want to install a bunch of extra software.  I just wanted an 'out of the box' configuration
+I have a {{A30}} (2652-3CU) model.  I wanted to install Kubuntu upon it and get everything working, using the base install as much as possible.  That is I didn't want to install a bunch of extra software.  I just wanted an 'out of the box' configuration
 == Update System ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:17, 20 November 2005
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	post-down killall wpa_supplicant		post-down killall wpa_supplicant

−	Note you should be able to use the /etc/default/wpasupplicant to startup the wpa_supplicant, but I can't get it to work.	+	Note you should be able to use the /etc/default/wpasupplicant to startup the wpa_supplicant, but I can't get it to work correctly
		+
		+	== Kaffeine & Multimedia ==
		+
		+	By default kaffeine uses the gstreamer engine. Install the kaffeine-xine engine:
		+
		+	# apt-get install kaffeine-xine
		+
		+	Then launch kaffeine and change the engine by:
		+
		+	Settings -> Player Engine -> kaffeine

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 First things first, edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and uncomment the other sources and  get your system up to date
-   $ sudo apt-get update
+   # sudo apt-get update
-   $ sudo apt-get upgrade -y
+   # sudo apt-get upgrade -y
 == Wireless LAN ==
-I wanted to use WPA encryption.  To get WPA you must use the wpasupplicant module.  In order to use the wpasupplicant module you must also use the hostap wireless driver (Kubuntu comes with the orinico wireless driver installed by default).
+I wanted to use WPA encryption.  To get WPA you must use the wpasupplicant module.  In order to use the wpasupplicant module you must also use the hostap wireless driver.  Kubuntu comes with both the hostap and orinico wireless drivers installed by default.  But, you need to install the hostap-utils package because it does a couple of things for you (like blacklisting the orinico driver so it doesn't load on boot and adds another wireless interface).
-   $ sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant hostap_utils -y
+   # sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant hostap_utils -y
-On my machine when I did the install Kubuntu named the wired LAN eth1 and my wireless eth0 which I didn't like
+On my machine when I did the install, Kubuntu named the wired LAN eth1 and my wireless eth0.  eth0 is usually your wired interface and wlan0 is your wireless.   So edit the /etc/iftab file and rename eth1 to eth0 and eth0 to wlan1.  Afterwards mine looked like:
-Unfortunately wpasupplicant doesn't work with the orinico driver.  Fortunantely the hostap driver The orinico driver does not support WPA.  To use WPA I needed to install the hostap driver and wpa_suppplicant
+  root@ubuntu:/# cat /etc/iftab

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 I have a A30 (2652-3CU) model.  I wanted to install Kubuntu upon it and get everything working, using the base install as much as possible.  That is I didn't want to install a bunch of extra software.  I just wanted an 'out of the box' configuration
-= Update System =
+== Update System ==
 First things first get your system up to date
-   sudo su
+   $ sudo su
-   aptitude update
+   $ aptitude update
-   aptitude upgrade
+   $ aptitude upgrade