Acer DeVille
Tue May 20, 2014 7:25:28 pm
OK, I have done it again, a stupid rookie mistake, I don't even know where my common sense was yesterday. I'm running an Asus laptop, running Z-8, While working on a problem in another thread (link at bottom), I followed some directions and installed exo-preferred-applications, so that I could change my default file manager to Krusader. Once I did that, I could no longer open Nautilus, which was a problem because there was problems loading a file manager from certain actions (which I don't remember know thanks to my memory problems). So after a few minutes of trying what I could think of, I went back to exo, and changed back to Nautilus as default, still could not open Nautilus. So I thought about it a minute and decided that the only thing I could do was to reinstall Zorin.
I reinstalled Zorin without formatting, then restarted, first thing I noticed is that I no longer have any network connections. Let me explain first my internet connection, my internet comes from tethering my cell phone, or using my phone as a wi-fi hotspot. Normally Zorin automatically connects to the wi-fi, as it thinks it's just a regular wi-fi router, and then it will immediately make a "usb0-network-connection", and connect with no problems. I ran iwconfig, it listed connections as lo, etho, and eth1 (or something similar, I really do have short term memory problems), any way those three and all say "no wireless connection". I've already rebooted into windows to post this, or I would go back and get the exact information, I just didn't think about needing it. I also ran "ifconfig", and it didn't give me any information at all. When I click "edit connections", it shows "eth0 last used never" and that is it, I try to manually add a wireless connection, put all the correct information in, and the pc just does not recognize any kind of connection, it's not showing 'usb0" either. So I really need to know how to fix this, I had this problem one time before on Kubuntu, but it was too long ago and I don't remember anything about how I fixed it.
Now what really pisses me off, after reinstalling, I did something through another program, clicked properties or something, and nautilus opened as the default, I was so happy. A few minutes later, I clicked on the Icon on the taskbar and nothing happened. The cursor indicated busy for a minute, then quit without nautilus opening. I was so frustrated at that point, and for some reason I went in the main menu, and clicked on the Nautilus icon, and you guessed it, Nautilus opened. The entire time the only thing wrong was in the taskbar icon, if I had thought halfway straight to start with I would have checked the main menu icon before reinstalling.
So here I sit, I don't know whats worse, the physical causes of my memory problems, or if it's all the meds I'm on for those issues that causes me to act stupid sometimes, but it is what it is. The really sad part is that up until about 5 years ago, I could build a computer in my sleep, starting with an empty case, and ending with a custom built OS, starting from a minimal install up to the last third-party software. Now I can't even remember to check the other icon before thinking a program is not working.lol At least I get a few laughs at myself from some of the bone-headed things I do.
I reinstalled Zorin without formatting, then restarted, first thing I noticed is that I no longer have any network connections. Let me explain first my internet connection, my internet comes from tethering my cell phone, or using my phone as a wi-fi hotspot. Normally Zorin automatically connects to the wi-fi, as it thinks it's just a regular wi-fi router, and then it will immediately make a "usb0-network-connection", and connect with no problems. I ran iwconfig, it listed connections as lo, etho, and eth1 (or something similar, I really do have short term memory problems), any way those three and all say "no wireless connection". I've already rebooted into windows to post this, or I would go back and get the exact information, I just didn't think about needing it. I also ran "ifconfig", and it didn't give me any information at all. When I click "edit connections", it shows "eth0 last used never" and that is it, I try to manually add a wireless connection, put all the correct information in, and the pc just does not recognize any kind of connection, it's not showing 'usb0" either. So I really need to know how to fix this, I had this problem one time before on Kubuntu, but it was too long ago and I don't remember anything about how I fixed it.
Now what really pisses me off, after reinstalling, I did something through another program, clicked properties or something, and nautilus opened as the default, I was so happy. A few minutes later, I clicked on the Icon on the taskbar and nothing happened. The cursor indicated busy for a minute, then quit without nautilus opening. I was so frustrated at that point, and for some reason I went in the main menu, and clicked on the Nautilus icon, and you guessed it, Nautilus opened. The entire time the only thing wrong was in the taskbar icon, if I had thought halfway straight to start with I would have checked the main menu icon before reinstalling.
So here I sit, I don't know whats worse, the physical causes of my memory problems, or if it's all the meds I'm on for those issues that causes me to act stupid sometimes, but it is what it is. The really sad part is that up until about 5 years ago, I could build a computer in my sleep, starting with an empty case, and ending with a custom built OS, starting from a minimal install up to the last third-party software. Now I can't even remember to check the other icon before thinking a program is not working.lol At least I get a few laughs at myself from some of the bone-headed things I do.
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