I'm a new Linux user as well, so this may be obvious to everyone else but I got caught out until I realised that Ubuntu overwrites changes made to sysctl.conf when you reboot unless you use the correct command to edit the file.
The command is: sudo gedit /etc/sysctl.conf If you just edit the file without 'sudo' then the changes will be overwritten on reboot. deafpanda wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new to Linux, using ubuntu 8.04. > > I have this problem, and it has not been solved by following the advice > above: > > I only seem to be able to connect to google. Other websites timeout. I > can ping everything fine. Synaptic times out when it tries to get > packages. > > I've edited /etc/sysctl.conf, adding the line > > net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling = 0 > > There's no change, everything still times out. > > Can anyone help a poor linux newbie who would just love to stop relying > on windows? > > -- Network problem since kernel-2.6.17 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59331 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
