You should not have to go to Windows. Open a terminal. Type or paste (Shift-Ctrl-V): lspci | grep -i net * * Roy * * Using Kubuntu 12.04, 64-bit Location: Canada
On 9 May 2012 22:02, G.Linuxducks <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > You can not even get broadband/dsl connection ? ethernet cable in from > the modem ? > For wireless if I am not mistaken the madwifi trip is towards buying a > driver for wireless which is probably not necessary. Proprietary driver > for wireless. > > I have been chasing a similar situation over at Debian with an EEEPC > netbook. There should be a similar link at Ubuntu about which wireless > modem cards are compatible - as you say an older model. But since you > have been using apparently up to 11.04 or higher, it sems doubtful at > this point Ubuntu would have been chucking support for legacy NIC cards. > > You got to re- aline. You said dual boot right? Go into windows and find > the name and model of your built in wi-fi card (Wireless modem or NIC > Card). Apparently it is built in rather than you add an external > wireless card ? > > gerald philly pa usa > > On 05/08/2012 12:05 PM, Gabrielle wrote: > > To answer another, yes, I tried direct connecting with ethernet cable > and it still quits after ten seconds. Frustrating. I went to the madwifi > site and I have no idea how to build or what even to click there. I still > do not know what the problem is. I can not stay online long enough to > download anything helpful. If I do find something that would help, I guess > I could put it on a thumb drive and try that, but I have no idea what the > problem is. Never had the problem with the previous Ubuntu versions. Just > the latest upgrade. How do I go back without losing all my stuff? I would > still like to figure out what the problem is. I am still thinking it is > something simple. I just do not know where to look. Any other suggestions > from anyone? Thank you for all the responses so far. Looks like I still > need help to figure it out. Missing my puter :( > > > > --- In [email protected], Knowledge > Seeker<knowledgeseeker78@...> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> I also have Toshiba satellite series laptop (old model though). > >> If the wifi in your laptop of "Athreos", then I suggest you a solution. > >> Google "madwifi". Actually you have to build the madwifi, to support > >> "Athreos". > >> > >> This issue started in my laptop long back, I guess since ubuntu-9 > >> or ubuntu - 10. Not able to recall properly though. > >> > >> -- > >> Knowledge Seeker > >> > >> > >> On 5/ > >> > ---------cut---------------cut-------------------/ > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
