--- On Sun, 17/7/11, David Bowskill <david...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > From: David Bowskill <david...@tpg.com.au> > Subject: Missing Ethernet Port > To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > Received: Sunday, 17 July, 2011, 2:14 PM > Hello All > > I have a problem when installing Ubuntu 10.04 on a Friends > Laptop. > > I have already installed 10.04 with no trouble on my desk > top and lap top. > > In a terminal "ifconfig eth0" shows 'eth0' to be > present on both my > machines but absent on the Friends laptop (there is also no > eth1 etc). > > The Friends laptop connects to the Internet OK on Windows > 7 but because > of the absence of 'eth0' fails to connect with Ubuntu. > > Can anybody tell me how to fix this ? > > Thanks in advance > > David B > > tell us a little the make and model of your friends computer
What dose lspci and lsusb report on his computer? send us the dmesg file from his coomputer? -- tom_a_sparks "It's a nerdy thing I like to do" Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html 3 x (x)Ubuntu 10.04, Amiga A1200 WB 3.1, UAE AF 2006 WB 3.X, Sam440 AOS 4.1.2 Wanted: RiscOS system, GEOS system (C64/C128), Atari ST, Apple Macintosh (68k/PPC only) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au