Gigabyte motherboard does not detect my Network Adaptor

[Steve Cookson]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for your prompt replies.

> Does it work if you boot into the live image from the pen drive?

No, it doesn't.

> If not then it might be better supported in a newer Kernel - e.g. with
11.10

So I'm preparing an 11.10 image as we speak.

I'm going to have to bite the bullet sometime, I just hoped it wasn't yet.

> You can enable the kernel backports and get a new kernel without upgrading

> the whole system. That might get the driver for you, but how you download 
> that without a working nic is another problem.

It's true, but I don't even know how to enable the kernel backports.  How
does 
that happen?

Maybe I could have some sort of other network connection, like Bluetooth or 
something.  Maybe I could separately download the driver on another machine 
transfer with a pen-drive and compile on the new machine.  It sounds like a 
lot of work.

Have a good evening, if it's evening in your part of the world.

Regards

Steve