cannot connect to internet on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

[Ioannis Vranos]

2012/2/8 ahmed samir <samiros99 at hotmail.com>:
> Dear All,
>
> I have been using Ubuntu 10.04 for more than one year now with absolutely no
> problems but I recently bought the new dell xps 14z and installed Ubuntu
> 10.04 to it.
> The problem is I can't connect to the internet in any way (wireless or wired
> connection). This means that no wireless networks are detected (I can't even
> switch wireless on and off  by right clicking on the network icon on the top
> right). I also can't connect by plugging in a cable because the cable is not
> detected when plugged in. I thought this was because this new network card
> is not automatically installed on this version of  Ubuntu (like I probably
> had with my old laptop). I tried installing the driver from the dell website
> but they only offer windows support (only found ".exe" driver files there).
> Is there a way to install the driver on Ubuntu or do I have to install the
> latest Ubuntu release and hope this solves the problem ?  Internet is
> functioning perfectly on windows 7 on the same machine.

I think you probably need a newer kernel. The easiest way to get this,
is with a newer version of Ubuntu.

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