No ethernet connection with new instal of 12.04 desktop on Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop - lshw says "network unclaimed"

[Pete Smout]

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On Nov 12, 2013 9:48 PM, "Gene Heskett" <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 12 November 2013 14:05:00 Andrew did opine:
>
> > I've installed 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) on Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop and
> > can't get ethernet to work when booting/running from hard disk
> > installation - however ethernet does work when running from live CD/DVD.
> > Never had this problem before with previous versions - last one was
> > 10.04 with which both ethernet and wireless network connections worked
> > fine. I've trawled through various forum postings but to no avail so am
> > asking ubuntu Users List for help please.
> >
> > For information, 'lshw -c network' outputs are as follows:
> >
> > Running from normal/hard disk installation (no ethernet):
> >
> > *-network
> >        description: Network controller
> >        product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
> >        vendor: Broadcom Corporation
> >        physical id: 0
> >        bus info: pci at 0000:05:00.0
> >        version: 01
> >        width: 32 bits
> >        clock: 33MHz
> >        capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
> >        configuration: driver=wl latency=0
> >        resources: irq:18 memory:c0200000-c0203fff
> >   *-network UNCLAIMED
> >        description: Ethernet controller
> >        product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
> >        vendor: Broadcom Corporation
> >        physical id: 0
> >        bus info: pci at 0000:08:00.0
> >        version: 02
> >        width: 32 bits
> >        clock: 33MHz
> >        capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
> >        configuration: latency=64
> >        resources: memory:c0300000-c0301fff
> >
> > Running from live CD/DVD (ethernet connection works):
> >
> > *-network
> >        description: Network controller
> >        product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
> >        vendor: Broadcom Corporation
> >        physical id: 0
> >        bus info: pci at 0000:05:00.0
> >        version: 01
> >        width: 32 bits
> >        clock: 33MHz
> >        capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
> >        configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
> >        resources: irq:18 memory:c0200000-c0203fff
> >   *-network
> >        description: Ethernet interface
> >        product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
> >        vendor: Broadcom Corporation
> >        physical id: 0
> >        bus info: pci at 0000:08:00.0
> >        logical name: eth0
> >        version: 02
> >        serial: 00:19:b9:6f:77:bc
> >        size: 10Mbit/s
> >        capacity: 100Mbit/s
> >        width: 32 bits
> >        clock: 33MHz
> >        capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt
> > 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
> >        configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44
> > driverversion=2.0 duplex=half ip=192.168.0.15 latency=64 link=yes
> > multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10Mbit/s
> >        resources: irq:21 memory:c0300000-c0301f
> >
> > As I said above I get ethernet OK when running from live CD/DVD, but not
> > wireless - I can't install the wireless driver. I've come to a bit of a
> > dead-end with this now so any help will be much appreciated.
> >
> > Andy
>
> Very long standing installer bug and very vehemently denied by this list
so
> I'll probably start another flamefest.  I fixed mine my way and spent 6
> weeks wearing nomex jockey's because I couldn't possibly have done it
> right.
>
> If you installed it from the first install requester, an ncurses screen I
> believe,  put the cd back in and allow it to fully boot from the cd, and
> that should install from the desktop install icon. And Just Work.
>

This has also been my experience, but more usually with WiFi not ethonet

Regards

Pete s

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