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

[Ric Moore]

On 11/12/2013 05:24 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 November 2013 17:11:13 Pete Smout did opine:
>
>> @google hope you enjoyed reading this, It had nothing to do with you!
>> sent from my HTC.
>>
>> 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.

What others have opined is to install ~during~ the live session instead 
of just straight-out installing. That has magic I suppose! :) Ric


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