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

[Pete Smout]

@google hope you enjoyed reading this, It had nothing to do with you!
sent from my HTC.
On Nov 13, 2013 11:03 AM, "Ric Moore" <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>

That is my experience! Dunno what magic, AFAIK the install from live
session uses the same installer (ubiquity) but it seems to work!

Pete s

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