cannot connect to internet on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 7:03 AM, anon hung <anonhung at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 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.
>
> And just what makes you say that? What does this have to do with
> kernel versions?

It has to do with kernel versions, because most Linux drivers come
with the kernel.

Someone else mentioned that 10.04 has the 3 last kernel versions backported.

This means there is probably no need to get the latest Ubuntu, just
use the last backported kernel version in 10.04.


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Ioannis Vranos

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