Hi!
i'm a beginner with ubuntu and i installed 11.04 yesterday (so not yet familiar with the new desktop configuration). Also, I have the french version so i'll do my best to translate the terms in english...

I have a major problem: i can't connect to internet by ethernet cable or by wireless. The network icon is always empty. It doesn't detect the ethernet cable and the wireless networks around. I've tried different things i found on forums. I'v reinstalled the b43 package and rebooted. At the beginning i was only having problem with the wireless; i could connect via ethernet. But on one forum, a dude suggested the command
Code:
unity --replace
compiz --replace
and it made my computer bug i had to force shutdown. When i restarted, ethernet cable was no longer detected.......

My PCI card is a Broadcom BCM4311.

Here is what i get when i type some commands in terminal (notice the (...) means there is other stuff written but since i'm on another computer i can't copy-paste it so i just wrote the big lines):

iwconfig:

Code:
lo          no wireless extensions.
sudo lshw -C network:

Code:
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
(...)

*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
(...)

lspci|grep -i ether:

Code:
03:00.0 Ethernet controller`Broadcom Corporation BCM4311-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
nm-tool:

Code:
NetworkManager Tool

State: disconnected
sudo iwlist scan:

Code:
lo       Interface doesn't support scanning.

ifconfig:

Code:
lo      Link encap: Boucle locale
         inet adr:127.0.0.1 Masque...
         (...)
         Octets recus: 960 (960.0 B) Octets transmis:960 (960.0 B)
rfkill list all:

Code:
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft block: no
Hard block: no


hope i can get some ,help it's driving me crazy