I recently installed ubuntu 10.10. Everything worked fine except the fact that it seems impossible to acquire an internet connection.
When I select the wifi icon on the panel, it just shows "No network devices available". I know my network can be found when I search with my iPhone, so I know there are networks to connect to. So, I checked the drivers, and it informs me that the B43 and STA drivers are not activated. So thats not a big deal, I guess, but when I use my ethernet cord, my laptop doesn't recognize/acknowledge (I'm not sure what the right term would be)it. I'm fairly sure I can't activate these drivers without an internet connection because when I do try, a message pops up saying "failed to fetch" with some long link.
My only guess is that it could be a hardware problem, but I really have no idea. I guess the ethernet problem is my only real problem. Because after I establish and internet connection the the rest is easy to fix.
I'm sure its obvious, but I'll go ahead say that I'm a novice ubuntu user. I've only been working with it for about a week, but I'm learning alot.
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Just run a USB cable from your modem to your computer and Ubuntu should pick it up and use it for internet access so you can install the proprietary drivers for your other network devices. You "might" have to reset your modem after doing this though, some of them get picky about which device is authorized to access the net through them until you power cycle them. I've used this method before for computers that had similar problems to gain access to the internet.
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