Hi Everyone,

This is my first post (as couldnt find any post related to my query) here so kindly excuse me for my mistakes...

System:
Dell E1505 (bought it on Christmas)

I am trying to install Ubuntu 2.6.17-10-generic with dual boot option on my existing Windows OS. Now that I have installed Ubuntu it seems to be working fine but it is not able to detect my Ethernet Lan Card (will worry about the wireless later!!).

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

run the commands:
sudo /sbin/lspci -v
and
sudo /sbin/lspci -n

to obtain information about what controller is used by the NIC device. Then look in the HCL on the web, or use Google, or grep your Kernel Documentation directory (if the kernel source is installed) to determine the kernel module you need to modprobe for the device to be detected. Also examine the boot log ( sbin /usr/dmesg | less ) and see if there was an error message regarding the device.

The "/sbin/lspci -v" will give you information about the devices on your computer. There will be a PCI address on the left of the first line of each device. This address is listed as well in the "/sbin/lspci -n" output. The other number ( XXXX:XXXX ) will contain a unique Manufacture:Device code that may help in a search as well.