Can't get wired connection with laptop

neph10.10 · 04-10-2011, 04:45 AM

Hello very new to Linux.I can use my wireless at work but at home we just have a wired connection. I am unable to connect. I am using Girlfriends laptop at the moment. My comp is a compaq presario v6000. Any help will be appreciated.

wpeckham · 04-10-2011, 07:20 AM

1. are you sure your Ethernet port is alive?
2. What distro and version are you running?
3. What have you tried so far?

EDDY1 · 04-10-2011, 08:22 AM

firmware b-43-installer should be availabe thru package manager or livecd for your distro.Try using the installation disk. You didn't say what distro.

bmarx · 04-10-2011, 10:22 AM

An lspci -v would also be helpful.

neph10.10 · 04-10-2011, 09:35 PM

Thanks I am using unbuntu 10.10. And I apologize again I am very new to linux. I am trying everything I can to learn. will try those solutions and post success and or failures.

frankbell · 04-10-2011, 09:51 PM

It is very unusual that a wired connection does not work seamlessly with Linux. Have you any way of testing the wired connection at another location?

My first guess would be hardware: a bad cable or a bad ethernet port.

neph10.10 · 04-10-2011, 09:54 PM

firmware b-43-installe, my understanding is this is for wireless. if i am wrong i am sorry. my wireless works fine its the wired connection. I googled both suggestions and then checked to see what i had. I am already running with lspci -v.

EDDY1 · 04-11-2011, 02:08 AM

lspci -v is a command bmarx requested for you to show the list here so you could be helped. Also dmesg will tell if you're missing drivers.

EDDY1 · 04-11-2011, 02:16 AM

It's an nvidia driver it should be available in additional drivers if you selected non-free or 3rd party drivers during installation. If you don't know check your /etc/apt/sources.list.