[Clug-tech] No inernet when trying to use Ubuntu

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Monday 08 September 2008, Curtis Smith wrote:
> Ok so i use the live disk of the newist Ubuntu version (8.04.01) on my
> laptop. I can get into Ubuntu but I cannot access the internet(im using
> vista right now). I'd like to make the switch but for some reason my
> wireless card that is in my laptop(Acer Extensa 4620Z laptop) isn't picked
> up on ubuntu...

when you are in the livecd, open a terminal window and type: lspci -vv

what does it say about the wifi chipset?

it's probably one of the InviLink chipsets that doesn't have a working Linux 
driver; you can try ndiswrapper with the Windows driver instead. this probably 
means actually installing Linux first (and then setting up ndiswrapper, yadda 
yadda) versus running it off the live disk.

if so, mildly unfortunate. you could pick up a reasonably inexpensive but 
supported wifi PC Card to slot into the machine.

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