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    Acer laptop : no connection whatever OS

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Ksawery, Nov 30, 2015.

  1. Ksawery

    Ksawery Newbie

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    Dear all,

    That is my first thread, hello!

    Even though I work as a bioinformatician, I am still an amateur regarding most stuffs in computers (...).

    I wanted to resuscitate my old laptop (an acer aspire 1692, 10 years old) by replacing Windows XP with Xubuntu.

    But I realized, that laptop could not connect to the internet: even though he has a wifi card or if I plug in the ethernet cable...

    That was the case with Windows XP as well as Xubuntu, for that reason I doubt it comes form the OS, I just hoped the diagnostic would be easier with linux.

    That is the result of the 'lpsci' command for the hardware:

    Code: 
    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 04)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 04)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV380/M24 [Mobility Radeon X600]
06:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
06:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
06:01.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
06:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
06:08.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
    any hint would be welcome as I am pretty lost now.

    cheers,

    Ks.
     
    Ksawery, Nov 30, 2015
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  2. vmartins45

    vmartins45 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi.
    nstall first the Xubunto without being connected to the net. After everything installed, then start the wifi, then xubunto searches for routers the nets near you. You just choice yours, and lets go.
     
    vmartins45, Dec 2, 2015
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