On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:48:10 +0100, Andrew Woodward wrote:

>>> only problem I have had has been a driver issue with my new laptop
>>> running Kubuntu 7.10.

>> That's surprising, I thought to the computer it was an ethernet
>> connector.

It is. Still needs a driver to access it.

> So did I! When I bought a new laptop and installed Kubuntu it stopped
> working. I went from scratching my head to tearing my hair out
> Eventually, installing a different network card driver cured the problem.
> Go figure...

Heh. Yeah. The new laptop uses a different ethernet adapter than your
old laptop, and you wouldn't think it would need a different driver?

Of course it needs a different driver. Duh.


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