Ubuntu – Dell inspiron 1545 wired and wireless do not work

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When I realized my wireless wasn't working with ubuntu, I plugged my laptop in to try and figure out the problem online – only to find it doesn't work that way, either. The problem isn't my internet/ cords because I'm using both right now via my wireless desktop.

I'm just getting in to ubuntu and would appreciate any assistance. I've looked around but the only similar questions I could find were about the wireless problem – but I have to deal with the wired problem, first.

Let me know what info I need to give.

~$ lspci -knn | grep -i net -A2
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4354] (rev 13)
    Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa] 
    Kernel driver in use: sky2 -- 
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:000c] 
    Kernel modules: ssb

~$ rfkill list all 
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes

The output of lsmod: http://pastebin.com/DqNwKcqZ

Best Answer

Please try downloading the driver for Linux 2.6 here: http://www.marvell.com/support/downloads/driverDownload.do?driverId=153&action=1 Run install.sh in a terminal, that should fix the problem, it did for the guy in my source. Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1575197 Hope that helps!

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