Super noob

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I have just installed Kubuntu to replace XP on my business laptop and Knetwork Manager is not even opening up for me. Knetwork opened up the first few times I tried it but now does nothing.

I have a Wifi ethernet connection but cannot gain internet access even though the connection is enabled and it was working when I had XP. If you respond please do so in the most plain English as possible because I really don't know computer speak.

[arochester]

Re: Super noob

My laptop works wirelessly. I don't have knetwork manager installed - so, by itself, it is not going to make your laptop work wirelessly.

Some more information would help. Does your laptop have a make and model? Does your wifi have a make and model? Just because a laptop connects out-of-the-box with Windows XP does not mean that it works immediately with Linux. You may have some work to do...

I assume that you can connect your laptop with an ethernet cable. As a first step open Konsole Terminal Program and input the command: lspci . Then copy and paste the result to this forum.