Help: ubuntu 8.10 and ALFA usb wireless gives hard lock up on PC (repeatable).

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Help: ubuntu 8.10 and ALFA usb wireless gives hard lock up on PC (repeatable).

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11-04-2008, 01:48 PM	#1
MikeOfAustin Member Registered: Apr 2007 Location: texas Distribution: mandriva 2007.0 / edgy Posts: 63 Rep:	Help: ubuntu 8.10 and ALFA usb wireless gives hard lock up on PC (repeatable). Solved Not sure where to even begin to fix this problem. I have an Alfa USB wireless (awus036eh) plugged in. LSUSB see's it as Code: 0bda:8187 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187 ..., ... LSMOD shows Code: rtl8187 The thing will sit there scanning for an open network (there isn't one) and when it can't find one, the message pops up, 'disconnected from the network' and the whole system hard locks. EVERYthing is locked. I'm just trying to get this thing up and running. Solved: The answer is to install drivers from http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download It's a shame really. Last edited by MikeOfAustin; 11-04-2008 at 05:13 PM.

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