Friday, January 25, 2008

Vicious Circle 1.: Installin Ralink Wireless

After the first boot problems I wanted to use google to find out some info on the issue, but unfortunately, Ubuntu could not recognize my RT25xx WIFI card... That is what rationalist philosophers called the vicious circle,: you would need drivers from the net to access the net. . .

Therefore, forget the drivers. The problem is not with the drivers at all, but in fact with the Network Manager.

My solution was to install WICD and the problem was solved. However, in order to install WICD, you need Internet, but this problem is well-known and solved already:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=582445

(so look for WICD deb. package on sourceforge.net)

Install the package with GDEBI (the default package installer) and it will ask if to remove the original Network Manager. Say yes, and WICD installs. Well, if you are not patient enough, you may think that nothing has changed, as the system tray is still saying that you do not have a network access.

BUT!

Click on the network icon in the tray, and try to search for WIFI. I found my network, ticked to use it autaomatically, and the problem is solved.  

SO the conclusion: Do not tamper with drivers, (as you can only access RALINK drivers in source-format,) but use WICD network manager.

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