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(p54usb) cannot load firmware isl3887usb (-2)! -> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2001:3704 D-Link Corp. [hex] DWL-G122 802.11g rev. A2 wireless USB Adapter not working on Dell Dimension L800r using Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS due to missing firmware

Asked by Frank Platt

I have D-link DWL-G122 usb Wireless adapter and don't know how to make it work. I have used it successfully in windows. I tried installing windows .inf driver with ndiswrapper but it doesn't see the hardware even though it shows up when I run the command lsusb. Right now I am sharing an internet connection with my mac through ethernet, but I would like to use the D-link adapter with this old Pentium 3. Ubuntu also doesn't load properly unless I log in using the "Failsafe Gnome" option. I am new to linux. please help. Thanks

Frank

 sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; sudo lsmod; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
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  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
       vendor: 3Com Corporation
       physical id: a
       bus info: pci@0000:01:0a.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 78
       serial: 00:01:03:2a:b3:3f
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=3c59x duplex=full ip=192.168.2.2 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=10 mingnt=10 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:3 ioport:dc00(size=128) memory:ff8efc00-ff8efc7f memory:f6a00000-f6a1ffff(prefetchable)
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 (GMCH) Graphics Memory Controller Hub [8086:7124] (rev 03)
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 (CGC) Chipset Graphics Controller [8086:7125] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801AA PCI Bridge [8086:2418] (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) [8086:2410] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE Controller [8086:2411] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB Controller [8086:2412] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801AA SMBus Controller [8086:2413] (rev 02)
01:09.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] [1274:1371] (rev 09)
01:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] [10b7:9200] (rev 78)
01:0b.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Agere Systems USS-344S USB Controller [11c1:5803] (rev 11)
01:0b.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Agere Systems USS-344S USB Controller [11c1:5803] (rev 11)
01:0b.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Agere Systems USS-344S USB Controller [11c1:5803] (rev 11)
01:0b.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Agere Systems USS-344S USB Controller [11c1:5803] (rev 11)
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 046d:c045 Logitech, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c315 Logitech, Inc. Classic New Touch Keyboard
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0d8c:000c C-Media Electronics, Inc. Audio Adapter
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 054c:0243 Sony Corp. MicroVault Flash Drive
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2001:3704 D-Link Corp. [hex] DWL-G122 802.11g rev. A2
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
==========================================================
                                   system L800r
/0 bus CA810E
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Pentium III (Coppermine)
/0/4/5 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 256KiB L2 cache
/0/2f memory 384MiB System Memory
/0/2f/0 memory 128MiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous 100 MHz (10.0 ns)
/0/2f/1 memory 256MiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous 100 MHz (10.0 ns)
/0/100 bridge 82810E DC-133 (GMCH) Graphics Memory Controller
/0/100/1 display 82810E DC-133 (CGC) Chipset Graphics Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801AA PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/9 multimedia ES1371 [AudioPCI-97]
/0/100/1e/a eth0 network 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
/0/100/1e/b bus USS-344S USB Controller
/0/100/1e/b.1 bus USS-344S USB Controller
/0/100/1e/b.2 bus USS-344S USB Controller
/0/100/1e/b.3 bus USS-344S USB Controller
/0/100/1f bridge 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC)
/0/100/1f.1 scsi0 storage 82801AA IDE Controller
/0/100/1f.1/0 /dev/sda disk 20GB WDC WD200BB-75AU
/0/100/1f.1/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 18GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.1/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 8032KiB Linux LVM Physical Volume partition
/0/100/1f.1/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD-RAM LF-D311
/0/100/1f.1/0.1.0 /dev/sdb disk 20GB QUANTUM FIREBALL
/0/100/1f.1/0.1.0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 18GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.1/0.1.0/2 /dev/sdb2 volume 860MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.1/0.1.0/2/5 /dev/sdb5 volume 860MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/100/1f.2 bus 82801AA USB Controller
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801AA SMBus Controller
/0/1 scsi2 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sdc disk 2004MB SCSI Disk
/0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sdc1 volume 1911MiB Windows FAT volume
Linux frank-desktop 2.6.32-24-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 20 14:24:04 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.025664] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.090217] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.098591] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.098636] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.098735] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.099879] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.113732] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.473094] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.473212] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.597216] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.597337] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.716973] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.717094] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.836550] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.836673] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.837792] usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.837886] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.853779] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.853790] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.867446] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.911209] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.084442] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.176691] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1.352249] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.585734] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1.760222] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.961447] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2.072238] usb 5-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 2.306760] usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2.429146] usb 5-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
[ 2.621599] usb 5-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2.713197] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 2.713684] usb-storage: device found at 2
[ 2.713692] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 2.733033] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[ 2.739177] input: HID 0d8c:000c as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:01:0b.2/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.3/input/input2
[ 2.739524] generic-usb 0003:0D8C:000C.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.00 Device [HID 0d8c:000c] on usb-0000:01:0b.2-1/input3
[ 2.754663] input: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/usb5/5-1/5-1:1.0/input/input3
[ 2.755523] generic-usb 0003:046D:C315.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1f.2-1/input0
[ 2.773179] input: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/usb5/5-2/5-2:1.0/input/input4
[ 2.775156] generic-usb 0003:046D:C045.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1f.2-2/input0
[ 2.775292] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 2.775661] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[ 7.712871] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 23.659675] intel_rng: Firmware space is locked read-only. If you can't or
[ 23.659690] intel_rng: don't want to disable this in firmware setup, and if
[ 24.181514] dell-wmi: No known WMI GUID found
[ 25.674262] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30
[ 26.372104] usb 1-1: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
[ 26.567725] usb 1-1: firmware: requesting isl3887usb
[ 26.937027] usb 1-1: (p54usb) cannot load firmware isl3887usb (-2)!
[ 26.937342] usb 1-1: firmware: requesting isl3887usb_bare
[ 26.973128] p54usb: probe of 1-1:1.0 failed with error -2
[ 26.973231] usbcore: registered new interface driver p54usb
[ 27.716151] eth0: setting full-duplex.
[ 27.765963] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
[ 32.296827] mtrr: base(0xf8000000) is not aligned on a size(0x280000) boundary
[ 38.512116] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
sudo: hwinfo: command not found
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 3249 1
nls_cp437 4919 1
vfat 8933 1
fat 47767 1 vfat
i810 16400 2
drm 162409 3 i810
binfmt_misc 6587 1
snd_ens1371 18814 2
gameport 9089 1 snd_ens1371
snd_ac97_codec 100646 1 snd_ens1371
snd_usb_audio 75765 2
ac97_bus 1002 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_usb_lib 15801 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_hwdep 5412 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70662 4 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26726 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 3 snd_ens1371,snd_usb_lib,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
p54usb 10908 0
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
p54common 25039 1 p54usb
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
led_class 2864 1 p54common
fbcon 35102 71
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
tileblit 2031 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
snd 54148 20 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hwdep,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
mac80211 205146 2 p54usb,p54common
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
soundcore 6620 1 snd
cfg80211 126517 2 p54common,mac80211
snd_page_alloc 7076 1 snd_pcm
ppdev 5259 0
dell_wmi 1793 0
intel_agp 24119 1
vga16fb 11385 1
lp 7028 0
parport_pc 25962 1
dcdbas 5422 0
shpchp 28820 0
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
agpgart 31724 3 drm,intel_agp
parport 32635 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
psmouse 63245 0
serio_raw 3978 0
usbhid 36110 0
usb_storage 39425 1
hid 67032 1 usbhid
3c59x 31839 0
floppy 53016 0
mii 4381 1 3c59x
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/545428

Looks like you'll be using ndisgtk + windows driver. Make sure you get the 32bit driver

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Your wireless device is supported by kernel version 2.6.32 (which you are currently using) , according to the following source code:

http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54usb.c?v=2.6.32

So I believe your wireless USB adapter is experiencing this bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/549383

Please try this solution:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/549383/comments/11

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Frank Platt (decelerating-warpdrive) said : 		#3

Thanks for the advice.

I've tried both suggestions with no success. as far as using the ndisgtk + windows driver, I downloaded the windows driver for my device and tried installing it and I get a message saying "hardware not present" I also looked for the driver in already installed in XP and all I could find were 2 duplicate files ending in .sys.

I also did sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree. It was installed but didn't appear to have any effect.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#4

Installing linux-firmware-nonfree will not have any effect if you first installed ndiswrapper.

You CANNOT have ndiswrapper and p54usb drivers working at the same time. I think that ndiswrapper will prevent the p54usb driver from working correctly. Those drivers are mutually exclusive choices.

So you will first need to uninstall ndiswrapper if you want to use the p54usb wireless driver in combination with the linux-firmware-nonfree firmware package....

After installing linux-firmware-nonfree and after uninstalling ndiswrapper, you will need to reboot the pc before retesting wireless.

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Frank Platt (decelerating-warpdrive) said : 		#5

Ok, I uninstalled ndiswrapper and I think I am getting closer, but I think there is still some kind of a driver issue going on.

I have a little more control over the D-link adapter but I cannot connect to my network. When I run the nm-tool command, I can see a list of networks and it also says the p54usb driver is loaded. Here is the output.

- Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: 802.11 WiFi
  Driver: p54usb
  State: disconnected
  Default: no
  HW Address: 00:11:95:D5:74:B4

  Capabilities:

  Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption: yes
    WPA Encryption: yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points
    laura: Infra, 00:1A:70:D2:89:B7, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 38 WEP
    linksys_SES_30840: Infra, 00:1E:E5:33:FE:8C, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 32 WPA
    2WIRE730: Infra, 00:21:7C:8C:5A:D1, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 41 WPA
    2WIRE410: Infra, 00:14:95:3A:4B:8A, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 35 WEP
    Shazam: Infra, 00:23:69:3E:8F:6F, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 35 WEP
    MattDeb: Infra, 00:22:3F:BC:5B:52, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 37 WPA2

------------------------------------------------------------------

The network I want to connect to is Shazam. I entered:

sudo iwconfig <wlan0> essid <Shazam> ap <00:23:69:3E:8F:6f> key <XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'

I got the above error. Also tried entering the command lshw -C network to see if the d-link adapter shows the driver there as well which it does not. It doesn't even mention the manufacturer.

  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:11:95:d5:74:b4
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

When I run lsmod, I can see the p54usb driver listed but it also says that it is not being used by any device. So I don't know if some other driver or something is conflicting with it. heres the output for that as well.

Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 3249 1
nls_cp437 4919 1
vfat 8933 1
fat 47767 1 vfat
i810 16400 2
drm 162409 3 i810
binfmt_misc 6587 1
arc4 1153 2
snd_ens1371 18814 2
gameport 9089 1 snd_ens1371
snd_ac97_codec 100646 1 snd_ens1371
snd_usb_audio 75765 2
ac97_bus 1002 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_usb_lib 15801 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_hwdep 5412 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_pcm 70662 4 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26726 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 3 snd_ens1371,snd_usb_lib,snd_seq_midi
p54usb 10908 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
p54common 25039 1 p54usb
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
led_class 2864 1 p54common
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
fbcon 35102 71
mac80211 205146 2 p54usb,p54common
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
tileblit 2031 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
snd 54148 20 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
ppdev 5259 0
cfg80211 126517 2 p54common,mac80211
dell_wmi 1793 0
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
soundcore 6620 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7076 1 snd_pcm
parport_pc 25962 1
intel_agp 24119 1
lp 7028 0
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
dcdbas 5422 0
psmouse 63245 0
parport 32635 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
shpchp 28820 0
serio_raw 3978 0
agpgart 31724 3 drm,intel_agp
vga16fb 11385 1
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
usb_storage 39425 1
3c59x 31839 0
mii 4381 1 3c59x
usbhid 36110 0
floppy 53016 0
hid 67032 1 usbhid

Perhaps I am also doing something wrong when entering the command for connecting to the network. Thanks so much for the help.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#6

First try disabling encryption on the wireless router.

Then retry connecting using NetworkManager. It should NOT be necessary to fiddle with Terminal commands to connect to the wireless access point, once you know that the p54usb driver can successfully detect the wireless access points.

If you cannot get a connection without encryption using NetworkManager, then install wicd instead. wicd will then replace NetworkManager.

Here is more info about NetworkManager:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Networkmanager

Here is more info about wicd:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicd

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Frank Platt (decelerating-warpdrive) said : 		#7

For some reason the NetworkManager applet icon was not loading automatically with the system startup. Which was why I was mainly playing with the Terminal. I figured out the only way I can get the NetworkManager to load is type nm-applet in the terminal.

I did disable the encryption on the wireless router, but I still can't connect my network or my neighbor's unencrypted network. I get some type of errors from the terminal when I try to connect to a network.

frank@frank-desktop:~$ nm-applet
** (nm-applet:1877): DEBUG: old state indicates that this was not a disconnect 9
** (nm-applet:1877): DEBUG: going for offline with icon: notification-network-wireless-disconnected

** (nm-applet:1877): WARNING **: _nm_object_get_property: Error getting 'State' for /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/2: (19) Method "Get" with signature "ss" on interface "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" doesn't exist

** (nm-applet:1877): WARNING **: _nm_object_get_property: Error getting 'Default' for /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/2: (19) Method "Get" with signature "ss" on interface "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" doesn't exist

** (nm-applet:1877): DEBUG: old state indicates that this was not a disconnect 9
** (nm-applet:1877): DEBUG: going for offline with icon: notification-network-wireless-disconnected

I also tried the Wicd like you suggested and I didn't make any progress with that either. I did get the device to work with windows xp, so I know it did work. Unless you have anymore suggestions, I may be out of luck for now. Thanks.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#8

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