Wifi on ubuntu studio 8.10

wiwazevedo

wiwazevedo

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I have ubuntu studio on one of my desktops and i have a pci wmp54g card in it and I would like to be able to use it.

i cant seem to get it working

when i go to the iwconfig
the card shows up under wlan0 but i dont know how to get it to connect. thanks!
 
Just click the two computer monitors in the upper righthand corner of the screen, find your connection, click on it, and you're ready to go!
 
that is the obvious answer but there is only the lo (localhost) option in the pulldown list
 
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i know my router works because im using it as we speak
im not 100% sure the card works but the card is recognized so its not completely dead.
 
I reinstalled ubuntu studio with the ethernet plugged in and it works now. can I download a driver package that will allow my wireless card to work with apt or something?
 
i brought the computer upstairs so I could fiddle with it, as soon as I boot it up, the maximum resolution becomes like 600x800 and I can't figure out how to fix it...I have no idea what could have done this because I was posting from it downstairs when it was plugged into the ethernet, I shut it down, carry it upstairs and plug it in upstairs and it goes to 600x800...
 
alright. what had happened was I installed a driver for my vid card with the hardware manager and once I uninstalled it it went back to normal. I dont think i really need it, I wont be gamign or anything on this computer. the wireless still wont work though....Im at a loss of ideas.
 
so progress has been made
i used

$ lspci | grep Network
02:01.0 Network controller: RaLinkRT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI (rev 01)

so i know it recognizes it.
then i did

$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

then after i did that, i went to system>admin>network tools
and in the dropdown list of network devices,

"wireless interface (wlan0)" showed up on the list
there are no ips or anything i the list below it and in the connection properties its not lited as an option so i still have no connectivity. help pls
 
wiwazevedo said:
so progress has been made
i used

$ lspci | grep Network
02:01.0 Network controller: RaLinkRT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI (rev 01)

so i know it recognizes it.
then i did

$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

then after i did that, i went to system>admin>network tools
and in the dropdown list of network devices,

"wireless interface (wlan0)" showed up on the list
there are no ips or anything i the list below it and in the connection properties its not lited as an option so i still have no connectivity. help pls
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OK, do you have an Ubuntu (NOT Ubuntu Studio) live CD? If so, boot into it and try connecting on that... that way we'll be closer to knowing the problem.
 
i do and i will try that. I've been really busy with school and stuff so my responses will be kind of delayed. thanks for your help so far.
 
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