I think this bug can be closed. Some update (and I didn't notice any Linux update) probably of NetworkManager or gnome-system-tools (which could affect the network card's status) likely solved the issue and it wasn't a driver issue.
-- wireless rt2500 can't set ESSID https://launchpad.net/bugs/85747 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
