After doing a modprobe on natty, something shows up: ~$ sudo modprobe r8192u_usb
~$ dmesg | grep 8192 [ 4047.902624] r8192u_usb: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. [ 4047.941611] Modules linked in: r8192u_usb(C+) michael_mic arc4 lib80211_crypt_tkip binfmt_misc i915 pcmcia snd_intel8x0 joydev snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus thinkpad_acpi deflate zlib_deflate snd_pcm ctr twofish_generic twofish_i586 twofish_common snd_seq_midi camellia drm_kms_helper ipw2200 snd_rawmidi serpent snd_seq_midi_event libipw blowfish snd_seq cast5 nsc_ircc snd_timer cfg80211 snd_seq_device des_generic drm yenta_socket ppdev cryptd aes_i586 aes_generic xcbc snd pcmcia_rsrc rmd160 psmouse sha512_generic sha256_generic sha1_generic irda crypto_null af_key pcmcia_core soundcore lib80211 parport_pc i2c_algo_bit serio_raw snd_page_alloc video nvram crc_ccitt lp parport tg3 floppy [ 4047.941718] [<f95491c8>] ? ieee80211_debug_init+0x25/0xe5d [r8192u_usb] [ 4047.941730] [<f954900c>] ? rtl8192_usb_module_init+0xc/0x110 [r8192u_usb] [ 4047.941741] [<f9549000>] ? rtl8192_usb_module_init+0x0/0x110 [r8192u_usb] [ 4047.941757] [<f9549000>] ? rtl8192_usb_module_init+0x0/0x110 [r8192u_usb] [ 4047.941791] Linux kernel driver for RTL8192 based WLAN cards But no appropriate network device shows up. I have not done the manual download and install. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/795770 Title: Realtek Semiconductor Corp. [0bda:8176] not detected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/795770/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs