The nature of this bug has changed, and a better bug to follow is #134660. The driver no longer locks up the computer, it just doesn't really work very well, even in Intrepid. The best driver for the RT73 chipset remains the legacy driver from SerialMonkey - in my 2 year experience. For details of how to install see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=400236 The driver is unsupported by Network Manager but there are other options, the best of which seems to be WICD - version 1.4.2 works pretty well for me.
Incidentally I reported this bug Jonno==_oOMOo_ -- Wireless dies and requires total shutdown rt2x00 usb https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/133486 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
