Edimax wireless network works from live cd but fails after install

[interestedindividual]

Edimax EW-7318USg

I used the live CD to check that all my hardware was supported and it works great. The only hitch is that my network must broadcast the essid. I get a working wpa2psk connection every time I use the live CD.

But, every time I install ubuntu and boot into my shiny new system. It will not connect and I get nothing.

I've tried all kinds of HOWTOs etc to do with Ralink and SerialMonkey drivers and to be honest I don't understand what the commands are doing but if I follow them through I end up with a machine that won't boot at all.

This USB Adapter comes with linux drivers but they are complex as hell to install from source code etc.

I would like help to fix this bug properly so that future releases of Ubuntu will support my adapter. Also I know others are using this adapter.

I have experience as a Java Developer so I'm no idiot but I've not used linux for some years so back in the days of Mandrake 6 I new my way around.

If someone will help me then I will do all I can to get this working rather than chicken out and buy something else.

Thanks,

John

[interestedindividual (goodmanjpf)]

If I install Ubuntu with a wireless connection enabled from the live cd then when I reboot I can get this error from the kern.log
phy2 -> rt2500usb_enable_radio: Error - Register initialization failed.

[Basilio Kublik (sourcercito)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 144161, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.