Sorry I missed this thread. Lets see if I can help the O/P. Nigel's instructions were somewhat generic - to allow for many possibilities - and quite rightly so. Linux offers many ways of doing tasks and his instructions reflect this.
However I will try to give you some very clear, simple ones. These are very specific and therefore need to be
followed exactly. They assume you are
using the 64 bit version of Ubuntu. I'm also assuming you are using Firefox to download the driver file called:-
and that you save this file to the
default location i.e. your
Desktop.
OK, here's what you do,
once you have downloaded the file onto your Desktop
- Open a terminal, by clicking the Applications|Accessories|Terminal menu item.
- In the terminal, type:- sudo apt-get install build-essential then press the carriage return key.
- The terminal will ask for your password. Enter this accurately then press the carriage return key. Note, the password will not appear as you type it
- In the terminal, type:- cd ~/Desktop then press the carriage return key.
- In the terminal, type:- sudo tar -xvzf rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1012.2009_64bit.tar.gz (all on one line)then press the carriage return key.
- In the terminal, type:- cd rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1020.2009_64bit (all on one line) then press the carriage return key.
- In the terminal, type:- sudo su then press the carriage return key.
- In the terminal, type:- make then press the carriage return key.
- In the terminal, type:- make install then press the carriage return key.
- In the terminal, type:- exit then press the carriage return key.
- In the terminal, type:- sudo reboot then press the carriage return key
Once your computer restarts, your wireless networking should work perfectly. Please let us know how you get on.
Best wishes, G.
PS. I just used this exact method to install the Realtek Linux wireless driver on a brand new X16 Pro that I purchased yesterday, so I know it works! It took less than five minutes, including the download!