Installed Kubuntu 6.06 system does not start up after physical installing a new SMC Wireless PCI Adapter 802.11g - SMCWPCI-G EU with Realtek Chip - Partnumber 98-012084-556

[Frans Leerink]

Hello,

I recently purchased this Wireless PCI  Adapter and physically installed it 
on my Kubuntu 6.06 harddisk installed system. I started the Kubuntu system 
but the system did not progress beyond the step "loading drivers". I than 
thought that not all the drivers where installed during the installation 
from the Kubuntu 6.06 Live CD, to keep the installation small. 

I than tried to start with the Kubuntu 6.06 Live CD but the same problem  
occured at precisely the same step "loading drivers".

I physically removed the Wireless PCI  Adapter from the box and everything 
works correctly as before.

On the internet I found out that the same Wireless PCI  Adapter has changed 
chipset from Atheros to Realtek  RTL8185L.
At the smc.com URL I find only the Windows driver 
SMCWPCI-G DRIVER 4.0.0.167.  
At the realtek.com.tw URL I find the following driver for Linux 
RTL8185_Linux_1010.0531.2006.tar.gz/

The readme out of the tar.gz file is difficult for me as a Linux beginner 
with some command prompt experience.
What can I do to overcome this problem? Is there a Kubuntu Howto available 
to use ndiswrapper with the windows driver or a Howto to install a driver 
from the RTL8185_Linux_1010.0531.2006.tar.gz/ file.


The known details of the SMC Wireless PCI Adapter are:

The Brandname of your device                          	SMC
The name/number of the specific device         	SMCWPCI-G EU
The series/revision number		                  	T165110613
The manufacturer and device ID             		  	SMC Networks, Taiwan
The manufacturer chipset that's in the device 	Realtek 
The name/number of the chipset in the device	RTL8185L
The connector-type:                                                    PCI
Wlan-type:									IE802.11 g/b


Any suggestion what to do now?
.

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Regards,

	Frans Leerink