I've been looking at the patch to fix this out-of-tree OEM driver from Realtek and have decided not to apply it, mostly 'cause I think there are better solutions. We offer Compat Wireless backport packages from kernel versions v2.6.33 through v3.3. The rtl8192se driver went mainline as of v3.0, so I would try installing one of the more recent compat wireless packages. You can see which packages are available thusly:
apt-cache search linux-backports-modules-wireless I would start out by installing CW from 3.3: sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-wireless-3.3-lucid-generic ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: In Progress => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585938 Title: 10ec:8171 r8192se_pci + powertop (iwpriv -a) = kernel panic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/585938/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs