need help with setting up wireless card

[neonfire999]

ok ,so i have a Realtek RTL8192E Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC card on my Samsung r580 laptop that i just installed Ubuntu studio 10.04 on. I am wondering how to get the wireless card working in Ubuntu. I saw some info on my card here *url #1 (the urls i reference are in the attached txt file called urls.txt because i couldn't post the actual urls because apparently i need to post 15 times or something which i don't have time for at the moment)* and then i went here to download ndiswrapper *url #2* and both of the links on that page don't work. I followed the instructions on this page *urls #3* to get the info on my card.
here is the info when i typed "lspci -knn" into the terminal in ubuntu studio.

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller [8086:0044] (rev 12)
	Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port [8086:0045] (rev 12)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b3c] (rev 06)
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio [8086:3b56] (rev 06)
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3b42] (rev 06)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 [8086:3b46] (rev 06)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:3b48] (rev 06)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b34] (rev 06)
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller [8086:3b09] (rev 06)
	Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3b29] (rev 06)
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
	Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller [8086:3b30] (rev 06)
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GT218 [GeForce 310M] [10de:0a75] (rev a2)
	Kernel driver in use: nouveau
	Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau
02:00.1 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller [10de:0be3] (rev a1)
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8192] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: rtl819xE
	Kernel modules: r8192_pci
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device [11ab:4381] (rev 11)
	Kernel driver in use: sky2
	Kernel modules: sky2
ff:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers [8086:2c62] (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder [8086:2d01] (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 [8086:2d10] (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 [8086:2d11] (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d12] (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d13] (rev 02)

if anyone could help, it'd be greatly appreciated. thanks.

[Rubberman]

The driver is already installed. Why are you trying to use ndiswrapper to install over it? That will break for sure. It is possible that if the card doesn't work then you need to install the firmware (proprietary) and not the driver.

[neonfire999]

The driver is already installed. Why are you trying to use ndiswrapper to install over it? That will break for sure. It is possible that if the card doesn't work then you need to install the firmware (proprietary) and not the driver.

ok, well it wasn't connecting to the internet and i didn't know how to make it connect. where would i get the firmware you mentioned?

[Rubberman]

Which desktop are you using? If Gnome, on the top right of the screen is the network icon. If you right click on it you will find two check boxes, one to enable networking, and the other to enable wireless networking. Are these both checked? If not, then you need to check them both, then log out and log back in again. If they are checked, or you did the previous, then left-click on the network icon and see if it finds any access points. If it does, then you can check on the one you want to use. If it is protected with either WEP or WPA encryption, then you will be prompted to enter the access key and/or passphrase.

[neonfire999]

Which desktop are you using? If Gnome, on the top right of the screen is the network icon. If you right click on it you will find two check boxes, one to enable networking, and the other to enable wireless networking. Are these both checked? If not, then you need to check them both, then log out and log back in again. If they are checked, or you did the previous, then left-click on the network icon and see if it finds any access points. If it does, then you can check on the one you want to use. If it is protected with either WEP or WPA encryption, then you will be prompted to enter the access key and/or passphrase.

I am pretty sure i'm using Gnome. I am using Ubuntu Studio 10.04. When i'm at the desktop, there is no network icon in the top right of the screen.

[Rubberman]

Well, somewhere there is a network icon. Find it... Alternatively, go to the Administration -> Network menu.

[neonfire999]

Well, somewhere there is a network icon. Find it... Alternatively, go to the Administration -> Network menu.

ok, well i went to administration --> network and a box pops up with three tabs, general (which has 2 fields, host name and domain name), DNS (which has 2 boxes that are entitled DNS servers and Search Domains), and Hosts (which has a list on ip adresses and aliases). i have no idea what to do from here.

[Rubberman]

Ok. At the top of the screen, describe what you see. On the bottom of the screen, describe what you see.

[neonfire999]

Ok. At the top of the screen, describe what you see. On the bottom of the screen, describe what you see.

ok, i attached 4 screenshots that i took of the network window, if you need better quality, let me know.

[Rubberman]

Actually, I need a bit bigger display of the screen with no windows open. I think there is a bluetooth icon on the upper right, but I can't tell for sure. Also, there should be a network icon (looks like a set of short-to-long vertical bars next to that. You may need to modify your Gnome settings to make that show up. Go to the System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications menu and see if there is an entry for Network Manager. If not, click on the +Add button, and add an entry for that using nm-applet --sm-disable in the Command: field. Once you do that, then click on the Save button, logout, and then login again. I don't think you need to reboot.