Wireless works with Ubuntu 8.10, but not with Kubuntu 8.10

[Derek Broughton]

Eric (Kubuntu) wrote:

- what a remarkable coincidence that your name is kubuntu :-)

> Well sure enough, installing kubuntu-desktop onto of Ubuntu 8.10
> worked... I can connect to wireless networks in KDE.  Still very odd
> that a straight Kubuntu install did not work.  I wonder what is broken.

Different kernels?  I had a similar problem with hardy.  When I installed
hardy Kubuntu via the upgrade procedure, I had no wireless, but using the
Ubuntu Live CD I had no problem.  So I rebooted hardy with the old Gutsy
kernel and lived with that until I got a 2.6.26 kernel from Intrepid in
June or July.  The only difference that made sense between the Kubuntu &
Ubuntu installs was that the kernel on the CD was two or three minor
releases older than what I was getting installing Kubuntu over the 'net. 
otoh, I seem to recall I actually booted off that kernel _into_ kubuntu,
and it wasn't any better.  
-- 
derek