install Realtek device 8176 (rev 01) on Lucid Lynx

[Tom H]

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Christian Meier <ch2009 at arcor.de> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 May 2012 12:33:51 +1200
> chris <chevhq at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> use wicd it is in the repositories.
>
> It seems to consist of python and shell scripts.
> How is it possible that it handles the hardware?

It doesn't. The "use WICD" answer was an incorrectly-triggered
pavlovian response that's an unfortunate but standard answer of the
type "it must be NM's fault, uninstall it and install WICD" when
someone's networking setup doesn't work.