Happens to me too. Same chipset. I can connect to an unsecured network just fine, but attempting to connect to a WPA network with network- manager freezes the whole system (using the live CD).
-- [Gutsy] Network Manager freezes system when logging into a WPA WiFi network using ralink rt2500 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/133251 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
