Strange problem: AWUS036H working in BT5-KDE-VM-32. NOT working in BT5-GNOME-VM-32

[sekstiseks]

Hello.
Beginner so please have mercy.

When BT5 was released I immediately switched from BT4R2-KDE-VM-32 to BT5-GNOME-VM-32.
Happy with my choice I was until I wanted to learn wireless pentesting.
I bought myself an Alfa awus036h and can not get it working with either of the two mentioned above with ifconfig wlan0 up.
I get this error: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132

Searched it up and found alot having problems with this. It seems to be a VMware issue.
Following all the guides I could come across:
rfkill block all
rfkill unblock all
rmmod rtl8187
modprobe etc. etc. etc. and so on.

Same error.

But thought I would give it a go on the BT5-KDE-VM-32. And Voilá! Smooth as silk.
Dont even have to run the ifconfig wlan0 up, its up and running. =)

Now, all my work is on the GNOME and I can easily move it over, but it would be nice if anybody has any clue on whats going on..?
Btw, I also have a DLINK-DWA-160 and it works smooth with all three.

Please, any advice would be much appreciated.

[lazyjj]

Got this strange issue too ... gonna switch to KDE and see if it works thanks for the tip! driving me nuts!