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linux-source-2.6.15 package

[dapper]MSI PC54G3 doesn't work (rt61 chipset)

Bug #64772 reported by Francis
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Javier Jardón

Bug Description

Binary package hint: rt2500

Hi,

I cannot connect to my wifi network with edgy.

network-manager-gnome think my card is an ethernet card (I see wlan0 and wmaster0 with ifconfig) and is unable to connect my network.

network-admin is not able to scan networks and don't connect to my network if I specify the SSID.

With "iwlist wlan0 scanning" I can scan networks, but I'm unable to connect (maybe I just don't know how to connect with iwconfig...)

The module rt2500 doesn't seem to be loader by the kernel :

tv@pvrsalon:~$ lsmod | grep rt2500
tv@pvrsalon:~$

Here the output of lspci:
tv@pvrsalon:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb Host Bridge (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce 250Gb PCI System Management (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:05.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK8S Ethernet Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2)
00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AGP Host to PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
02:06.0 Network controller: RaLink Unknown device 0302
02:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)

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Francis (ohmer) wrote :

ifconfig output:

tv@pvrsalon:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Lien encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:F2:45:CA:02
          inet adr:192.168.7.103 Bcast:192.168.7.255 Masque:255.255.255.0
          adr inet6: fe80::215:f2ff:fe45:ca02/64 Scope:Lien
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          Packets reçus:1960 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1487 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
          Octets reçus:1880238 (1.7 MiB) Octets transmis:200683 (195.9 KiB)
          Interruption:185 Adresse de base:0x6000

lo Lien encap:Boucle locale
          inet adr:127.0.0.1 Masque:255.0.0.0
          adr inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Hôte
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          Packets reçus:54 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:54 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:0
          Octets reçus:3240 (3.1 KiB) Octets transmis:3240 (3.1 KiB)

wlan0 Lien encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:D3:7A:E5:35
          UP RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          Packets reçus:0 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:49 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:0
          Octets reçus:0 (0.0 b) Octets transmis:11304 (11.0 KiB)
          Adresse de base:0x2000

wmaster0 Lien encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-13-D3-7A-E5-35-00-20-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          Packets reçus:0 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
          Octets reçus:0 (0.0 b) Octets transmis:0 (0.0 b)
          Adresse de base:0x2000

Output of /etc/network/interfaces:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

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Francis (ohmer) wrote :

Will it be fixed for the final release of edgy ?

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Francis (ohmer) wrote :

This bug will not be fixed for the final release !!!? This is a major bug when the only available connexion is a wifi link...

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Chris Wagner (chris-wagner) wrote :

Francis, is this still a problem for you?

Are you sure that the MSI PC54G3 uses the rt2500 chipset? Notice your lspci output says "RaLink Unknown device". I know that, for my rt2500-based card, lspci says something a little more specific - it mentions "rt2500", I believe. Note, some cards have varying chipsets, depending when/where you happen to buy the card (AFAIK).

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Mathieu Marquer (slasher-fun) wrote :

Same for me :
I upgraded from Xubuntu edgy to Xubuntu feisty just a few minutes ago. I have a Asus WL167g WiFi card with a rt2570 chipset.

I have now two WiFi interfaces : rausb0, that I can configure but that can't see any WiFi network with iwlist, and a new one wmaster0, that I can also configure in the network configuration interface, but that can't even scan.

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Mathieu Marquer (slasher-fun) wrote :

But still works fine with the 2.16.17-10 kernel : the only WiFi interface is rausb0, and the connexion works fine. (The 2.6.17-11 doesn't boot anymore...)

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Javier Jardón (jjardon) wrote :

Hello Francis,

Do you still have problems in Feisty final?

Changed in rt2500:
assignee: nobody → torkiano
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Francis (ohmer) wrote :

Hello,

I don't know. The computer that use this card is still in Dapper (I reinstalled Dapper since I wrote this bug report but don't remember why).

I don't upgrade because of some kernel module I had to install manually in order to get working my MythTV box (iptv, lirc...).

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Javier Jardón (jjardon) wrote :

Hello Francis,

your wifi card (PC54G3) is a tr61 card, not rt2500 card. Please follow the steps of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT61 ant tell any succes.

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Javier Jardón (jjardon) wrote :

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in
the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further.
However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and
feel free to submit bug reports in the future.

Changed in linux-source-2.6.15:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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