Comment 132 for bug 408165

OK now I'm confused.
I seem to have the latest 2.5.0.0 driver compiled with no errors and installed successfully (Ubuntu 11.10 64bit)
lsmod shows the rt3572sta module loaded but not linked to any thing ??
iwconfig reports that I now have ra0 (previously had only eth0, lo and usb0 [my android])
rt28xx does not seem to be getting loaded at all (which is good I believe ??)
synaptic shows that I have wpasupplicant installed (not wpasupplicant:i386)

now here's the strange part....
gnome-network-manager on 2 occassions displayed the WUSB600Nv2 correctly and actually scanned networks perfectly. However upon attempting to connect to my network (WPA2) the entire PC froze, causing me to power the machine off twice :S
So I make uninstall, manually remove /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/ folder , make, sudo make install again - now gnome-network-manager doesn't recognise it ??!

another strange part...
with gnome-network-manager removed and using wicd: even after make uninstall (RT3572STA driver), wicd seems to be able to scan and attempt to connect to networks?? However, again it fails on connecting to WPA2 networks (bad password) though it will connect to unsecure networks........???

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 Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  LD [M] /home/kaipee/Downloads/2011_0427_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/os/linux/rt3572sta.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.0.0-16-generic'
kaipee@zoostorm-ubuntu:~/Downloads/2011_0427_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO$ sudo make install
make -C /home/kaipee/Downloads/2011_0427_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/os/linux -f Makefile.6 install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/kaipee/Downloads/2011_0427_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/os/linux'
rm -rf /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA
mkdir /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA
cp /home/kaipee/Downloads/2011_0427_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/RT2870STA.dat /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/.
install -d /lib/modules/3.0.0-16-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
install -m 644 -c rt3572sta.ko /lib/modules/3.0.0-16-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
/sbin/depmod -a 3.0.0-16-generic
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kaipee/Downloads/2011_0427_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/os/linux'
kaipee@zoostorm-ubuntu:~/Downloads/2011_0427_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO$
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...lsmod shows...

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kaipee@zoostorm-ubuntu:~/Downloads/2011_0427_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
rndis_host 13855 0
cdc_ether 13494 1 rndis_host
usbnet 26168 2 rndis_host,cdc_ether
rt3572sta 679247 1
cfg80211 209711 0
rfcomm 46622 0
bnep 18139 2
bluetooth 185637 10 rfcomm,bnep
pci_stub 12622 1
vboxpci 23200 0
vboxnetadp 13382 0
vboxnetflt 23441 0
vboxdrv 282548 3 vboxpci,vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
binfmt_misc 17540 1
vesafb 13809 1
joydev 17693 0
hid_waltop 12827 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 330769 1
nvidia 11713772 42
snd_hda_intel 33390 4
snd_hda_codec 104931 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 96714 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
ppdev 17113 0
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_rawmidi 30547 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 61896 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29991 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14540 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
parport_pc 36962 1
snd 68266 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
psmouse 73882 0
serio_raw 13166 0
soundcore 12680 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 17799 0
parport 46562 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
usbhid 47198 0
hid 95463 2 hid_waltop,usbhid
usb_storage 57901 0
uas 18027 0
r8169 52788 0
floppy 70365 0
kaipee@zoostorm-ubuntu:~/Downloads/2011_0427_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO$
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...iwconfig...

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ra0 Ralink STA ESSID:"" Nickname:"RT3572STA"
          Mode:Auto Frequency=2.412 GHz Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
          RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Link Quality=10/100 Signal level:0 dBm Noise level:0 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
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It seems like I'm so close to getting this working, only a few small bugs that need ironed out. At least I now know that manually compiling the 2.5.0.0 driver does allow the system to detect it and scan networks. I just can't figure out why it won't show up in gnome-network-manager again and why it wont' connect to WPA2 networks.

Any help/advice on this?