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[hardy alpha4]rt61 wifi is not working, driver loading pb

Bug #190521 reported by Nicolas Deschildre
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Bug Description

I'm using hardy alpha 4 (on Linux nand-laptop 2.6.24-5-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 24 19:45:21 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux ) and I was testing a PCMCIA rt61 card :
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g [1814:0302]
the driver seems loaded :
wlan1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

but I got the following /var/log/messages :

Feb 9 18:50:31 nand-laptop NetworkManager: <debug> [1202579431.311645] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1814_302').
Feb 9 18:50:31 nand-laptop NetworkManager: <debug> [1202579431.326118] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_15_e9_ae_f9_d9').
Feb 9 18:50:31 nand-laptop NetworkManager: <debug> [1202579431.343020] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_15_e9_ae_f9_d9_0').
Feb 9 18:50:31 nand-laptop kernel: [ 5303.377995] phy7 -> rt61pci_enable_radio: Error - Register initialization failed.
Feb 9 18:50:33 nand-laptop NetworkManager: <info> wlan1: Device is fully-supported using driver 'rt61pci'.
Feb 9 18:50:33 nand-laptop NetworkManager: <info> nm_device_init(): waiting for device's worker thread to start
Feb 9 18:50:33 nand-laptop NetworkManager: <info> nm_device_init(): device's worker thread started, continuing.
Feb 9 18:50:33 nand-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Now managing wireless (802.11) device 'wlan1'.
Feb 9 18:50:33 nand-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device wlan1.
Feb 9 18:50:33 nand-laptop kernel: [ 5305.498437] phy7 -> rt61pci_enable_radio: Error - Register initialization failed.
Feb 9 18:50:35 nand-laptop NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_device_802_11_wireless_scan(): could not trigger wireless scan on device wlan1: Network is down
Feb 9 18:50:55 nand-laptop kernel: [ 5327.607745] phy7 -> rt61pci_enable_radio: Error - Register initialization failed.
Feb 9 18:50:57 nand-laptop NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_device_802_11_wireless_scan(): could not trigger wireless scan on device wlan1: Network is down

Thus no network are scanned
sudo iwlist wlan1 scanning
wlan1 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

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Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote :

Hi Nicolas,

Care to test with the latest Hardy kernel (2.6.24-8) and report back your results. If the issue still exists, per the kernel team's bug policy, can you please attach the following information. Please be sure to attach each file as a separate attachment.

* uname -a > uname-a.log
* cat /proc/version_signature > version.log
* dmesg > dmesg.log
* sudo lspci -vvnn > lspci-vvnn.log

For more information regarding the kernel team bug policy, please refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies . Thanks again and we appreciate your help and feedback.

Changed in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24:
status: New → Incomplete
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Nicolas Deschildre (ndeschildre) wrote :

Same behavior on 2.6.24-8.

Here are the files:

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Nicolas Deschildre (ndeschildre) wrote :
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Nicolas Deschildre (ndeschildre) wrote :
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Nicolas Deschildre (ndeschildre) wrote :

After I have inserted the rt61 and its kernel: [ 5303.377995] phy7 -> rt61pci_enable_radio: Error - Register initialization failed,
I plugged an rt73 and unplugged the rt61 to connect to wifi. So please disregard the output in dmesg after the rt61pci_enable_radio.

I'll try to debug the module and ask upstream about it.

Nicolas

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Nicolas Deschildre (ndeschildre) wrote :

Hmmph, Just realized I lspci'ed after I removed the rt61 card... I'll correct that tonight

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Nicolas Deschildre (ndeschildre) wrote :

Here it is.

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Nicolas Deschildre (ndeschildre) wrote :

Revelant upstream discussion:
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4628

Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)
Changed in linux:
assignee: nobody → ubuntu-kernel-team
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Incomplete → Triaged
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Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote :

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

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Nicolas Deschildre (ndeschildre) wrote :

Issue resolved using the 2.6.27 kernel. (Not tested on 2.6.26).

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Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote :

That's good to hear. I'll tentatively mark this "Fix Released" for Intrepid. Obviously, if there are any regressions prior to Intrepid's final release feel free to set the status back to "New". Thanks.

Changed in linux:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : Kernel team bugs

Per a decision made by the Ubuntu Kernel Team, bugs will longer be assigned to the ubuntu-kernel-team in Launchpad as part of the bug triage process. The ubuntu-kernel-team is being unassigned from this bug report. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies for more information. Thanks.

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