[Bug 134660] Re: Ralink rt2400 / rt2500 / rt2570 / rt61 / rt73 do not work out of the box in Gutsy/Hardy

[Boden Larson]

I can confirm also that my Linksys WUSB54G v4 is not at all recognized
by the Hardy Beta.  It seems that the issue has gotten worse, and
using ndiswrapper is the only solution, again.

I am personally giving up on this issue.  I have found no reliable way
to use this card with native drivers that support both WPA and monitor
mode.  Similar issue with an older Orinoco Gold (atmel Hermes I).
I've got a different card on the way but am trying out other distros
regardless because of other issues (ATI video, namely).

On 3/22/08, Barrakketh <barrakketh at gmail.com> wrote:
> I upgraded to the beta of Hardy to discover that Ralink's drivers don't
> work. The ones that come with the kernel don't work either with my
> Linksys WMP54G v4.1 (rt61). dmesg turned up several lines like these:
>
> phy3 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file
> 'rt2561.bin'.
> phy3 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.
>
> There is a sticky in the rt2x00 forums that tells you to place the
> firmware files in /lib/firmware. The package linux-ubuntu-
> modules-2.6.24-12-generic places them in a subdirectory of /lib/firmware
> where the drivers can't find it.
>
> The sticky says:
>
> Hi,
>
> The firmware location has changed according to new kernel firmware loading
> libs, from /etc/Wireless/RT61STA to /lib/firmware.
> Please note that some linux distributions use /lib/firmware/<KERNEL_VERSION>
> as their default firmware location.
>
> This is the first step of a few needed driver updates that unfortunately
> will break backward compatibility with existing user configs. Migrating
> to new standards will nevertheless be quite easy.
>
> --
> Ralink rt2400 / rt2500 / rt2570 / rt61 / rt73 do not work out of the box in
> Gutsy/Hardy
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134660
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> of the bug.
>
> Status in Source Package "linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22" in Ubuntu: Won't Fix
> Status in Source Package "linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24" in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> ===
> The poll shows that most of the problems with wireless networking are
> problems with ralink cards in Ubuntu.
> POLL: What wireless chipset are you having a problem with in Gutsy?
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4178322
>
> The bug occurs commonly and it's very important - and will be easy - to fix
> it.
> ======================================
>
> Cards don't work because of the invalid drivers (extremely slow connection,
> no connection, connection lost, lack of the wpa support) included in Ubuntu.
>
> Work-around: To install the proper driver from serialmonkey.
>
> SOLUTION:
> 1. Find out which version of a serialmonkey driver works properly with each
> ralink card.
> 2. Implement ralink serialmonkey drivers in Ubuntu.
>
> http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/
>
> Most likely the newest CVS version of each ralink driver works correctly.
>
> ===
> Please write which drivers are known to work and which are invalid.
> ==
>
> Exemplary posts on ubuntuforums.org:
>
> Linksys WUSB54G V4 (rt2570-based card)
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=588045
>
> HOWTO: RT73 (RT71) serialmonkey drivers
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=400236
>
> ====================
> OLD BUG DESCRIPTION:
> ====================
> I configured my rt2400 card connection in network-admin succesfully but the
> connection is extremely slow.
> Ping works, but I can't get into any website, download packages through
> Synaptic even if waiting a few minutes.
> The card was recognized by Feisty as ra0, but now it's wlan0 in Gutsy.
>
> PING onet.pl (213.180.130.200) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from 213.180.130.200: icmp_seq=4 ttl=52 time=93.6 ms
> 64 bytes from 213.180.130.200: icmp_seq=5 ttl=52 time=82.8 ms
> 64 bytes from 213.180.130.200: icmp_seq=6 ttl=52 time=96.9 ms
>
> The problem does not occur when running Feisty and when running Gutsy with
> Feisty kernel (2.6.20.x). The newest Gutsy and Hardy kernel still generates
> problems with ralink card. The transfer rate is extremly low - 678 b/s -
> 1391 b/s.
>

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Ralink rt2400 / rt2500 / rt2570 / rt61 / rt73 do not work out of the box in Gutsy/Hardy
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