RAlink RT61 not working in Edgy

[Johan Ramm-Ericson]

On Fri, 2006-10-27 Toby Kelsey wrote:
> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:34:29 +0100
> From: Toby Kelsey <toby_kelsey at ntlworld.com>
> Subject: Re: RAlink RT61 not working in Edgy
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> Johan Ramm-Ericson wrote:
> 
> >> ralink RT61 is the chipset. the card is a pcmcia dlink dwl-g630.
> >>
> >> Ralink release drivers for linux. They are one of the few manufacturers
> >> that
> >> do. Its really dissappointing that Edgy doesnt support it by default.
> >> There
> >> is no excuse...
> 
> Considering the critical RT25xx bug was never fixed for Dapper,
> <https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/34902>
> I think you should give up hope anyone will fix it for Edgy.
> 
> Toby

And if you actually manage to wade through that long thread on launchpad
- you'll see that there's a suggested workaround. Joe, it might be worth
trying the same trick for your card?

/johan