I did some additional experiments with rt2* modules. I tried compiling and installing the drivers from ralinktech.com (ignoring the errors and blacklisting rt2800usb, as indicated on several forum threads I found). They work perfectly with the -generic kernel, and seem to work better than the stock modules with -rt: NetworkManager shows correct network signal strengths and remote hosts are finally reachable.
However, when using the -rt kernel, after a few minutes the system becomes very sluggish (or, to be more precise, mouse and keyboard input are sluggish, as the system overall performance seem to be normal), with no additional visible kernel messages and nothing hogging system resources (at least to the extent visible in top). Then I tried getting the linux-backports-modules source package and compiled it against 2.6.31-9-rt. It worked, but gave the exact same results as the ralink driver (I guess linux-backports-modules contains the latest ralink drivers). I also tried using Wicd instead of NetworkManager, with the same results. In a few days I will try using the ralink driver with its .dat configuration file. I have one question, though. Are there any options I could pass to the rt2xxx modules to make them more verbose ? I had a quick look at the driver source, but couldn't find any. -- Ralink wifi doesn't work with latest -rt kernel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436043 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs