I can confirm that the RT61 module in standard with the feisty kernell (generic, lowlatency, realtime, for i386 or amd64) is generating problems. The card is detected and seems to work with the standards kernell, will appear in the network manager, and it will be possible to see the wifi network around the computer. But when you try to get some network connection (wep ascii or hexa), it will not be possible to obtain an ip address. The most important bug for me is that if i try to use the Gnome Network Manager to set up a network, first, it does not work, and second, the system will hang on at next start-up/reboot.
I had to pick off the card, and reconfigure the kernell using synaptic..... Some people have find different ways on the official ubuntuforums. For what I looked, it seems that the current driver with the kernell is bugued for Ralink rt2561 chipset, but works well with rt2500... as new wifi cards of a lot of brand like D-Link, Netgear or Linksys are now distributed with the new chipset. And of course, as the revision and chipset used do not appear on the packaging box, it is impossible for user to now in advance wich one they will have. And it is very strange to see the card in the network manager and not be able to use it at all. So, I saw that there are other bug reports for Dapper, and Edgy with the same problem, where Ben Collins took time to see... It means that there might be some work around this problem. But I would like to know if some one can do something quick before the release of Ubuntu Feisty as it is a quite important hardware support bug. Toine -- Kernel module rt61 freeze the computer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
