Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum, 15.05.2011: > --- On Sun, 5/15/11, Andrei Popescu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > > > > > and Im using the rt2800pci driver. The machine itself > > is running 2.6.38-2-amd64 > > > #1. > > > > You could try 2.6.39-rc7-amd64 from experimental. > > OK, i did give this a try (though i worry about doing stuff like this; > running a bleeding-edge kernel isnt what i want to be doing). No problem > installing the kernel, and the system came back up, but the wireless > card wasnt up. When i try to bring it back up i get: > > $ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up > SIOCSIFFLAGS: Input/output error > > And for this event dmesg shows: > > [ 586.402397] phy0 -> rt2800_wait_wpdma_ready: Error - WPDMA TX/RX busy, > aborting. > [ 586.402403] phy0 -> rt2800pci_set_device_state: Error - Device failed to > enter state 4 (-5). > > Since all the things that come up when i google that are from people > talking about kernel debugging, i think that using this kernel may not > be on the right track :-( > > Any other ideas? Im really not trying to do anything fancy, i just want > wireless to work!
(You have the firmware installed and loading, right?) You could also try e-mailing the rt2x00-users mailing list for help: [email protected] (http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/mailman/listinfo/users_rt2x00.serialmonkey.com) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

