IMO, that message is the problem. My understanding is that NM cannot support any card that wpa_supplicant does not support, which uses Wireless Extensions (which is I belive the succsessor to /proc/net/wireless).
...... Original Message ....... On Sat, 26 May 2007 09:35:31 +0100 "pete phillips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi Dan > > Dan> Have you manually configured the card using the Ubuntu network > Dan> config tools? Ubuntu has a distro-specific patch that makes NM > Dan> ignore any card you've manually configured. > >Yes I did originally, but I have commented all interfaces except >loopback out of the /etc/network/interfaces now. However I did this >after installing NM. > > Dan> Furthermore, what version of the rt61 driver, and is that a > Dan> mac80211-based driver? It may be that the rt61 driver isn't > Dan> quite ready for prime-time, as the mac80211 stack (if that's > Dan> what rt61 is based off of) isn't quite ready for prime-time > Dan> yet, though it's getting there. > >I'm using the drivers from the ralink site > > http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html > RT61_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.0 > >(not tried the rt2x00.serialmonkey.com driver - let me know if you think >that may be the issue). I don't know what the mac80211 refers to I'm >afraid. Grepped the RT61_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.0/Module directory for >mac802 and didn't come up with anything. > >When I plug the card in I get: > > May 26 09:17:27 localhost kernel: [17246128.900000] ra0 (WE) : Driver using old /proc/net/wireless support, please fix driver ! > > May 26 09:17:27 localhost NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1180167447.552777] nm_hal_device_added (): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1814_302'). > >Hmm - could that proc/net message be the issue ? > > Dan> Can you plug the rt61 card in and then run 'lsmod' ? > >OK - not sure whether you wanted the whole lot or just to see the rt61 >line, so here is the lot. > > >Module Size Used by >sg 37404 0 >sd_mod 22656 0 >usb_storage 75072 0 >libusual 17040 1 usb_storage >ipw2100 75828 0 >ieee80211 35272 1 ipw2100 >ieee80211_crypt 7552 1 ieee80211 >battery 11652 0 >ac 6788 0 >thermal 15624 0 >fan 6020 0 >button 7952 0 >8139too 29056 0 >binfmt_misc 13448 1 >rfcomm 42260 0 >hidp 34176 2 >l2cap 27136 10 rfcomm,hidp >bluetooth 53476 5 rfcomm,hidp,l2cap >ipv6 272288 10 >i915 21632 2 >drm 74644 3 i915 >af_packet 24584 4 >speedstep_centrino 9760 1 >cpufreq_userspace 5408 0 >cpufreq_stats 7744 0 >freq_table 6048 2 speedstep_centrino,cpufreq_stats >cpufreq_powersave 2944 0 >cpufreq_ondemand 8876 1 >cpufreq_conservative 8712 0 >video 17540 0 >tc1100_wmi 8324 0 >sbs 16804 0 >sony_acpi 6412 0 >pcc_acpi 14080 0 >i2c_ec 6272 1 sbs >i2c_core 23424 1 i2c_ec >hotkey 11556 0 >dev_acpi 12292 0 >container 5632 0 >asus_acpi 17688 0 >dm_crypt 13704 0 >dm_mod 62872 1 dm_crypt >fuse 43912 0 >rt61 254468 0 >sbp2 24584 0 >scsi_mod 144648 4 sg,sd_mod,usb_storage,sbp2 >lp 12964 0 >pcmcia 40380 0 >yenta_socket 28812 3 >rsrc_nonstatic 15360 1 yenta_socket >snd_intel8x0 34844 1 >snd_ac97_codec 97696 1 snd_intel8x0 >snd_ac97_bus 3456 1 snd_ac97_codec >snd_pcm_oss 47360 0 >snd_mixer_oss 19584 1 snd_pcm_oss >joydev 11200 0 >pcmcia_core 43924 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic >8139cp 24832 0 >mii 6912 2 8139too,8139cp >tsdev 9152 0 >snd_pcm 84612 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss >snd_timer 25348 1 snd_pcm >snd 58372 8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer >soundcore 11232 1 snd >snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm >shpchp 42144 0 >pci_hotplug 32828 1 shpchp >irda 214332 0 >parport_pc 37796 1 >parport 39496 2 lp,parport_pc >crc_ccitt 3200 1 irda >intel_agp 26012 1 >agpgart 34888 3 drm,intel_agp >psmouse 41352 0 >serio_raw 8452 0 >pcspkr 4352 0 >evdev 11392 2 >usbhid 45152 0 >ext3 142856 2 >jbd 62228 1 ext3 >ohci1394 37040 0 >ieee1394 306104 2 sbp2,ohci1394 >ehci_hcd 34696 0 >uhci_hcd 24968 0 >usbcore 134912 6 usb_storage,libusual,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd >ide_generic 2432 0 >ide_disk 18560 3 >piix 11780 1 >generic 6276 0 >processor 31560 2 thermal,speedstep_centrino >fbcon 41504 0 >tileblit 3840 1 fbcon >font 9344 1 fbcon >bitblit 7168 1 fbcon >softcursor 3328 1 bitblit >vesafb 9244 0 >capability 5896 0 >commoncap 8704 1 capability > > > >Pete >_______________________________________________ >NetworkManager-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
