Can you clarify what I need to do in my driver's config.mk file? The only reference to network manager I saw was the following:
# Support Native WpaSupplicant for Network Maganger [sic] HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y I have not tried the rt2x00 driver, the wiki main page does not mention my card, but I guess it is similar enough that it should work? Thanks, dan On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Steev Klimaszewski <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:30 AM, Dan O'Connor <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I have an rt3070sta based wifi usb adapter. I've actually got it working, > > but I have to manually connect it to the correct ap (using ifconfig, > > iwconfig, and dhcpcd) and cannot use NetworkManager. When starting > > NetworkManager --no-daemon I get the following output: > > NetworkManager: <info> starting... > > NetworkManager: <info> modem-manager is now available > > > > (NetworkManager:5268): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_error_free: assertion `error > != > > NULL' failed > > NetworkManager: Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc. To > > report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list. > > NetworkManager: <info> WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state > > file > > NetworkManager: <info> WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state > > file > > NetworkManager: Ignoring insecure configuration file > > '/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/.keep_net-misc_networkmanager-0' > > NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): carrier is OFF > > NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'r8169') > > NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): exported as > > /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 > > NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): now managed > > NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): device state change: 1 -> 2 (reason 2) > > NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): preparing device. > > NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): deactivating device (reason: 2). > > NetworkManager: Added default wired connection 'Auto eth0' for > > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.6/0000:08:00.0/net/eth0 > > NetworkManager: <WARN> device_creator(): /sys/devices/virtual/net/ra0: > > couldn't determine device driver; ignoring... > > * status: started > > NetworkManager: <WARN> default_adapter_cb(): bluez error getting default > > adapter: The name org.bluez was not provided by any .service files > > > > The only important/unexpected line as far as I can tell is that it > couldn't > > determine the device driver for ra0, my wifi device. It seems odd to me > that > > this device is in a "virtual" device folder, is that part of the problem? > > I'm at a total loss as to how NetworkManager is expecting to relate the > > device to its driver. > > > > The distro I'm using is Gentoo, and I configured the kernel myself. I > also > > compiled the wifi driver myself (even had to make some modifications to > get > > it to compile.. nothing major, just update some function names and add a > > license tag). > > I'm not sure what other info would be helpful in solving this problem, I > > will try to be prompt with any requests for more information. > > > > Thanks, > > Dan O. > > _______________________________________________ > > networkmanager-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > > > > > You need to turn on Network Manager support in the config.mk file. > Out of curiosity, is rt2x00 not working for you, or is it just not > stable enough? >
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