Bug#399051: rt2500-source: rt2500 cannot establish link in later version
Aurelien Jarno wrote: Debian BTS a écrit : My Edimax EW-7108pcg PCMCIA wifi card (rt2500 driver) works perfectly in my constantly upgraded version of Etch (Testing). I installed the rt2500 driver some weeks ago. The same driver, built in the same way (with Module Assistant), will not work in a fresh install of Etch in a new partition on the same machine (Thinkpad T20). In both cases I built the rt2500 module from the rt2500-source package using module assistant. The resulting modules package is the same on each system: rt2500-modules-2.6.17-2-686 version 1.1.0+cvs20060620-3+2.6.17-9 The probelm seems to lie in the file /etc/Wireless/RT2500STA/RT2500STA.dat. The older working install contains the line 'AuthMode=OPEN', but this is 'AuthMode=SHARED' in the broken fresh install. I can get the card to work either by modifying /etc/Wireless/RT2500STA/RT2500STA.dat with a text editor (setting AuthMode to OPEN), or by adding these lines to /etc/network/interfaces: Where does this file come from? It is installed by the rt2500 package if you want to manage the wireless card using the X interface. If you want to manage the wireless card with iwconfig, you don't need this file. It is not provided by the rt2500-modules-... package but by the rt2500 package. I guess you have installed it and then removed it without purging it. Could you please send me the output of dpkg -l rt2500 ? Bye, Aurelien Thanks Aurelien. The output of dpkg -l rt2500 is pn rt2500none(no description available) Does this mean that I have installed rt2500 at some stage and then purged it? I don't remember doing so, but it could be so. I am happy to delete the partition and reinstall Etch from scratch if that would settle the issue. -- Chris.
Bug#399051: rt2500-source: rt2500 cannot establish link in later version
Debian BTS a écrit : My Edimax EW-7108pcg PCMCIA wifi card (rt2500 driver) works perfectly in my constantly upgraded version of Etch (Testing). I installed the rt2500 driver some weeks ago. The same driver, built in the same way (with Module Assistant), will not work in a fresh install of Etch in a new partition on the same machine (Thinkpad T20). In both cases I built the rt2500 module from the rt2500-source package using module assistant. The resulting modules package is the same on each system: rt2500-modules-2.6.17-2-686 version 1.1.0+cvs20060620-3+2.6.17-9 The probelm seems to lie in the file /etc/Wireless/RT2500STA/RT2500STA.dat. The older working install contains the line 'AuthMode=OPEN', but this is 'AuthMode=SHARED' in the broken fresh install. I can get the card to work either by modifying /etc/Wireless/RT2500STA/RT2500STA.dat with a text editor (setting AuthMode to OPEN), or by adding these lines to /etc/network/interfaces: Where does this file come from? It is installed by the rt2500 package if you want to manage the wireless card using the X interface. If you want to manage the wireless card with iwconfig, you don't need this file. It is not provided by the rt2500-modules-... package but by the rt2500 package. I guess you have installed it and then removed it without purging it. Could you please send me the output of dpkg -l rt2500 ? Bye, Aurelien -- .''`. Aurelien Jarno | GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 : :' : Debian developer | Electrical Engineer `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] `-people.debian.org/~aurel32 | www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
