I spoke too soon. Thanks to the online docu I tried again using a CD instead of a DVD and booting worked.
The b/g wlan was detected with lucid (but I couldn't handshake - may have been my mistake adding key). The n wlan was *not* detected with lucid (but it was before and after with heron). didn't check speeds. Not sure if that counts as a test result or not, Alan On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Alan Rickayzen <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried > lucid-desktop-i386.iso<http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/lucid-desktop-i386.iso>but > unfortunately my (AMD athlon XP) only booted as far as: > > [ 0.244419] [<c0104087>] kernel_thread_helper 0x7/0x10 and then froze > > so I couldn't test the wlan. > > Not much more I can do, > Alan > > > On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Jeremy Foshee < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> AlanRick, >> Not at all, you can test using the latest daily live image. It will >> have no impact on your machine. Latest builds are located here: >> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ >> >> Thanks, >> >> ~JFo >> >> >> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >> From: Alan Rickayzen <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Bug 377745] Re: ralink rt2870 usb wlan driver doesn't >> support 802.11n >> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:01:55 +0000 >> >> Hi Jeremy, >> >> After recording this gave up on jaunty and returned to hardy heron. >> Are you saying I should deploy the latest upstream kernel on hardy to test >> the fix? >> >> Best regards, >> Alan >> >> -- >> ralink rt2870 usb wlan driver doesn't support 802.11n >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/377745 >> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber >> of the bug. >> >> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed >> >> Bug description: >> Using fresh jaunty release. >> >> the kernel should support ralink rt2870 chipset ( bug #326621 ) and >> this is partially true. However the chipset supports the higher speed >> 802.11n wlan protocol but jaunty only supports 54MB/s for this usb device. >> >> On Intrepid I had the same usb wlan adapter running at 300MB/s using the >> driver which I downloaded and compiled from the manufacturer so higher >> speeds are possible. >> >> I did use ubuntu-bug -p linux so I hope the dump is included. >> >> ProblemType: Bug >> Architecture: i386 >> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 >> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8d9e0d8b-b365-4f73-bfce-43eb3096d2d1 >> Lsusb: >> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:2870 Ralink Technology, Corp. >> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub >> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub >> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 07cc:0201 Carry Computer Eng., Co., Ltd Mass >> Storage (UISDMC1S & UISDMC3S) >> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub >> MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7N8X >> Package: linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic 2.6.28-11.42 >> ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=28a71b6b-66df-48b1-a8e6-981c582d2cfe ro quiet >> splash >> ProcEnviron: >> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 >> SHELL=/bin/bash >> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-11.42-generic >> SourcePackage: linux >> >> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/377745/+subscribe >> > > -- ralink rt2870 usb wlan driver doesn't support 802.11n https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/377745 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
