** Description changed: - The rt2800sta module in the lucid kernel has failed to connect to my - wireless network (which uses WPA2) 8 out of 10 times i've tried to - connect to it, while never having any problems with unsecured networks. - karmic's module worked flawlessly, however. + The rt2860sta module, included with Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) cannot connect to mixed WPA/WPA2 networks. + This driver is used in most EeePCs. + This issue is fixed in the 2.6.33 kernel, unfortunately this kernel is not yet available in Lucid. - ProblemType: Bug - AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21. - Architecture: amd64 - AudioDevicesInUse: - USER PID ACCESS COMMAND - /dev/snd/controlC0: matt 2217 F.... pulseaudio - CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory - Card0.Amixer.info: - Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xe8200000 irq 22' - Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888' - Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,1458a002,00100001' - Controls : 40 - Simple ctrls : 22 - Card1.Amixer.info: - Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xe5010000 irq 17' - Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' - Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100100' - Controls : 4 - Simple ctrls : 1 - Card1.Amixer.values: - Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 - Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum - Playback channels: Mono - Mono: Playback [on] - Date: Sat Dec 12 22:31:27 2009 - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 - HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=ffabca83-328e-41f3-a6cd-33af8937e779 - MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EP43-UD3L - Package: linux-image-2.6.32-7-generic 2.6.32-7.10 - ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=//vmlinuz-2.6.32-7-generic root=UUID=8e8d5531-1890-453f-8991-5a4c238280e3 ro quiet splash - ProcEnviron: - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash - ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-7.10-generic - Regression: Yes - RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.27 - Reproducible: Yes - RfKill: + Symptoms are: connection works once but disconnects rapidly and then + gets stuck in a connect/ask password cycle, or cannot connect at all. - SourcePackage: linux - Tags: lucid needs-upstream-testing regression-potential - TestedUpstream: No - Uname: Linux 2.6.32-7-generic x86_64 - WpaSupplicantLog: + There are two known fixes at the moment: + [1]: Ricardo Salveti maintains a 2.6.32 kernel with the fix backported (See comment #80) + [2]: Installing the official drivers from RaLink also solves the issue for some. (See comment #107). - dmi.bios.date: 04/16/2009 - dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. - dmi.bios.version: F4 - dmi.board.name: EP43-UD3L - dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. - dmi.board.version: x.x - dmi.chassis.type: 3 - dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. - dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd04/16/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnEP43-UD3L:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnEP43-UD3L:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: - dmi.product.name: EP43-UD3L - dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. + To check if your wireless chipset is indeed the RaLink chipset that is affected by this driver, execute the "lspci -vnn | grep RaLink" command. + It should display something close to the following: + + $ lspci -vnn | grep RaLink + 01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT2860 [1814:0781] + Subsystem: RaLink Device [1814:2790]
-- [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496093 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
