** Description changed: Binary package hint: rutilt Using rt73 ( on advent laptop) This was previously working fine until the last upgrade. It will scan and find wireless networks, and how can it do that if the interface is down?(it might be possible it just seems counter intuitive) tried ifconfig no wlan0, oh great how did that happen? does appear if I check iwconfig tried ifdown & ifup yeah that does little of import... downloaded compiled and installed latest serialmonkey driver (I thought it could be a problem so best to be as up to date as possible) no joy exactly same symptoms and behaviour current solution:- if you downgrade to the previous version of rutilt it works perfectly again (currently using the latest serialmonkey driver) + + TEST CASE: + + note: you need a wireless card with the ralink r73 (aka RT2501USB) + chipset to test this. + + 1) Start rutilt, check that the version is 0.15-0ubuntu5.1 (Options tab -> About). + 2) In rutilt, select a profile (Profiles tab) and hit apply (you should be prompted for the admin password). + 3) A window with 'network interface is down' will appear immediately; no wireless connection will be established. + 4) Quit rutilt. + 5) Add the gutsy-proposed repository by adding this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file: + + deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-proposed universe + + 6) Update and upgrade with your preferred package manager. + 7) Start rutilt, check that the version is 0.15-0ubuntu5.2 (Options tab -> About). + 8) In rutilt, select a profile (Profiles tab) and hit apply (you should be prompted for the admin password). + 9) The wireless connection should be established immediately without any error prompt.
-- 'network interface is down' when trying to connect to network using rt73 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164058 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
