regression rt2860sta - WPA2 TTLS in Eeepc 901 stopped working in Jaunty

[gallir]

Binary package hint: network-manager

WPA + TTLS Wifi connections does not work in Jaunty on a EeePC installed from the Netbook USB installer. It worked in 08.10. It never login in, I don't know if it's a network-manager or a rt2860sta module problem.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

lets start to triage this regression on the driver side (NM really doesn't do much different in jaunty). Have you tried to install linux-backport-modules-jaunty package? there might be "more modern" drivers available for your chipset.

Also after reboot/reproducing, please attach the complete syslog.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Would also be good if you could attach your full dmesg output as well as lspci -vnvn:

dmesg > dmesg.log
sudo lspci -vnvn > lspci-vnvn.log

[gallir (gallir-gmail)]

@akexander and @lean OK, I'll do it tomorrow (ergh, today) morning at the university (where the connection has failed).

[gallir (gallir-gmail)]

Find attached the dmesg and lspci logs of the tests.

I tried first with the standard linux-modules, later with the jaunty-backports. It failed in both cases.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi gallir,

I noticed the following in your dmesg output:

[47926.947715] <-- RTMPAllocTxRxRingMemory, Status=0
[47926.952501] --> Error 2 opening /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat
[47926.952511] 1. Phy Mode = 0
[47926.952515] 2. Phy Mode = 0
[47926.979407] 3. Phy Mode = 0
[47927.003288] MCS Set = 00 00 00 00 00
[47927.004979] <==== RTMPInitialize, Status=0
[47927.005055] 0x1300 = 00073200
[47932.065157] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 5(5) BSS returned, data->length = 546
[47937.444077] ra0: no IPv6 routers present
[47942.069111] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 5(5) BSS returned, data->length = 546
[47942.069924] ==>rt_ioctl_siwfreq::SIOCSIWFREQ[cmd=0x8b04] (Channel=11)
[47957.090177] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 5(5) BSS returned, data->length = 546
[47957.090626] ==>rt_ioctl_siwfreq::SIOCSIWFREQ[cmd=0x8b04] (Channel=11)
[47972.106857] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 5(5) BSS returned, data->length = 546
[47972.107671] ==>rt_ioctl_siwfreq::SIOCSIWFREQ[cmd=0x8b04] (Channel=11)
[47987.127029] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 5(5) BSS returned, data->length = 546

These actually look to be the same sort of messages seen in bug 344022. So for now I'm going to mark this as a duplicate of bug 344022, please continue to track this issue at that report and add any additional information. Thanks.

[gallir (gallir-gmail)]

Confirmed, it's duplicated. Sorry for not detecting it before.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

gallir, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the daily kernel folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
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kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

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This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
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If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
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As well, please remove the tag:
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Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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