MSI CB54G2 PCMCIA WiFi card is not working

[Julien Gascard]

This card was working properly with Ubuntu Dapper. It didn't work with network-manager in Edgy, but worked well with a proper configuration in /etc/network/interfaces.

In Feisty, I've tried to use it with network-manager. The WiFi networks are listed, but the signals quality are not given, and it's impossible to get connected.

If I configure my card in /etc/network/interfaces, in doesn't work at all.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thanks for your bug report. Could report the output of both iwconfig and iwlist eth1 eth1 scan where eth1 is your wireless adapter identified from iwconfig?

[Julien Gascard (amodef)]

Hello,

Here is what I get :

mordrar@Quinlan:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

ra0 RT2500 Wireless ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Bit Rate:24 Mb/s Tx-Power:0
dBm
          RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Link Quality=89/100 Signal level=-47 dBm Noise level:-201 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

mordrar@Quinlan:~$ iwlist ra0 scanning
ra0 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:4F:62:08:61:DD
                    Mode:Managed
                    ESSID:"AirLive"
                    Encryption key:off
                    Channel:6
                    Quality:0/100 Signal level:-35 dBm Noise level:-200
dBm

My access point is not protected at all. My girlfriend is able to access it
with her laptop on Ubuntu Dapper with no problems.

Thanks.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thanks for the additional information. Could you also attach the /etc/network/interfaces configuration that is not working for you?

[Julien Gascard (amodef)]

None are working.

It's the same if I define or not my Wifi card (it's a PCMCIA card).

Here is how it looks like when I define my card :

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The WiFi card
auto ra0
iface ra0 inet dhcp

In Dapper, I have to commented these lines, and used N-M. In Edgy, N-M
didn't work, and I had to uncomment these lines and use the "sudo ifup ra0"
command. Since Feisty, none of these methods are working :) .

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Now that the final version of Feisty Fawn is available we were wondering if this issue still exists. Thanks in advance.

[Julien Gascard (amodef)]

No problem, it's a pleasure :) .

In fact, my WiFi card now work if I deactivate the "Mode itinérant" ( I don't know the English term) in the network configuration menu, and configure it myself in dhcp.

But network-manager doesn't work if used alone. If I try to use it, I can see my WiFi network, but I am not able to connect to it.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The contents of '/var/log/daemon.log' would be helpful in troubleshooting this issue. Could you try to recreate the problem and then add the log file? Thanks again.

[thomanski (thomanski)]

I've just run into this under Feisty as well. After having read somewhere on the net that someone got it to work with ndiswrapper I have tried that, too, but failed. I believe to have set everything back as it was and would be delighted if we could go through this and see if we can get it fixed once, for all, for everybody. If you insist, I'll reinstall Feisty and start from a clean sheet.

> iwconfig reports:
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

ra0 RT2500 Wireless ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power:0 dBm
          RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-120 dBm Noise level:-200 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

> iwlist ra0 scan
ra0 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:16:CE:8B:DA:8D
                    Mode:Managed
                    ESSID:"techconcierge.co.uk"
                    Encryption key:on
                    Channel:1
                    Quality:0/100 Signal level:-74 dBm Noise level:-200 dBm
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:16:CF:2D:80:B1
                    Mode:Managed
                    ESSID:"Livebox-3D00"
                    Encryption key:on
                    Channel:1
                    Quality:0/100 Signal level:-77 dBm Noise level:-199 dBm
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:0F:3D:A6:85:B2
                    Mode:Managed
                    ESSID:"G604T_WIRELESS"
                    Encryption key:off
                    Channel:11
                    Quality:0/100 Signal level:-27 dBm Noise level:-200 dBm
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:01:38:8D:E8:E1
                    Mode:Managed
                    ESSID:"zoom"
                    Encryption key:on
                    Channel:10
                    Quality:0/100 Signal level:-88 dBm Noise level:-197 dBm

Which is interesting, so it does work to some extent.

I haven't knowingly done anything to /etc/network/interfaces:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

When I remove the card from the computer and put it back in, nothing happens (no lights on), when I do it a second time, the lights come on and /var/log/daemon.log reports:
Jun 23 02:38:58 ouattara NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1182562738.301779] nm_hal_device_added (): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1814_201').
Jun 23 02:38:58 ouattara NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1182562738.365347] nm_hal_device_added (): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_13_d3_82_66_96').
Jun 23 02:38:58 ouattara NetworkManager: <information>^Ira0: Device is fully-supported using driver 'rt2500'.
Jun 23 02:38:58 ouattara NetworkManager: <information>^Inm_device_init(): waiting for device's worker thread to start
Jun 23 02:38:58 ouattara NetworkManager: <information>^Inm_device_init(): device's worker thread started, continuing.
Jun 23 ...

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

thomanski - if you add the following lines to your '/etc/network/interfaces' file you should be set:

auto ra0
iface ra0 inet dhcp

[Konrad Knuts (konrad-knuts)]

Hi,
Finally got it working.

I had the same problem, upgrading from 6.10 to 7.04 on a Fujitsu-siemens amilo-A cy26, all worked except the MSI CB54G2 PCMCIA WiFi.
(btw, thanks for enabling the dsdt-from-ramdisk in the stock kernel, now i don't have to recompile to get the 3D working)

changed auto lo ot auto ra0 in '/etc/network/interfaces'
 # The loopback network interface
 #auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
 # The primary network interface
 iface eth0 inet dhcp
 auto ra0
 iface ra0 inet dhcp
 wireless-essid *******
 wireless-key s:**************

Didn't work... :( regardless of several ifup/downs
Fiddled a bit with my wlan-modem, made the ssid non-hidden and changed channels, suddenly: success!
Changed the ssid back to hidden, modem is now running on channel 3.
Seems rock solid.

[Henrik Nilsen Omma (henrik)]

Hi, could you please test this in Gutsy? As I understand from the comments, no one actually had this card working out of the box on Feisty. Thanks!

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

This bug report is being closed because we received no reponse to the last inquiry for information. Please reopen it if this is still an issue in the current Gutsy Gibbon release. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Please don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future, we really appreciate it. Thanks again!

[barambani (mattogrosso)]

Hi, I'm facing this problem in 9.10. I'm not able to let this card work. I'm using a test Toshiba laptop. I can do tests but I'm not an expert Ubuntu user so I need a guide if I have to extract more info from the system. Thanks for help.
Regards

[rusivi2 (rusivi2-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. I noticed the package your bugging is updated in Maverick. Does this card work out of the box in it? Thanks in advance!

[thomanski (thomanski)]

I don't own the card anymore, so can't test.

On 15 September 2010 06:22, rusivi1 <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. I noticed the package your bugging is updated in
> Maverick. Does this card work out of the box in it? Thanks in advance!
>
> ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
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