D-Link DWA-525 wireless desktop PCI adapter doesn't work under Oneiric

[Chris Hermansen]

I recently purchased a D-Link DWA-525 wireless desktop PCI adapter. It is identified as a RALINK rt2800 style card but the driver provided with the system does not work with this device (wireless networking disabled).

The latest drivers from http://www.ralinktech.com/en/ - that is, DPO_RT3562_3592_3062_LinuxSTA_V2.4.1.1_20101217.tgz - work fine when installed as per the following instructions:

http://steveswinsburg.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/how-to-install-a-d-link-dwa-525-wireless-network-card-in-ubuntu-10-04/

Of course, they need to be re-built and re-installed every time a new kernel comes along... and meanwhile, the network isn't working...

Is there any way to get this fixed so that the correct drivers, correctly configured, are installed by default for this device?

Thanks!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: linux-image-3.0.0-13-generic 3.0.0-13.22
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: clh 1466 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xdfffc000 irq 44'
   Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1983'
   Components : 'HDA:11d41983,102801da,00100400'
   Controls : 26
   Simple ctrls : 15
Date: Mon Nov 21 22:26:59 2011
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=dc951f44-550e-4c96-99c6-4b659176f751
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. OptiPlex 745
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic root=UUID=c76e57d4-6f65-438c-996b-bebe152de149 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-13-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-13-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.60
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-19 (3 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 05/21/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2.3.1
dmi.board.name: 0TY565
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr2.3.1:bd05/21/2007:svnDellInc.:pnOptiPlex745:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0TY565:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: OptiPlex 745
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Chris,

We generally prefer the author of the driver to submit it upstream. There would have to be a fairly widespread impact for the driver to be included in Ubuntu while not upstream.

Its interesting that the rt2800pci driver claims to support the device. It would be good to know if the card ever worked in previous releases with the rt2800pci driver. Would it be possible for you to test this? You could boot from a LiveCD[1] and test with re-installing your system.

[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

[Chris Hermansen (c-hermansen)]

Hello Joseph;

I created a LiveCD of 10.04.3 just now and booted from it. It appears to be equally unaware of the wifi device: in the networking menu at the top right of the screen, I see:

Wired network
  disconnected
VPN connections >

ie no "Wireless network"

Is there some further testing you would like me to carry out? Should I submit a bug report upstream (if so, please tell me where I should do that)?

Thanks!

[Chris Hermansen (c-hermansen)]

Hello again;

I can test this further or submit a bug upstream but I'm not sure where to do that... any advice?

Thanks!

[[e-mail] (leonidasemail)]

Please, solve the problem that plaque on the next version, because I am not able to solve this, depending on it.
por favor,resolva o problema dessa placa na proxima versao,pois nao estou conseguindo resolver nesta,dependo disso.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Chris Hermansen, 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 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:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.11-rc5

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:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

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.

[Chris Hermansen (c-hermansen)]

I am sorry to say that I removed this card a couple of releases ago - I was finally able to get an ethernet cable to the computer in question - and I don't know where I put it (blush).

So I am not able to test at this time. Very sorry.

If I am able to find it at some point in the future, should I come back to this bug?

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Chris Hermansen, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/893464/comments/7 regarding you no longer use the hardware. You are welcome to reopen this report if you intend to use it again. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.