Comment 173 for bug 210725

forgot to mention that not using an eee
got a sparklank card instead.

2009/1/30 Alex Krastelev <email address hidden>

> Tested a clean "vanilla" install of Jaunty Alpha 3 on eee 901 with all
> automatic updates installed as of today.
> (kernel "2.6.28-6-generic #16-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 26 20:16:00 UTC 2009 i686
> GNU/Linux"). I did not install any extra drivers.
>
> - The driver is present and works just fine on eee 901
>
> - The driver complains in kernel messages about missing RT2860STA.dat, but
> works just fine without this file.
> # dmesg | grep 2860
> ...
> [ 30.597458] --> Error 2 opening /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat
> I do not even have /etc/Wireless folder and wireless works fine.
>
> - For some reason the ra0 interface was NOT automatically seen by gnome
> network manager at first.
> "Wireless" tab in System-->Preferences-->Network connections was empty.
> Only after manual "sudo modprobe rt2860sta" and "iwlist ra0 scanning" the
> gnome-network-manager recognized it (?).
> After that, wireless works in Gnome after every reboot (no need for
> modprobe or iwlist).
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
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