Please include RaLink RT2860 driver

[Pac Shady]

Update:

"I managed to get the drivers from http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html for the RT2860 to work for this card under Kubuntu Hardy 64bit. Since lodging this bug report they have updated the drivers to work with the current kernel. Is it possible to incorporate this driver into Ubuntu's modules, if not for Hardy then at least for Intrepid?"

=====

The RaLink RT2790 card doesn't work. The rt2x00 serialmonkey drivers don't cover this card. There are (apparently) drivers for Linux on RaLink's website that cover this card, but they don't compile on the 2.6.24 kernel. Ndiswrapper seems to accept the Windows drivers for it and detects its presence, but the card still fails to work as a network interface (at least in the 64bit version, haven't tested ndiswrapper yet in 32bit).

This card has failed for me in Kubuntu Gutsy 64bit, Hardy Beta 64bit, and Hardy Beta 32bit.

[Pac Shady (pacshady)]

OK, I managed to get the card to SORT OF work using the Windows driver in ndiswrapper. The card is detectable, wicd can see the networks available, etc. but the network won't connect.

On two occasions I DID get it to work however, so long as the connection was active (ie. a restart would kill it and the card wouldn't work again). Firstly, one has to be able to have access to an ethernet. Secondly, the card needs to be set up with ndiswrapper, and fail the connection. Then, plug the wired cable in and connect to the ethernet using wicd. Then immediately after try to connect to the wireless again. This MAY work, but only once. Making a new user and trying it again seems to allow one to replicate it, at least once (haven't been able to replicate it more than once so far).

Besides these two individual occasions, this card is almost paperweight-like in it's usefulness so far. The capacity is definitely there for it to work, due to it's ability to SEE networks, but so long as it can't reliably connect it's broken.

[Pac Shady (pacshady)]

Here's some of the outputs of various commands:

sudo lspci -vv
...
02:00.0 Network controller: RaLink Unknown device 0781
        Subsystem: RaLink Unknown device 2790
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
        Region 0: Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME+
        Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/5 Enable-
                Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
                Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
                Device: Latency L0s <128ns, L1 <2us
                Device: AtnBtn- AtnInd- PwrInd-
                Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                Device: RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
                Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Port 0
                Link: Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us
                Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 128 bytes CommClk+ ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1
...

ndiswrapper -l
rt2860 : driver installed
        device (1814:0781) present

sudo iwlist scan
...
wlan0 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:18:4D:D5:1A:A1
                    ESSID:"NETGEAR"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality:100/100 Signal level:-27 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK

iwconfig
...
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:144 Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
          RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

ifconfig
...
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:af:91:7f:da
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
        ...

[Pac Shady (pacshady)]

Output for lshw:

sudo lshw -C network
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: RaLink
       vendor: RaLink
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 00
       serial: 00:15:af:91:7f:da
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ndiswrapper+rt2860 driverversion=1.52+Ralink Technology, Corp.,11 latency=0 link=no module=ndiswrapper multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:40:d0:e5:f6:7b
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.2LK duplex=full ip=192.168.0.6 latency=0 link=yes module=r8169 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s

[Pac Shady (pacshady)]

There are new drivers available at RaLink's site which compile on Hardy's kernel. However, after testing them this morning, they don't work properly. Similar issue as with the ndiswrapper drivers mentioned above, the card can scan the network but not connect to anything.

An update on the Windows drivers with ndiswrapper. I discovered it worked on another network, so after some tweaking on my network at home I managed to get it working. However, for the fact that the current settings are now identical to the previous settings, and the fact that I managed to get it working initially under the exact same circumstances it failed to work under before, I consider the bandaid patch of using ndiswrapper drivers to be UNSTABLE. Also, the range of the wireless seems to be less than I think it should be (I'm currently getting between 40-50% strength with this laptop, whereas my ASUS A6Jc which is 2 years old is getting 80-90% in the same position, and the range was greater under Windows Vista [*shudder*]).

[Pac Shady (pacshady)]

Complete lspci -vvnn output

[Pac Shady (pacshady)]

dmesg output

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in linux the kernel for Hardy Heron.

[Pac Shady (pacshady)]

I managed to get the drivers from http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html for the RT2860 to work for this card under Kubuntu Hardy 64bit. Since lodging this bug report they have updated the drivers to work with the current kernel. Is it possible to incorporate this driver into Ubuntu's modules, if not for Hardy then at least for Intrepid?

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi Pac,

I've also marked bug 216084 as a duplicate of this report as it's also requesting for the rt2860 drivers to be included. I'll try to bring this to the attention of the kernel team to consider. I'm also going to modify the title and bug description a bit to better reflect this request. Hope that is ok with you. Thanks.

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

Also the newest driver form Ralink won't compile under 2.6.26 series kernel. after digging around and the net got it to compile but lost the WPA/WPA2/WEP or any other incription support.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

[js (solard3ity-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Here is a patched source that will compile under Ubuntu with kernel 2.6.26 +up
Tested with ubuntu intrepid.. and works with networkmanager!!

Changes between original from Ralink and this Source;

* Driver will compile with kernel 2.6.26 and up
* File RT2860STA.dat will not be put in /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA
* Wierd tftboot file wont be placed in / "root directory"
* Networkmanager is enabled
* Driver wont trash logs that much anymore

Install Build-Essentials
in the Directory just "sudo make && make install " to compile

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

I will test teh patched version and see if it works.
Also
for 2.6.27 kernel i will try this over next couple of days

2008/9/1 Jason Scurtu <email address hidden>

> Here is a patched source that will compile under Ubuntu with kernel 2.6.26
> +up
> Tested with ubuntu intrepid.. and works with networkmanager!!
>
>
> Changes between original from Ralink and this Source;
>
> * Driver will compile with kernel 2.6.26 and up
> * File RT2860STA.dat will not be put in /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA
> * Wierd tftboot file wont be placed in / "root directory"
> * Networkmanager is enabled
> * Driver wont trash logs that much anymore
>
> Install Build-Essentials
> in the Directory just "sudo make && make install " to compile
>
>
> ** Attachment added: "Patched source"
>
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17216054/2008_0708_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.7.0.0-adapted.tgz
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>

[js (solard3ity-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Forgot to inculde this!
If you tried to compile the Ralink driver before or used ndiswrapper, you should do some steps before compiling the patched version.

Stop networkmanager:

sudo /etc/init.d/networkmanager stop

sudo ifconfig ra0 down ## Or wlan0 instead of ra0 if ndiswrapper was used
sudo modprobe -r rt2860sta ## or ndiswrapper instead of rt2860sta

Remove old config file as User, not root:

rm -fr ~/.gconf/system/networking/wireless/networks/*

Restart, and you should be able to log in a new network..

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

Jason

tried the patched source to see if it will compile on the 2.26.27 kernel.
so far it doesn't. attached is the message i get (intrepid alpha 3)

Let me know if you need anything else.

Also thanks for the help.

Let me know if you got any more thoughts. on this.

2008/9/2 Jason Scurtu <email address hidden>

> Forgot to inculde this!
> If you tried to compile the Ralink driver before or used ndiswrapper, you
> should do some steps before compiling the patched version.
>
> Stop networkmanager:
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/networkmanager stop
>
> sudo ifconfig ra0 down ## Or wlan0 instead of ra0 if
> ndiswrapper was used
> sudo modprobe -r rt2860sta ## or ndiswrapper instead of rt2860sta
>
> Remove old config file as User, not root:
>
> rm -fr ~/.gconf/system/networking/wireless/networks/*
>
> Restart, and you should be able to log in a new network..
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>

[Giovanni Masucci (gio-grifis)]

it seems mandriva resolved this problem:
* Sat Aug 30 2008 Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <email address hidden> 1.7.0.0-2mdv2009.0
  + Revision: 277121
  - Add patch to allow build with kernel 2.6.27
ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandriva/devel/cooker/sparcv9//media/contrib/release/dkms-rt2860-1.7.0.0-2mdv2009.0.noarch.rpm
It would be really cool if intrepid would support these drivers out of the box, since they are needed by a lot of user. Especially on new netbooks, like the EEEPC 901/1000, which need that driver to have wifi working.

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

Hey where can i get the source for the RPM?

2008/9/7 Giovanni Masucci <email address hidden>

> it seems mandriva resolved this problem:
> * Sat Aug 30 2008 Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <email address hidden>
> 1.7.0.0-2mdv2009.0
> + Revision: 277121
> - Add patch to allow build with kernel 2.6.27
>
> ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandriva/devel/cooker/sparcv9//media/contrib/release/dkms-rt2860-1.7.0.0-2mdv2009.0.noarch.rpm
> It would be really cool if intrepid would support these drivers out of the
> box, since they are needed by a lot of user. Especially on new netbooks,
> like the EEEPC 901/1000, which need that driver to have wifi working.
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>

[Giovanni Masucci (gio-grifis)]

cant' find sources anywhere...however I think that sources are in the rpm I've linked...should be a src rpm (noarch).

[Giovanni Masucci (gio-grifis)]

I've found them!!! :) :) :)

here are the links:
the patch:
http://svn.mandriva.com/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/packages/cooker/dkms-rt2860/current/SOURCES/dkms-rt2860-wext_compat.patch?view=markup&pathrev=277121
the sources:
http://svn.mandriva.com/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/packages/cooker/dkms-rt2860/

[Giovanni Masucci (gio-grifis)]

Ok I've been doing some testing with this...here's what I did:
svn co http://svn.mandriva.com/svn/packages/cooker/dkms-rt2860/releases/1.7.0.0/2mdv2009.0/
I entered in the SOURCES folder, unzipped the drivers and applied mandriva's patches.
make and make install went fine and now I can modprobe the driver module with:
sudo modprobe rt2860sta
and if I go to "System/Hardware drivers", I see rt2860sta driver "in use".
Now the bad news:
Network Manager is unable to see a wireless connection, and only show me eth0...
any idea on this?

[Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout)]

Well, the first thing you want to check is whether the interface is created by udev:
run ifconfig and iwconfig and see if you have a wireless interface.
- if it's not there, look at the kernel log (dmesg) for any errors right after you modprobe the module
- if it's there, you might need to do a "sudo ifconfig wlan0 up" (or whatever interface name you have instead of wlan0)

[Giovanni Masucci (gio-grifis)]

ifconfig doesn't show anything.
iwconfig shows: ra0 RT2860 Wireless ESSID:"" Nickname:""
          Mode:Auto Frequency=2.412 GHz
          Link Quality=10/100 Signal level:0 dBm Noise level:-143 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
dmesg after modprobe shows:
[ 1237.324406] === pAd = f8fe1000, size = 580572 ===
[ 1237.324411]
[ 1237.324439] <-- RTMPAllocAdapterBlock, Status=0
[ 1237.324536] rt2860 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64

[Giovanni Masucci (gio-grifis)]

I have to add an other thing...
ifconfig before showed:

eth0 info about eth0

lo info about lo

now, after reboot I have also:

ra0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:af:e4:fd:e2
          inet6 addr: fe80::215:afff:fee4:fde2/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:369 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:619 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:44741 (44.7 KB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:19

eth0 is my ethernet device, so ra0 should be wireless...
still sudo ifconfig ra0 up has no effect

[Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout)]

ok, so ra0 is your wireless interface.
the rest should work now.
if it doesn't, it's not related to this bug report, and i don't want to turn this bug report into a wireless networking support forum thread...

[Giovanni Masucci (gio-grifis)]

I'm sorry to have given the impression to being looking for help, using this bug report as a forum support thread... I was rather trying to be helpful reporting my experience. Let me just add that the drivers work if I boot intrepid with 2.6.24 hardy kernel...of course I'm using the same configuration. This makes me think that something is wrong at kernel level or that there are still some problems with those drivers and 2.6.27 but maybe I'm wrong. Hope other testers are luckier than me and that this is really a problem of my configuration.
Have a nice day.
Giovanni

[Giovanni Masucci (gio-grifis)]

Finally, wireless works. I've built the kernel driver from Eric Anholt (the xorg developer) git repository.
I don't know what patches he applied, we should ask him!
No problem so far...network manager works ok, even with wpa.
You can test it by doing:
sudo apt-get install git-core
git clone git://git.anholt.net/git/rt2860
cd rt2860/
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe rt2860sta

and here's a link to Eric's blog, in case someone has questions.

http://anholt.livejournal.com/39165.html?view=110589#t110589

Hope it helps...

[Adam McDaniel (adamrmcd)]

There is a known issue where rt2860 does not support both WEP and WPA in a single compiled module. (There is a config option to enable one or the other, but not both, for some dumb reason.)

Asus has released a patch to one blogger who complained about this, but AFAIK it's not on any Xandros repositories yet. See: http://www.itwriting.com/blog/778-fixing-wi-fi-on-asus-eee-pc-901-with-linux.html

I had a look at Eric's repository that you just posted, Giovanni. This WEP/WPA patch is not yet included.
I can post a comment to let him know about it.

(The Asus patch provides the config option EEEPC_SPECIAL_SETTING. Not a very intuitive name :)

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

Anyone care to post a patched version with WPA enabled?

2008/9/8 Adam McDaniel <email address hidden>

> There is a known issue where rt2860 does not support both WEP and WPA in
> a single compiled module. (There is a config option to enable one or the
> other, but not both, for some dumb reason.)
>
> Asus has released a patch to one blogger who complained about this, but
> AFAIK it's not on any Xandros repositories yet. See:
> http://www.itwriting.com/blog/778-fixing-wi-fi-on-asus-eee-pc-901-with-
> linux.html<http://www.itwriting.com/blog/778-fixing-wi-fi-on-asus-eee-pc-901-with-linux.html>
>
> I had a look at Eric's repository that you just posted, Giovanni. This
> WEP/WPA patch is not yet included.
> I can post a comment to let him know about it.
>
> (The Asus patch provides the config option EEEPC_SPECIAL_SETTING. Not a
> very intuitive name :)
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

I have been asked to try packaging a patched upstream code for that driver, I took the code from git clone git://anongit.anholt.net/git/rt2860 and uploaded the result to my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~stgraber/+archive

I used cdbs for the packaging, we'd need a clean orig.tar.gz before considering inclusion in Intrepid's current kernel (and an UVFe too). Anyway, the package in my PPA is clean and seems to work almost perfectly on current Intrepid.
It has so far been tested successfully with WPA2+AES and roaming (WDS) seems to be working too.

Note: I don't know the code and at first sight it seems far from clean, I had to hack the Makefile to have it generate files in the right place.

Hope it helps.

Stéphane

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

Of course by cdbs I meant cdbs+dkms ... (there definitely are too much 4 letters acronyms)
So the module will automatically update with the kernel (it's the way we are supposed to package kernel modules in Intrepid).

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

what are the dependencies for this one. it keeps telling me that dkms is not
sattisfied

2008/9/8 Stéphane Graber <email address hidden>

> Of course by cdbs I meant cdbs+dkms ... (there definitely are too much 4
> letters acronyms)
> So the module will automatically update with the kernel (it's the way we
> are supposed to package kernel modules in Intrepid).
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 04:35 +0000, krutoileshii wrote:
> what are the dependencies for this one. it keeps telling me that dkms is not
> sattisfied

It depends on dkms, if you are installing it by adding the repository to
your sources.list that shouldn't be a problem as apt-get will handle the
depends.
If you are trying to install the package directly using dpkg or gdebi,
you'll need to then run "apt-get -f install" to install the missing
dependencies.

Stéphane

[js (solard3ity-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Thanks guys for this, I was just about >||< that close to replace my Ralink against a Intel IPW.. guess i'll wait and see where this is all going.. The ralink drivers seem to be realy tricky and not that well programmed..

@ Stéphane does your driver only support WPA, or also WEP?
Will this driver be able to reach the Intrepid release and be official?

[Bruno Lambert (bruno.lambert)]

I tested the driver with Stéphane and it work well. It's stable for now (been connected since more than 12 hours with any problem)

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 08:28 +0000, Jason Scurtu wrote:
> Thanks guys for this, I was just about >||< that close to replace my
> Ralink against a Intel IPW.. guess i'll wait and see where this is all
> going.. The ralink drivers seem to be realy tricky and not that well
> programmed..
>
> @ Stéphane does your driver only support WPA, or also WEP?
> Will this driver be able to reach the Intrepid release and be official?

Bruno tested with WPA, we don't have a WEP accesspoint around.
The decision of whether to include that module is now up to the kernel
team, we are past the Feature Freeze so I'm not sure how it works for
the kernel but a freeze exception may be needed in order to include it.

Stéphane

[Giovanni Masucci (gio-grifis)]

From what I've understood we need a vanilla tar.gz from ralink and the separate patches used by Eric to consider official inclusion in Intrepid, am I correct?
So here's a clean Ralink tar.gz. Note that this version is from 15/07 and already has the patch to have both WEP and WPA (Thanks Adam!).
http://www.itwriting.com/DPO_RT28xx_60_LinuxSTA_V1.7.0.0_2008_07_15.tgz
It should already have the "EEEPC_SPECIAL_SETTING" option set, so we just need to add Eric's patches and we are set with these drivers. =)
Does anybody has the list of the patches added by Eric?

[Giovanni Masucci (gio-grifis)]

Ok, /me thinks to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
I've used the tarball provided in my last post and some patches.
Works for me with wpa and now should also work with WEP:
Here are the patches:

[Giovanni Masucci (gio-grifis)]

Please somebody tests the 15/07 tarball + these 3 patches (2+the makefile fix. We have to thank Mandriva for them)...if it works for everyone we are ready and can ask to the kernel team...I think :)

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

Got the driver to install and work without any encryption.
Think there is a bug in the network manager if fails to connect to an
encrypted network and when it does it brings back the screen with a password
and it shows something completely different from what was entered.

i'll
2008/9/9 Giovanni Masucci <email address hidden>

> Please somebody tests the 15/07 tarball + these 3 patches (2+the
> makefile fix. We have to thank Mandriva for them)...if it works for
> everyone we are ready and can ask to the kernel team...I think :)
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>

[js (solard3ity-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

@krutoileshii

yes there is a bug in Knetworkmanager-Intrepid :
KNetworkManager doesn't work with wireless connections.

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

I don't think it's a network manager problem it doesn't connect even manually

[js (solard3ity-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Okay I tested the "rt2860-source_1.7.0.0-0ubuntu1~ppa1_all.deb" DKMS Driver from Stéphane's PPA
It works good, I have tested it with WEP and WPA, and it works, and shows all the Networks :-)

The only issue I have is the KNetworkManager, there seems to be a bug, it shows the Networks but just dont react at all, I tried the Gnome-Networkmanager and it works fine.. (but thats a different thing, Stéphane's driver works )

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

Couldn't get it to connect with network manager at all to a WPA network.
the strange this is that when it tries to connect and fails instead of the password that i have typed it shows something completely random. that was really confused me.
I'll post a screen shot once i get a chance.

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

not saying that the driver doesn't work. i think might have another problem somewhere else maybe WPA_supplicant or a bug in the version of network manager that i have.

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

As promised first one is a screen shot of actual password entered minus most of it.

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

Second one is what pops up after it fails

[js (solard3ity-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

@krutoileshii

I think that you tried to compile this driver before? and there are still restovers/ settings that conflict with the new Driver...
As I said, I try'd it on a fresh install without any problems and can ensure that the driver works well..

But anyway try this what i mentioned before (obove)!

#Stop your networkmanager with:

sudo /etc/init.d/networkmanager stop

sudo ifconfig ra0 down ## Or wlan0 instead of ra0 if ndiswrapper was used
sudo modprobe -r rt2860sta ## or ndiswrapper instead of rt2860sta

#Remove old config file as User, not root:

rm -fr ~/.gconf/system/networking/wireless/networks/*

Restart, and hopefuly you should be able to log in a network..

If not, then please write a new bug report for the Networkmanager, or even look if someone has the same problem..

[Pac Shady (pacshady)]

The wireless still doesn't work out of the box with the Intrepid Alpha 5 LiveCD. My dmesg, lspci, lsusb and uname -r logs are attached. Let me know if anything else is needed.

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

Mine is a fresh install of Alpha 5 so i cannot possibly have any settings conflicts.
this is really strange.

[js (solard3ity-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

@Pac Shady

the driver wont work out of the box with Intrepid, you must install the OS to your disc and use the driver Stephane loaded up on his PPA repository..

https://launchpad.net/~stgraber/+archive

@krutoileshii

did you do a fresh install? I mean like, everything new again.. and then only use the driver from Stephane?
On your screenshots i can tell that you tried every module you can find on the net.., thats why i am talking about conflicts..
Do a NEW Install, and then try the DKMS Driver from Stephane' PPA "rt2860-source_1.7.0.0-0ubuntu1~ppa1_all.deb" (Only)

[Pac Shady (pacshady)]

Jason
I was mainly checking to see if it would work out of the box to answer comment #11. I'm trying to test OOB compatibility on all my hardware bug reports to see if anything has been included by default in Intrepid. So far, no luck on any front :( I haven't tested to see if the driver works though yet.

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

That's what i did. the screen shot you saw is a windows partition.

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

Anyone got any ideas?
Also i don't think that the DKMS pacage is in alpha 5 yet. couldn't find it there.

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

Any want's to give a hand?

[Yaroze (ricky-johansson)]

https://launchpad.net/~stgraber/+archive
Works fine in Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 6.
Zepto 6224W with included RT2860.
However the driver sends lots of debug output to dmesg (annoying)

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

I cannot get it to connect to the the WPA or WPA2 networks for the life of
me. don't know what's wrong.
connects perfectly to unencrypted networks.

2008/9/22 Yaroze <email address hidden>

> https://launchpad.net/~stgraber/+archive<https://launchpad.net/%7Estgraber/+archive>
> Works fine in Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 6.
> Zepto 6224W with included RT2860.
> However the driver sends lots of debug output to dmesg (annoying)
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

Installed Mandriva to see if their driver work. so far i was able to use it just fine both with WPA WEP and Neither (requires the firmware)
So i think the problem must be somewhere else not in the driver itself. My guess would be WPA supplicant but not sure how to check. what's the most current version of WPA supplicant?

[Francois Thirioux (fthx)]

The Stephane's driver does not work properly with WPA. I looked at /usr/src/rt.../RT2860STA.dat, and I saw that the driver seems to have been compiled for open authentication ? I'm not expert so don' t blame me if I'm wrong. I wanted to recompile it with correct parameters, but I do not know how to do it following the Stephane's .deb way.
I've read that the original Ralink driver allows only open OR wep OR wpa (great, isnt'it ?) and that a patched version is ready but not published. Anyone to confirm ?

Additionally I wish this bug to be considered as HIGH importance since a lot of new netbooks use this wireless card.

(Good news : note that network-manager-kde works again in Intrepid since last night.)

[Francois Thirioux (fthx)]

New driver version :

[1.8.0.0]
 1. Fixed compile error when CARRIER_DETECTION_SUPPORT is enabled.
 2. Add "iwpriv ra0 set CarrierDetect=0(or 1)"
 3. Add new WSC hardware push button function
 4. Add Ad-Hoc to support N rate.
 5. Migrate Mesh supporting to Draft-2.0.
 6. Support WAPI functionality
 7. Fixed suspend/resume error when ra0 down, ra0 up
------8. Support Linux Kernel 2.6.27
 9. Fixed WPS failed when AP is not in scan table or AP's channel changing after user sets "iwpriv ra0 wsc_start"
 10. Fixed DLS A-MPDU established failed.

[Cyril (cyril-niorg)]

Just tried version 1.8.0.0, works perfectly here when connecting to wpa2 and open networks.

[Francois Thirioux (fthx)]

I hope that ubuntu team will make a new dkms driver, since WPA does not work for me. (With no encryption it is ok.)

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

Same here new 1.8.0.0 work perfect.

2008/10/2 Francois Thirioux <email address hidden>

> I hope that ubuntu team will make a new dkms driver, since WPA does not
> work for me. (With no encryption it is ok.)
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Adam McDaniel (adamrmcd)]

I'm reading through a diff of v1.7.0.0 and v1.8.0.0. They do not include the "EEEPC_SPECIAL_SETTING" patch (which was originally released by ralink) and linked earlier in this thread.

There may be a regression issue here.

Can someone who has installed v1.8.0.0 test both WPA and WEP encryption?

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

i'll test it late on this today or tomorrow

2008/10/3 Adam McDaniel <email address hidden>

> I'm reading through a diff of v1.7.0.0 and v1.8.0.0. They do not include
> the "EEEPC_SPECIAL_SETTING" patch (which was originally released by
> ralink) and linked earlier in this thread.
>
> There may be a regression issue here.
>
> Can someone who has installed v1.8.0.0 test both WPA and WEP encryption?
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[suhrawardi (jarra)]

Works for me on an Akoya mini netbook on a network with WPA encryption.
Got connected right away after installing the package. Great work!
Thanks a lot

[suhrawardi (jarra)]

uhh, Stéphane Graber's package is what I used... ;-)

[Francois Thirioux (fthx)]

Hmm, I really got the feeling that hardwares don't work in the same way.
I use an EEEPC901, and 1.8.0.0 has the same issue than Stephane's package : I see access points, but no connection is achieved, it seems to fail when WPA protocol comes.
So I think we should indicate in each post the hardware we are using.

[Marco Rist (moh0815)]

Is there an up-to-date package available? When lokking at https://launchpad.net/~stgraber/+archive all I can find is 'rt2860 - 1.7.0.0-0ubuntu1~ppa1'. Is anyone able to create a package which includes the latest ralink-driver (1.8.0.0) and all the patches (like EEEPC_SPECIAL_SETTING-patch etc.)?

I'd like to test it on my Asus Eee Pc 1000H...

[Adam McDaniel (adamrmcd)]

I'm working on building one with a colleague, actually.

Unfortunately my wife escalated the "Paint the fence" project this weekend.
I'll post something here when it's ready (and if it rains:)

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

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> I'm working on building one with a colleague, actually.
>
> Unfortunately my wife escalated the "Paint the fence" project this weekend.
> I'll post something here when it's ready (and if it rains:)
>
I have uploaded 1.8.0.0 to my PPA, it's building now and should be
ready for update in an hour or so.
I test built it on my laptop and it correctly generated and loaded the
kernel module, although I don't have the hardware myself so I wasn't
able to make sure it actually works.

Stéphane
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[Francois Thirioux (fthx)]

I've just installed new Stephane's driver, but NetworkManager even dont see it. (eeepc 901)
iwconfig seems ok...
I'll try wicd.

[js (solard3ity-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

I'll join Francois, the new driver (1.8.0.0) from Stephane PPA dont work for me either..
Not working with networkmanager..... is networkmanager in the source enabled?
I had to install 1.7.0.0 back..........

[Francois Thirioux (fthx)]

yop, wicd does see the wifi AP, but connection fails. I try to get dbg msg.
For NM, still nothing appears, though iwconfig is ok.

[Francois Thirioux (fthx)]

mmmh, it seems that the config.mk is strange, N for wpasupplicant support. Maybe i'm wrong, but it was not the way we did compile the driver last time ?

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

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Francois Thirioux wrote:
> mmmh, it seems that the config.mk is strange, N for wpasupplicant
> support. Maybe i'm wrong, but it was not the way we did compile the
> driver last time ?
>
I took the driver from upstream and didn't change anything, I'll try
setting some parameters and then upload a new package.
As I said I don't have the hardware so I just package it on the
assumption that upstream knows what they are doing.

Stéphane
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[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

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New package uploaded, will be built in an hour or so.
I followed the recommendation from the README file to get
NetworkManager support.
Package will be ~ppa2, please tell me if it does fix your problem.

Stéphane
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[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

Same thing with Stephane's srive. doesn't show up in network manager (if i compile the driver form source it shows up)
must be something in the packaging.
N for wpasupplicant support and this wasn't there on previous version.

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

Can you please try with ~ppa2 that I just uploaded to my PPA, this one should have wpasupplicant enabled.
The previous one was just the upstream code packaged without any change.

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

Just tried it. can't get it to show up in network manager (if i compile the
driver myself from source it showed up )
However is is working as I'm able to manually connect.

2008/10/5 Stéphane Graber <email address hidden>

> Can you please try with ~ppa2 that I just uploaded to my PPA, this one
> should have wpasupplicant enabled.
> The previous one was just the upstream code packaged without any change.
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Francois Thirioux (fthx)]

Still cannot connect with my WPA access point.
I use eeepc901 and wicd (which does show ra0).

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

This might be really strange but after about 3 re-boots the driver started
to show up in network manager whick is strange. also i can confirm that WPA
and WPA2 work perfectly.

2008/10/6 Francois Thirioux <email address hidden>

> Still cannot connect with my WPA access point.
> I use eeepc901 and wicd (which does show ra0).
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Francois Thirioux (fthx)]

With today's intrepid upgrade to 2.6.27-6, driver was broken, no wifi available. Reinstallation solved the issue, but I don't think it's normal since the driver is designed to be automatically installed when a new kernel is available ?
I reinstalled networkmanager, which does see the wifi AP, but still doesn't connect (WPA, eeepc901). Adam said that eeepc hack may have importance, anybody to confirm and solve the issue on 1.8.0.0 ?

[Martin Roth (captain-rage)]

I'm also running the generic Intrepid Ibex beta on a EEE PC 901. Out of the box there was no sign of the wireless card. After I installed the ~ppa2 package things start to show (the RT2860STA module is being loaded) and I can see wireless networks in the NetworkManager.
I can connect to my unencrypted network at home with no problems, but it refuses to connect to the networks at school which are using WPA & WPA2 Personal.
The window that asks for a key just keeps popping up and no connection is achieved.

(When looking at the System Log it seems that it gets as far as step 3 of 5 when it tries to connect to the WPA & WPA2 networks.)

Please tell me what information I need to supply here to be helpful.

[Francois Thirioux (fthx)]

Youhhhhhouuuuuu !!

I managed a success for wpa-eeepc901 :

- use knetworkmanager as usual
- install the last Stephane's driver
- configure a new ra0 WPA connection with Expert Settings
- select Use Specific Cipher and un-select CCMPs
- click Connect and Save
- it fails
- edit this new connection
- re-choose Use Specific Cipher
- re-select TKIPs
- click Connect and Save
- SUCCESS !!

Don't ask me HOW i found this, i don't know that myself...
And don't ask me technical explanations... I just tried some options in NM...

[Adam McDaniel (adamrmcd)]

I just got the rtl8187se wireless driver on the EeePC 701SD to work (bug 246141), pulling out good large chunks of hair in the process... I'd like to get this new driver rt2860sta working in intrepid, too.

I've got some time to dedicate to this dkms module tonight;...

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

IT works in Intrepid using it right now. for some reason took two restarts
originally to show up other then that works perfectly without any problems.
Also re-compiled automatically after kernel upgrade without problems as
well.

2008/10/7 Adam McDaniel <email address hidden>

> I just got the rtl8187se wireless driver on the EeePC 701SD to work (bug
> 246141), pulling out good large chunks of hair in the process... I'd
> like to get this new driver rt2860sta working in intrepid, too.
>
> I've got some time to dedicate to this dkms module tonight;...
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Bruno Lambert (bruno.lambert)]

I confirm that the 1.8.0.0-0ubuntu1~ppa2 package work with the latest kernel (2.6.27-6-generic) with WPA2 Personnal on my laptop (a LG r405).

After the new kernel install (the driver recompiled itself), I had to reboot and reforce the driver compile to make it work (apt-get install --reinstall rt2860-source). no reboot required.

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

I think we own someone a beer at least

[Martin Roth (captain-rage)]

Francois Thirioux, could you elaborate how this can be done without knetworkmanager (say if you just have all default packages from a fresh install, except for the ~ppa2 driver itself which you have to install of course)?

If I recall correctly there used to be a System > Administration > Network, but I only have something called "Network Tools" there, hence I don't know where I can tweak with more advanced options.

At the moment I'm stuck at the 2.6.27-4 kernel, although I will upgrade it to the most recent one when I get home tomorrow.

[Marco Rist (moh0815)]

Latest package (rt2860 - 1.8.0.0-0ubuntu1~ppa2) works perfect with my Eee Pc 1000H (2.6.27-7-generic) and WPA2.
Thank you!

[daponz (daponz)]

I was not able to get the driver work under intrepid running on EeeBox. I can see and connect to unencrypted networks but no way with WPA. It seems that authentication fails
Tried with network-manager, WICD and Knetwork-manager but not with manual configuration. Could someone post a comprehensive how to on how to get this hardware connect to WPA networks?
Anyway I will make further attemps tomorow and will let you know if I find some solutions...

Thanks Stéphane for your PPA ;)

[Martin Roth (captain-rage)]

Same thing here, when I connect to a WPA&WPA2 Personal network at school it just fails and the password window keeps reappearing.

At home I can connect using no encryption. Although, today I tested to change my home router to run WPA-PSK and then connect to it. The same window appeared asking for a password, and this time it worked. The weird thing is that it refuses to connect to the network at my school, though.

If anyone has something to enlighten me with I'd be happy to hear.

[Francois Thirioux (fthx)]

daponz did you try my weird method ?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/210725/comments/87

@ martin : I use Kubuntu Intrepid (KDE4) with knetworkmanager, fresh install with Stephane's ppa driver, nothing more. My router is WPA-PSK (AES I try to remember). I can't try WPA2 since at work the University uses VPN, with no encryption (and it works perfectly).

[daponz (daponz)]

@ François I tried your weird method and it worked! :)
Looks like a problem in the way the driver handles WPA encryption.

Merci

[Adam McDaniel (adamrmcd)]

Some very interesting developments over on eeeuser.com forums.

One of the users contacted ralink about the crappy encryption methods, Ralink sent them v1.7.1.1 "specifically designed for the eeepc". The most interesting changes here include major updates to include/firmware.h

http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=409002#p409002 (for the download link)
http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=409326#p409326 (for my assessment of the differences)

There is certainly code in v1.7.1.1 that is missing from both v1.7.0.0 and v1.8.0.0.

I don't know what kind of development process ralink takes, but something fishy is going on in their release cycle.

[Adam McDaniel (adamrmcd)]

I've posted the diff and diffstat of the major changes between v1.7.0.0, v1.7.1.1 and v1.8.0.0 at

http://www.array.org/~adamm/rt2860/

[Martin Roth (captain-rage)]

Good news, sounds interesting indeed, considering my luck with the current drivers.
The ~ppa2 package based on the 1.8.0.0 drivers will connect to my network at home using "WPA & WPA2 Personal", but it refuses to do so at school (I don't know exactly what differs between those networks).

Any chance we will be seeing a .deb package here similiar to the ~ppa2 package based on the 1.7.1.1 drivers?

[Adam McDaniel (adamrmcd)]

Got it:

http://www.array.org/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/eeepc/binary-i386/rt2860-dkms_1.7.1.1_all.deb

Note, this version does have the full EEEPC_SPECIAL_SETTING patch, as described earlier. As well as the earlier patches to enable building on 2.6.24 and 2.6.27, so it should also work on hardy.

You may need to uninstall 1.8.0.0; or installing this version may automatically supersede 1.8.0.0, i don't know.

Let me know how it works :P

[Martin Roth (captain-rage)]

It works, it works.. Eureka, it works!!

Just like you said, I first uninstalled the 1.8.0.0 driver and then installed your 1.7.1.1 package.
After that I only had to connect to the network and it let me hook up without a hassle.

Thank you very much, wonderful stuff. :-)

Only thing I find weird is that Ralink haven't updated the driver on their own page (the latest still being 1.8.0.0).

Oh, well, thank you once again!

[Adam McDaniel (adamrmcd)]

Something funky's going on at ralink. They're obviously not following standard release conventions.
If you crack open the code you'll find badly aligned spacing, spontaneous switching between LF & CRLF, and poorly defined naming conventions.. even goto statements <!> Very sloppy, IMO.

Glad to hear atleast v1.7.1.1 is giving better results than v1.8.0.0 for you.

Can you confirm that WEP encryption works as well?

[Martin Roth (captain-rage)]

Not yet, but I can try to set my router to WEP and try it when I get home this weekend.

I don't know anything about how the code looks, although I can report now that I've been connected for some hours with a good signal strength and no disconnects or trouble whatsoever, so it looks like your package is working very well.
Great to have these driver for the generic version of Ubuntu.

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

I can get it to work with ubuntu but refuses to connect with Kubuntu (same
kernel same network manager version think the problem is with
knetworkmanager applet

2008/10/14 Martin Roth <email address hidden>

> Not yet, but I can try to set my router to WEP and try it when I get
> home this weekend.
>
> I don't know anything about how the code looks, although I can report now
> that I've been connected for some hours with a good signal strength and no
> disconnects or trouble whatsoever, so it looks like your package is working
> very well.
> Great to have these driver for the generic version of Ubuntu.
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[dpatel (patel-davesh)]

I've tried it on Ubuntu 8.04 and can only get it to work on WEP not WPA, WPA2, etc.

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

Ok tried this with the latest Kernel and it failed to connect with WPA or WPA2 connected with WEP.

dpatel, try the original driver from Ralink

[Bryan Stephenson (acreda)]

No problems but I thought I would report that the deb file for driver 1.8.0.0 packed by Stéphane for the rt2860 in a *non* eeepc comp. (edmax ew-7728LN against 2.6.24) with no drops and full G speed with WPA with gnetwork manager, this needs to be added to the offical repository as soon as poss.

[probono (probono)]

Does NOT work out-of-the-box on the latest Kubuntu Live CD.

[probono (probono)]

To make my previous comment more precise: The RT2860 driver seems not to be included by default in the latest nightly Live CDs yet, or is not configured properly. The Live CD should include this driver out of the box.

[Troy Ready (troyready)]

I have hardy installed on my Eee 901, with the array.org eeepc kernel.

I download the http://www.array.org/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/eeepc/binary-i386/rt2860-dkms_1.7.1.1_all.deb package (I didn't see one listed for hardy), and installed it (along with dkms).

I'm still not able to connect to my WPA2 network (WEP is working without issue).

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

I used the driver from Ralink 1.8 and it works fine so there must be something that was changed with the patches that causes it not to work.

[Troy Ready (troyready)]

To follow up on my last comment:

Just installed 8.10 on my Eee 901. Wireless did not work out the box. Installed http://www.array.org/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/eeepc/binary-i386/rt2860-dkms_1.7.1.1_all.deb, but still no WPA2 on my 802.11n network. WEP on my 802.11g works perfectly.

[Peter Henriksen (repete)]

Just to let you know that I tried installing the package on a MSI Wind U100, and got the wireless working with WPA2 in 8.04 :-)

Will now go for a try on 8.10 ...

[Peter Henriksen (repete)]

Quick followup - installed 8.10 from scratch, installed the rt2860-dkms_1.7.1.1_all.deb package -- and I have wireless with WPA2 .. it's a beautiful day :-)

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

Yes, it's a beautiful day !
I have a Medion MD 96640 with rt2860 with Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 (stable). I have installed Stéphane Graber's package and it's working with WEP, WPA2 and WPA2 (PEAP with TKIP) encryptions !!!! With hardy, WPA2 (PEAP with TKIP) didn't work...

Thanks Stéphane !!

PS : Wicd is my Wireless Interface Connection

[Irios (irios)]

Well, here it is raining dogs and cats, but the sun shines in the Wifi band. My eee 901 is working with WPA2! Lets see it this is put in an official Ubuntu update.

[Troy Ready (troyready)]

It seems my experience is totally different than everyone elses. I know my card works with my home WPA 802.11n WPA network (I believe it's AES) under windows, but I still can't get it to connect with the array.org driver -- is there some way that I can debug it?

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

Same thing here. Stephan's driver won't work for me either out of the box.
However if i just compile the latest ralink driver it works perfectly.

i'm using a sparkLan PCI card.

No EPC here

2008/10/31 Troy Ready <email address hidden>

> It seems my experience is totally different than everyone elses. I know
> my card works with my home WPA 802.11n WPA network (I believe it's AES)
> under windows, but I still can't get it to connect with the array.org
> driver -- is there some way that I can debug it?
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Igor Zubarev (igor.zubarev)]

Pls see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/293133

[ddave01 (ddave01)]

I can also confirm eeepc901 - IT WORKED

I have just installed Ubuntu on a new eeepc 901 (Linux) 2.6.27-7

I compiled, with wpa support, the latest driver (1.8.0.0) from RALINK. No luck getting wpa authentication.

Next I tried the https://launchpad.net/~stgraber/+archive also 1.8.0.0 still no luck, same issue as above.

The module from http://www.array.org/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/eeepc/binary-i386/rt2860-dkms_1.7.1.1_all.deb
instantly connected on rebooting.

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

2008/10/31 Yevsey Beylinson <email address hidden>

> Same thing here. Stephan's driver won't work for me either out of the box.
> However if i just compile the latest ralink driver it works perfectly.
>
> i'm using a sparkLan PCI card.
>
> No EPC here
>
> 2008/10/31 Troy Ready <email address hidden>
>
> It seems my experience is totally different than everyone elses. I know
>> my card works with my home WPA 802.11n WPA network (I believe it's AES)
>> under windows, but I still can't get it to connect with the array.org
>> driver -- is there some way that I can debug it?
>>
>> --
>> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
>> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>> of the bug.
>>
>
>

[Koen (koen-beek)]

I just tried ubuntu intrepid on a Medion with a Ralink Device 2790 - Ralink Device 0781 wireless network controller

the wireless controller was not detected until I installed the module here http://www.array.org/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/eeepc/binary-i386/rt2860-dkms_1.7.1.1_all.deb

[suhrawardi (jarra)]

@Koen: Why didn't you use this one: https://launchpad.net/~stgraber/+archive?
Didn't it work for you?
It works fine for me on an Akoya mini netbook of Medion.

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Koen Beek <email address hidden> wrote:

> I just tried ubuntu intrepid on a Medion with a Ralink Device 2790 -
> Ralink Device 0781 wireless network controller
>
> the wireless controller was not detected until I installed the module
> here
>
> http://www.array.org/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/eeepc/binary-i386/rt2860-dkms_1.7.1.1_all.deb
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Igor Zubarev (igor.zubarev)]

I installed the module
http://www.array.org/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/eeepc/binary-i386/rt2860-dkms_1.7.1.1_all.deb

Now my wireless controller ralink 0781 works ok.

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

@Koen
I have installed Stéphane Graber's package (rt2860 - 1.8.0.0-0ubuntu1~ppa2 )
with ubuntu Intrepid and it's working with WEP, WPA2 and WPA2 (PEAP with
TKIP) encryptions.
I have WICD instead of NetworkManager but NM works perfectly.

Matthieu

https://launchpad.net/%7Estgraber/+archive/+files/rt2860-source_1.8.0.0-0ubuntu1~ppa2_all.deb

[Igor Zubarev (igor.zubarev)]

I also installed Stéphane Graber's package (rt2860 - 1.8.0.0-0ubuntu1~ppa2 )
in Intrepid and it works perfectly for NetworkManager.

[Troy Ready (troyready)]

Can anyone confirm Stéphane Graber's package (rt2860 - 1.8.0.0-0ubuntu1~ppa2) works with WPA2 (which, as I understand, means CCMP/AES)? I've still yet to see true WPA2 support.

[Igor Zubarev (igor.zubarev)]

Confirm.

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

I confirm too.

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

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> I confirm too.
>
Can you guys please stop saying "confirm" as comment without adding
any useful information ?
Every-time you do so you're sending over 100 mails (looking at the
list of subscribers and team subscribed to the bug) to people who
probably are already aware that this bug isn't fixed in any Ubuntu
release.

Launchpad has a "me too" functionality that you can use for that
instead (at the top of the page "This bug doesn't affect me (change
<https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/210725/+affectsmetoo>)").

This bug requires a new driver to be included in the kernel and it's
not in Ubuntu's policy to include a new feature/software/driver
post-release.
Please wait for Jaunty (April 2009) to get the driver by default or
just use the PPAs mentioned in the comments.

Thank you

Stéphane
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[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

I don't know about everyone else but i can't get it working out of the box
with either one.
I have a SparkLan PCI card with 2860 chip set in it and can't get it to
connect to WPA2/WPA1 no matter what i do.
On the other side if compiled form ralink source i can get it working
without problems.

2008/11/16 Stéphane Graber <email address hidden>

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>
> Matthieu Baerts wrote:
> > I confirm too.
> >
> Can you guys please stop saying "confirm" as comment without adding
> any useful information ?
> Every-time you do so you're sending over 100 mails (looking at the
> list of subscribers and team subscribed to the bug) to people who
> probably are already aware that this bug isn't fixed in any Ubuntu
> release.
>
> Launchpad has a "me too" functionality that you can use for that
> instead (at the top of the page "This bug doesn't affect me (change
> <
> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/210725/+affectsmetoo
> >)").
>
> This bug requires a new driver to be included in the kernel and it's
> not in Ubuntu's policy to include a new feature/software/driver
> post-release.
> Please wait for Jaunty (April 2009) to get the driver by default or
> just use the PPAs mentioned in the comments.
>
> Thank you
>
> Stéphane
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> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
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[Pelládi Gábor (pelladigabor)]

You can download a driver package here: http://www.mediafire.com/?jfrgzemgnjz
Download link is from http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=43998

[felixcorrales (felixcorrales-yahoo)]

I have an Asus Eee PC 1000H, I have installed Ubuntu 8.10 with the wireless driver:

http://www.array.org/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/eeepc/binary-i386/rt2860-dkms_1.7.1.1_all.deb

The netbook works well with WAP encryption.

[felixcorrales (felixcorrales-yahoo)]

I have an Asus Eee PC 1000H, I have installed Ubuntu 8.10 with the wireless driver:

http://www.array.org/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/eeepc/binary-i386/rt2860-dkms_1.7.1.1_all.deb

The netbook works well with WPA encryption.

[Dean Loros (autocrosser)]

The PPA driver works very well with the 2.6.27 kernel in Jaunty--DKMS tried to build the module for the new 2.6.28 kernel--reported as "OK", but it will not load. I suspect that the kernel headers have been changed in the .28 kernel.

Please contact me as to more info. I am currently using the .27 kernel, but can boot the .28 for testing use.

[Dean Loros (autocrosser)]

Found the problem with the driver in .28-1-ub-generic kernel. From my boot.log:

Nov 29 04:16:38 linux kernel: [ 19.511237] rt2860sta: disagrees about version of symbol struct_module

Will track this down.

[Dean Loros (autocrosser)]

Have contacted Ralink's tech support about this (image of crossing fingers).

[Brian Harkness (maestro-bwh)]

http://www.array.org/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/eeepc/binary-i386/rt2860-dkms_1.7.1.1_all.deb
I tried this with Hardy and I got errors about a kernel it was looking for? It looked like it installed anyway, but I prefer a repo install just in case there are updates.

Hand compiled from the ralink site, It was unstable and frequently the internet would just stall and would only work again if I brought ra0 down then up again, and it made the device show up twice with

sudo lshw -C network

I used Stéphane Graber's repo for the ppa and I seemed to be in better luck than hand compiling the driver. I still find that even within 10 feet of my router unobstructed, the net would just stop working that the leds on the router would just "sit" there for a time. If I reinitialized the connection I was back in business.

On a hunch, I manually set the bit rate down to 11M and I have not had the issue. The ralink driver at least for Linux does not seem to support auto bit rate and just puts it at 54M... not good for laptop users trying to conserve battery power perhaps?

sudo iwconfig ra0 rate 11M

works but

sudo iwconfig ra0 rate 11M auto

shows an error. It also accepts a rate of 24M, but since my internet speed never exceeds 5M, I will take the stability of a lower speed.

[Brian Harkness (maestro-bwh)]

I lied. It stays set at whatever I put it at, then it goes right back to 54M

[Dean Loros (autocrosser)]

Brian--take a look at the docs in /usr/src/rt2860 (README_STA & iwpriv_useage.txt)....there is a way to make settings "stick". I just edited the file RT2860STA.dat to bring up the wireless in draft "N" only (using only N equipment), My RT2860STA.dat file only had two lines--Default & WirelessMode=6 --worked fine on a reboot--my card came up at 130MB instead of 54MB. You will need to hand-create the /etc/WIRELESS/RT2860STA folders---just follow the instructions.

[Brian Harkness (maestro-bwh)]

I had some other Ubuntu Hardy issues not relating to this (screen would just go off randomly, and event issuing "init 1" then restarting X would still give me no screen. so I installed intrepid.

Using the ppa from Stéphane Graber's repo... I don't have the same issue. It connects and stays connected with knetworkmanager without having to create this directory and move the edited file there.

[giacomo (giacomodorigo)]

I have tested the plug-in created by Stéphane Graber
https://launchpad.net/%7Estgraber/+archive/+files/rt2860-source_1.8.0.0-0ubuntu1~ppa2_all.deb
and it works perfectly on my EeePC 1000H too. I just needed to reinstall the Ubuntu (Intrepid Ibex = Ubuntu 8.10) from the live CD because it seems my previous trials with ndiswrapper created problems to Stéphane's plug-in making it not to work. The reason was that before the fresh reinstalling of Ubuntu from the live CD the deb package installed only two of the three files included, the "patch" file was missing.

Thanks a lot Stéphane!

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

after teh 10th try installed and working perfectly (not sure why it was't
working before) n

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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[js (solard3ity-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Ive tested the DKMS modul ( rt2860-source_1.8.0.0-0ubuntu1~ppa2_all.deb ) from Stéphane Graber on (k)ubuntu Jaunty Jackolope with Kernel 2.6.28-3 and can confirm that it works as well.

Please include it to mainstream and support it in Jaunty Jackolope..

[jbatista (jmnbatista)]

I'm running Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex after installing with Wubi. I'm running array.org's kernel (2.6.27-8-eeepc) on a EeePC 1000H, because almost all features are working "out-of-the-box" (gotta love this expression), such as toggling wireless, card reader, camera, etc.. I couldn't get their eeepc-config package to work well, so I'm running Grigori Goronzy's eee-control (I haven't managed to use it to switch performance schemes though).

I don't have a wifi router, and I connect through a second dual-boot laptop with Vista+Debian (Toshiba X200 with an Intel 4965AGN wireless card). I still didn't manage to create a ad-hoc network in Debian so at the moment I'm attempting to create a WPA2 ad-hoc network in Vista. I tried setting up the ad-hoc with WPA2 and with WEP, with no success. Could only connect setting up the ad-hoc with authentication+encryption off (!!).

array.org's eeepc kernel module for rt2860 can see the ah-doc cell. For a WPA2 ad-hoc, iwlist scan shows:
ra0 Scan completed:
  Cell 01 - Address: 01:23:45:67:89:AB
                 ESSID:"vistalap"
                 Mode:Ad-Hoc
                 Channel:11
                 Quality:100/100 Signal level:-31 dBm Noise level:-97 dBm
                 Encryption key:on
                 Bit Rates:11 Mb/s
                 IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                      Group Cipher : CCMP
                      Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                      Authentication Suites (1) : PSK

BTW, dmesg shows a bunch of messages like this, but I'm not sure they're related to the problem:
[ 1212.380210] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 2(2) BBS returned, data->length = 235

I'm also inclined to use array's module, since with 1.7.1.1 the "radio" feature seems to be turned off (I ran Paul Fox's "shtumble" utility, and it complained of not being able to use the ra0's radio when modprobe'ing 1.7.1.1).

I'm going to try Stephane's modules and see which one runs with my system. Will report soon.

[Brian Harkness (maestro-bwh)]

Oddly, I could not get a stable connection. It would work well for a while, then just stall. It still stayed connected, but I could get no traffic. If I brought the interface down then up again, it would start working. I went with ndiswrapper with the windows driver and it works much better. Sorry to have to say that. It might have something to do with my other hardware... Asus EEE-BOX 202 running Ubuntu, latest kernel. I might think that it has something to do with the source itself.

Anyone else see this issue with a different setup? I had considered installing wicd, but the last time I installed it, it was broken it was difficult to completely remove it and I could not add or remove any other packages until I resolved the break. I am not sure if wicd is all that much better than NM... it used to be when running an atheros card on my laptop.

[Vorik (launchpad-gerapeldoorn)]

I've also tested the DKMS modul ( rt2860-source_1.8.0.0-0ubuntu1~ppa2_all.deb ) from Stéphane Graber on ubuntu Jaunty Jackolope and can confirm that it works for WPA2 connections.

I don't seem to get this driver (or any other driver I've found) to work for the Dynamic WEP with 802.1x/PEAP/MSCHAPv2. It does work on my acer laptop with Intrepid. On my MSI Wind (rt2860) I cannot connect using Intrepid, Debian or Jaunty. XP does connect however.

Where might I best get some help for this problem? (I'm stumped)

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

Ok guys. I have tried Stephane's driver and could not get it to work
without first compiling the original one from ralink and then removing it.
I think there is something missing in the stephanes driver.

2009/1/13 Vorik <email address hidden>

> I've also tested the DKMS modul (
> rt2860-source_1.8.0.0-0ubuntu1~ppa2_all.deb ) from Stéphane Graber on
> ubuntu Jaunty Jackolope and can confirm that it works for WPA2
> connections.
>
> I don't seem to get this driver (or any other driver I've found) to work
> for the Dynamic WEP with 802.1x/PEAP/MSCHAPv2. It does work on my acer
> laptop with Intrepid. On my MSI Wind (rt2860) I cannot connect using
> Intrepid, Debian or Jaunty. XP does connect however.
>
> Where might I best get some help for this problem? (I'm stumped)
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

I have tried Elive (Elive 1.9.21-5 unstable (compiz version) - livecd) and
Wireless worked out the box !!!
Elive unstable is based on the unstable distribution of Debian (sid). More
informations : http://www.elivecd.org/

[Alex Krastelev (alex-netrc)]

Unfortunately RT2860 isn't yet supported out of box by Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 alpha 3, but the latest driver from debian source tree works on my eee 901. The installation procedure:

- Download rt2860-source_1.8.0.0-3_all.deb from http://packages.debian.org/sid/all/rt2860-source/download
$ wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/r/rt2860-source/rt2860-source_1.8.0.0-3_all.deb

- install source .deb:
$ sudo dpkg -i rt2860-source_1.8.0.0-3_all.deb

- compile
$ sudo aptitude install debhelper module-assistant
$ sudo module-assistant auto-install rt2860

- install the module
$ sudo modprobe rt2860sta
this should activate the new wireless interface without reboot

- to load the module automatically on each reboot, add rt2860sta to /etc/modules

Installation procedure originally for 8.10 from http://k.dieplz.net/evolution/2008/11/22/wlan-in-ubuntu-8-10-on-new-msi-wind-u100/

[GiuseppeVerde (launchpad-digitasaru)]

Is there an official statement that the rt2860 will be in Jaunty, at least in the backports modules? This is pretty important to me, and likely to a great number of others.

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

Giuseppe,
This driver is include in linux-image-2.6.28-5-generic of Jaunty
http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/amd64/linux-image-2.6.28-5-generic/filelist
     ==>
/lib/modules/2.6.28-5-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rt2860/rt2860sta.ko
But I don't know if it works :). Alex Krastelev sais that "RT2860 isn't yet
supported out of box by Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 alpha 3". I'm testing
tomorrow.

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

So sorry for those 2 messages but it's just because
linux-image-2.6.28-5-generic isn't include in Jaunty Alpha 3 (it's
linux-image-2.6.28-4-generic).

[GiuseppeVerde (launchpad-digitasaru)]

Ah. That'd explain why I've not seen it yet.
(I'm running Jaunty)

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

Giuseppe, could you test this package : linux-image-2.6.28-5-generic
Juste update your system...

[GiuseppeVerde (launchpad-digitasaru)]

I have updated my system, but it's not showing 28-5 as an update.

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

It seems that it's available : http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/linux-image-2.6.28-5-generic
"sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" or download the packages... (with linux-headers)

[GiuseppeVerde (launchpad-digitasaru)]

Still isnt' appearing. I'm guessing it's not on all the mirrors yet.

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

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> Still isnt' appearing. I'm guessing it's not on all the mirrors yet.
>

The kernel is more than a single package, you basically get:
linux-image-<version>
linux-restricted-modules-<version>
linux-headers-<version>

The glue between all these and the thing that makes your system to
upgrade to the latest kernel is the linux-meta-<version> package and I
guess that in the case of this kernel, this package hasn't been uploaded
yet.

When the meta package will be available for update all the others will
be taken as well as depends. It usually doesn't take much more than a
day or so before -meta is uploaded (may take longer if the kernel failed
to build for example).

PS: I got a huge amount of mail from this bug in the past hour or so,
some of these looking like duplicate, can you please make sure you send
each comment or mail only once ? :)

Stéphane
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[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

Released in 2.6.28-5.12

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-jaunty.git;a=commit;h=0422a2814abfc64cc0d2f53f13728e557cb146f8

[Dean Loros (autocrosser)]

I can report that it works very well--You need to remove/delete all other instances of the driver first....then it works & plays very well with the system....I have kept the /etc/Wireless/RT2860.dat file in my system & it interacts with the kernel driver as expected.

I recommend that a way is made to verify that the path /etc/Wireless/RT28xx.dat has been created & include the file for configuring the driver there also--that includes many good ways for the end-user to tailor the driver to his/her needs. Alternatively, there "should" be a notification that there is a file needed to tailor the driver & include the D/L address.

[Kennedyshead (knutas)]

I can report the opposite! Before this kernel I needed to "restart" the driver to make wireless work (deaktivate/aktivate) now I cant find a way to aktivate my card.
dmesg | grep ralink returns blank

[Kennedyshead (knutas)]

I want to ad though that /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA.dat is in place

[Kennedyshead (knutas)]

ok dont mind the past two comments. The driver is loaded but card disabled. Great work guys!

[chrisbuchholz (chrisbuchholz)]

I just wanted to let you guys know, that the linux-generic update I got today broke the Stéphane Graber driver that I have been using for a long time know, so unfortunately I'm without wifi yet again.
Tried to reinstall it, and it is shown as an active driver in Hardware Drivers, but neither iwconfig or ifconfig see's ra0 and modprobe rt2860 doesn't work.

Ubuntu 8.10, by the way,

[chrisbuchholz (chrisbuchholz)]

I tried to compile the kernel with the driver, and it worked.

I'm not sure what part of what I did made it work, but here's the steps I took:

aptitude purge rt2860-source
aptitude install rt2860-source
m-a prepare
m-a a-i rt2860-source ( I also tried with "m-a a-i rt2860" but neither worked - it said it couldn't find the deb file, but somehow in the process my wifi card suddenly turned on by itself, so I've done something right)

You need to have the module-assistant package installed, by the way.

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

sudo dpkg-reconfigure rt2860-source was all i needed after a kernel upgrade

2009/1/28 ChrisBuchholz <email address hidden>

> I tried to compile the kernel with the driver, and it worked.
>
> I'm not sure what part of what I did made it work, but here's the steps
> I took:
>
> aptitude purge rt2860-source
> aptitude install rt2860-source
> m-a prepare
> m-a a-i rt2860-source ( I also tried with "m-a a-i rt2860" but neither
> worked - it said it couldn't find the deb file, but somehow in the process
> my wifi card suddenly turned on by itself, so I've done something right)
>
> You need to have the module-assistant package installed, by the way.
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Giovanni Masucci (gio-grifis)]

I just want to add that this driver entered the linux kernel in 2.6.29 (under the staging drivers section) so, if jaunty ships 2.6.29, we'll get this driver for free (well, ubuntu devs just need to enable it in make menuconfig), with a lot of new features (better gem and kms for intel cards, new drivers and so on) and fixes...

[Alex Krastelev (alex-netrc)]

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).

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

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
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Kyle Jones (mutiny32)]

2860 chipset on an Encore Electronics ENLWI-N PCI card.

The latest Jaunty kernel as of writing (2.6.28-9) x86 recognizes this card and seems to function semi-properly.

I cannot connect to my 802.11N AP with WPA2 security though. It can associate with the AP, but not authenticate properly. Here is some kernel log output:

Mar 16 10:57:44 dell-desktop kernel: [ 4115.044274] RTMPSetPhyMode: channel is out of range, use first channel=1
Mar 16 10:57:44 dell-desktop kernel: [ 4115.045298] MCS Set = ff ff 00 00 01
Mar 16 10:57:44 dell-desktop kernel: [ 4115.046856] <==== RTMPInitialize, Status=0
Mar 16 10:57:44 dell-desktop kernel: [ 4115.046919] 0x1300 = 00064300
Mar 16 10:57:49 dell-desktop kernel: [ 4120.066100] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 2(2) BSS returned, data->length = 244
Mar 16 10:57:55 dell-desktop kernel: [ 4125.724012] ra0: no IPv6 routers present
Mar 16 10:58:10 dell-desktop kernel: [ 4140.081219] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 2(2) BSS returned, data->length = 244
Mar 16 10:58:10 dell-desktop kernel: [ 4140.081520] ==>rt_ioctl_siwfreq::SIOCSIWFREQ[cmd=0x8b04] (Channel=1)
Mar 16 10:58:25 dell-desktop kernel: [ 4155.097085] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 2(2) BSS returned, data->length = 244
Mar 16 10:58:25 dell-desktop kernel: [ 4155.097354] ==>rt_ioctl_siwfreq::SIOCSIWFREQ[cmd=0x8b04] (Channel=1)

And some entries from the daemon log:

Mar 16 11:11:16 dell-desktop NetworkManager: nm_setting_802_1x_get_pkcs11_engine_path: assertion `NM_IS_SETTING_802_1X (setting)' failed
Mar 16 11:11:16 dell-desktop NetworkManager: nm_setting_802_1x_get_pkcs11_module_path: assertion `NM_IS_SETTING_802_1X (setting)' failed
Mar 16 11:11:16 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ra0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Mar 16 11:11:16 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Config: set interface ap_scan to 1
Mar 16 11:11:16 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (ra0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning
Mar 16 11:11:21 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (ra0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associating
Mar 16 11:11:31 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (ra0): supplicant connection state: associating -> disconnected
Mar 16 11:11:31 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (ra0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning
Mar 16 11:11:36 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (ra0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associating
Mar 16 11:11:46 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (ra0): supplicant connection state: associating -> disconnected
Mar 16 11:11:46 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (ra0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning
Mar 16 11:11:47 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <info> ra0: link timed out.
Mar 16 11:11:51 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (ra0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associating
Mar 16 11:12:01 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (ra0): supplicant connection state: associating -> disconnected
Mar 16 11:12:01 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (ra0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning
Mar 16 11:12:06 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (ra0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associating
Mar 16 11:12:16 dell-...

[Harald Albrecht (harald-albrecht)]

Asus Eee Box B202 with RaLink 2790 on Ubuntu 8.10 with kernel 2.6.27-14-generic and the package by Stephane Graber works. Thank you very much!

[Troy Ready (troyready)]

Since the 802.11n/WPA2 issue I (and others) are experiencing is separate from the issue of including the driver, I have opened a new bug for it: 344022 (RaLink RT2860 won't connect to 802.11n WPA2 networks).

I think the issue of including it is definitely closed.

[Dean Loros (autocrosser)]

I'm connecting to a WPA/WPA2 network with my Encore PCI card---I don't know if this has something in it to help you guys, but I created a /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat as per the info that comes with the driver---I edited the RT2860STA.dat file (again supplied with the driver info) to the configuration I needed--the card now connects @ 270Mb/s with a N-only network with WPA/WPA2....I'll send my file to anyone that wants it--also you would need/want the stock info & .dat file to compare to edit to your needs.....autocrosser1 at gmail.com (subject line it as: RT2860 please...thanks)

[Jim Louvau (jlouvau)]

Well, I got this working a while back on all of my various rt2860 cards with WPA(2) using Adam's DKMS dirver. Nothing else I tried ever worked across all of my machines. Unfortunately, it seems it wasn't Adam's stuff that made it into the kernel/Jaunty beta release since I'm back to WPA(2) being completely borked. For once it'd be nice if egos and politics could be put aside by whomever and the WORKING driver be included. If Intel (and I'm not a big fan of theirs for various reasons) would make a mini-PCI (not e) "N" card, I'd be on it in a second. They seem to be the only wireless manufacturer out there that can release a driver that does, or can be gotten working within a reasonable ammount of time. Broadcom is a PITA and so proprietary it hurts. RALink and Atheros can't seem to get a stable driver that works with all of the protocols across all of their chipsets (before I've sold the old hardware anyway) to save their lives. Sorry for the rant, but look at the age of this thread. And here we go again. If I ever install anything where RA* stuff works out of the box I think I'll have a heart attack.

[Jim Louvau (jlouvau)]

News flash! Adam's 1.7.1.1 DKMS package still works and WPA/WPA2 work fine with it (without having to screw around with an obscure and supposedly un-needed dat file). I deleted the current kernel module and installed the trusty 1.7.1.1 and presto, everything's just peachy once again. Oh well, at least I have something to use until the fixes get put back in .. maybe by 9.10 (ever the optimist).

[Michael Schurter (schmichael)]

rt2860 not working in Jaunty using standard kernel linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic version 2.6.28-11.41

Tried installing Stephane's ppa2 packages on a whim, rebooted, and still nothing.

Is there anything else I should try? Any way I can help? The comment thread is kind of epic, and I'm having a hard time figuring out what the current state is in Jaunty.

[Troy Ready (troyready)]

Michael: The 2.6.28 kernel that comes with Jaunty has the 1.8.0.0 rt2860sta driver included (as part of the kernel's staging drivers). It appears that everyone has reported success with this driver connecting to WEP networks, but little success with WPA networks. The 1.7.1.1 driver, attached to this bug report, has given some people more luck with WPA networks (but still doesn't work for my WPA2 network).

[Adam McDaniel (adamrmcd)]

Troy... FWIW I've ported rt2860sta v1.7.1.1 to the v1.8 branch in the upstream kernel staging driver.

I've supplied a patch to Greg KH, labelling this upgrade as v1.8.1.1. This version works for me on my 901 with WPA, WPA2 and WEP encryption.

The patch itself is only available via the linux-next.git repository, and not yet standard in the main kernel itself AFAICT.

The patch can be accessed here:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/sfr/linux-next.git;a=commitdiff;h=ed291e8051ee418de7ccd3507c1e783323fd1c35

Note, If ubuntu doesn't include this with Jaunty's final release, I will be applying this patch to my Netbook Jaunty kernel, TBA...see http://www.array.org/ubuntu .. I'll post an announcement there within the next few weeks.

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

No luck here.either. Also i couldn't find the firmware with the default
install on Jaunty

2009/4/12 Adam McDaniel <email address hidden>

> Troy... FWIW I've ported rt2860sta v1.7.1.1 to the v1.8 branch in the
> upstream kernel staging driver.
>
> I've supplied a patch to Greg KH, labelling this upgrade as v1.8.1.1.
> This version works for me on my 901 with WPA, WPA2 and WEP encryption.
>
> The patch itself is only available via the linux-next.git repository,
> and not yet standard in the main kernel itself AFAICT.
>
> The patch can be accessed here:
>
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/sfr/linux-next.git;a=commitdiff;h=ed291e8051ee418de7ccd3507c1e783323fd1c35
>
> Note, If ubuntu doesn't include this with Jaunty's final release, I will
> be applying this patch to my Netbook Jaunty kernel, TBA...see
> http://www.array.org/ubuntu .. I'll post an announcement there within
> the next few weeks.
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Jack Deslippe (jdeslip)]

I have eee 901 and just installed jaunty UNR and am having a lot of trouble connecting to wpa (works 1 out of every 10 attempts or so).

Adam, can you package your new working wifi driver in separate .deb like you did in the past?

[Jack Deslippe (jdeslip)]

WPA still is a problem on my eee 901 with the final release of jaunty. Adam - will it be fixed in your kernel?

[Adam McDaniel (adamrmcd)]

On 28/04/09 01:57 PM, jdeslip wrote:
> WPA still is a problem on my eee 901 with the final release of jaunty.
> Adam - will it be fixed in your kernel?

Yes, the rt2860 driver is upgraded to v1.8.1.1 in my netbook kernels,
WPA/WPA2 encryption is working for me on my 901. The kernel is available
today for download, however, the site isn't yet updated.. (that's next on
my list:)

If you want to try it today, use the repository path

  deb http://www.array.org/ubuntu jaunty main

Then install either the 'linux-netbook' or 'linux-netbook-eeepc' packages.
This will set you up with either

  2.6.28-12-netbook (or)
  2.6.28-12-netbook-eeepc

Complete instructions and details will be made available at
http://www.array.org/ubuntu as soon as I debug my perl/mysql code :P

[Jack Deslippe (jdeslip)]

Adam. Thanks for your hard work. However, I just installed your linux-netbook-eeepc package (and headers) on my jaunty eeepc 901 and then rebooted, but WPA did not work. If anything it now takes more network manager cycles to connect than it used to. Is it possible the old driver is still being used somehow?

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

Hi everybody,

I post this comment because I have a new bug with the new kernel (2.6.30-2generic (x86_64)) on Ubuntu Karmic.
So the kernel doesn't recognise my wireless card. And if I try "rt2860-source_1.8.0.0-0ubuntu1~ppa2_all.deb" (by Stéphane Graber) I have an error output :

============================
Adding Module to DKMS build system
Doing initial module build

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.30-2generic (x86_64)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/rt2860/1.8.0.0/build/ for more information.
Installing initial module

Error! Could not locate rt2860sta.ko for module rt2860 in the DKMS tree.
You must run a dkms build for kernel 2.6.30-2-generic (x86_64) first.
Done.
============================

(you can found "make.log" in attachment)

I suppose that the reason is that actual Ralink drivers (1.8.0.0) doesn't support this new kernel. But I'm not a specialist ;-).
I see that there are new drivers : http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html (2.1.1.0) but not new firmware. These new drivers are maybe a solution for eeepc's wireless card ? You can found the changelog here : http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drivers/ReleaseNote-RT2860.txt

Do you want I try to compile this new drivers?

Thanks for your help !

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

The 1.8 driver does not support kernels above 2.8 there is a new driver 2.1
i think that was released by ralink.
However i had little success with getting stephane's drive to work out of
the box in the first place.
Try the ralink driver form their website and see if it will compile for you.

2009/5/6 Matthieu Baerts <email address hidden>

> Hi everybody,
>
> I post this comment because I have a new bug with the new kernel
> (2.6.30-2generic (x86_64)) on Ubuntu Karmic.
> So the kernel doesn't recognise my wireless card. And if I try
> "rt2860-source_1.8.0.0-0ubuntu1~ppa2_all.deb" (by Stéphane Graber) I have an
> error output :
>
> ============================
> Adding Module to DKMS build system
> Doing initial module build
>
> Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.30-2generic
> (x86_64)
> Consult the make.log in the build directory
> /var/lib/dkms/rt2860/1.8.0.0/build/ for more information.
> Installing initial module
>
> Error! Could not locate rt2860sta.ko for module rt2860 in the DKMS tree.
> You must run a dkms build for kernel 2.6.30-2-generic (x86_64) first.
> Done.
> ============================
>
> (you can found "make.log" in attachment)
>
> I suppose that the reason is that actual Ralink drivers (1.8.0.0) doesn't
> support this new kernel. But I'm not a specialist ;-).
> I see that there are new drivers :
> http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html (2.1.1.0) but not
> new firmware. These new drivers are maybe a solution for eeepc's wireless
> card ? You can found the changelog here :
> http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drivers/ReleaseNote-RT2860.txt
>
> Do you want I try to compile this new drivers?
>
>
> Thanks for your help !
>
> ** Attachment added: "make.log"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26413214/make.log
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

Bad news...
Unfortunately, this drivers don't work.
I have removed Stéphane Graber's package, I have compiled ralink's drivers (2.1.1.0) (two times : one with 'HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=n' and 'HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=n' (in os/linux/config.mk) and the second with 'HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y' and 'HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y') and apply a 'modprobe rt2860sta' but I can't connect to a WPA2 connexion.
In fact, I can see some routers with WICD. I can't change the WPA2 encryption because I'm not at home now and I'm not the administrator. I come back tomorrow (to test with WEP encryption).

PS : Maybe Stéphane has changed something in the config files but what ?

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

Sorry for this second mail...
Finally, after a reboot, it works.
Drivers are compiled with 'HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y' and 'HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y'.
If you need something more, I can help you !

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

No i can get the ralink drivers to work myself. My concern is that they
closed the bug without having a working driver. Stephan's driver only works
for some machines.
BTW, if you install Stephan's driver now, it will be updated and will be
working going forward( at least that's what i have found out. however once
we move to 2.6.29 kernel it will stop compiling. new one however should
compile just fine.

I would really love to have it work out of the box as would a lot of other
people. just need to figure out what's causing it. what was removed from the
original driver that's causing this problem.

2009/5/7 Matthieu Baerts <email address hidden>

> Sorry for this second mail...
> Finally, after a reboot, it works.
> Drivers are compiled with 'HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y' and
> 'HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y'.
> If you need something more, I can help you !
>
> --
> Please include RaLink RT2860 driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210725
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[David Parrish (daveparrish)]

Thanks to Matthieu Baerts instruction I was able to compile and install a new version of the RaLink RA2860 driver which allowed me connect via WPA2 encryption. I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 and my computer is an ACER Extensa 4630Z.

I was unable to connect to any WPA or WPA2 wireless networks out of the box.

For more information about what I did check out this Ubuntu thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7239633&postcount=26

[Pac Shady (pacshady)]

As the original reporter of this problem, I'd like to say that after a fresh install of Jaunty this card seems to work 100% out of the box, at least on my system. Thank you everyone for your reports, and thanks to the guys at Canonical who packaged the drivers for Ubuntu :). Hopefully for everyone else who is still having problems, things will be sorted out soon!

[Jisakiel (jisakiel)]

The staging driver is still not present as of 2.6.30-4-generic (2.6.30-4.5 from karmic on a jaunty install), although its firmware is present on linux-firmware-1.11 (/lib/firmware/rt2860.bin), which doesn't make that much sense to me.

However 2.1.1.0 compiled just fine on mentioned 2.6.30-4, and with it my WPA+TKIP works fine (and it is also able to suspend / resume just as well). Haven't tried on other configs yet (WPA2+AES, WPA+TTLS+PAP as in Eduroam).

[Vorik (launchpad-gerapeldoorn)]

Unfortunately, it still does not work with Eduroam. (802.1x+PEAP+MSCHAPv2)

#modinfo rt2860sta
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2860sta.ko
version: 2.1.1.0
license: GPL
srcversion: 144906C5DE08A9365720B3A

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

I can connect to an Eduroam network (UCL - Belgium).
I use Wcid with the encryption PEAP with TKIP.

[FilipeCorreia (fcorreia)]

I'm having trouble connecting to eduroam. I'm using the kernel from array.org.
This setup should be working outside the box? I'm figuring there may still be an issue here somewhere (or, I'm doing something wrong...)

Here's an excerpt of my NetworkManager log:

<info> Activation (ra0/wireless): connection 'eduroam' has security, and secrets exist. No new secrets needed.
<info> Config: added 'ssid' value 'eduroam'
<info> Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
<info> Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-EAP'
<info> Config: added 'proto' value 'WPA RSN'
<info> Config: added 'pairwise' value 'TKIP CCMP'
<info> Config: added 'group' value 'WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP'
<info> Config: added 'password' value '<omitted>'
<info> Config: added 'eap' value 'PEAP'
<info> Config: added 'fragment_size' value '1300'
<info> Config: added 'phase1' value 'peapver=1'
<info> Config: added 'phase2' value 'auth=MSCHAPV2'
<info> Config: added 'ca_cert' value 'blob://-org-freedesktop-NetworkManagerSettings-5-ca_cert'
<info> Config: added 'identity' value '<email address hidden>'
<info> Config: added 'anonymous_identity' value '<email address hidden>'
<info> Activation (ra0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
<info> Config: set interface ap_scan to 2
<info> (ra0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning
<info> (ra0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associating
<info> Activation (ra0/wireless): association took too long.
<info> (ra0): device state change: 5 -> 6
<info> Activation (ra0/wireless): asking for new secrets
<info> (ra0): supplicant connection state: associating -> disconnected
<info> (ra0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning
<info> ra0: link timed out.

And what I get running modinfo:

$ modinfo rt2860sta
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.28-12-netbook-eeepc/kernel/drivers/staging/rt2860/rt2860sta.ko
version: 1.8.1.1
license: GPL
srcversion: F8A8B7D56002B0571161D46
alias: pci:v00001A3Bd00001059sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001814d00000781sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001814d00000701sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001814d00000681sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001814d00000601sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:
vermagic: 2.6.28-12-netbook-eeepc SMP mod_unload modversions 586
parm: mac:rt28xx: wireless mac addr (charp)

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

Hello,

I'm on Ubuntu Karmic and I can't load the new kernel 2.6.31-*. It seems that it's a problem with my ralink wifi card (RT2860).
I have included an attachment (a part of the kern.log) with the end of the loading.

The last drivers released by Ralink are on the version 2.1.2.0 (05/21/2009 - http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html ).

If you need something more, don't be shy to call me !

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

the fix is pretty simple all you have to do is make sure that the RT2860STA.dat file is in /eyc/Wireless/RT2860STA/ folder. and restart the interface

[krutoileshii (krutoileshii)]

THis should fix the WPA and WPA2 problems

[Kyle Jones (mutiny32)]

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/ivd/rt2x00.git;a=commit;h=1ebaebacd06eeedbee703d0999f9447e2e64c352

[Robin J Banfield (rjbanfield)]

Am I to take this fix released to mean that the Linksys WMP600N will finally work OOB?

[Ari (ari-reads)]

Robin: wmp600n does work out of the box... but only for an hour or so, even when in wireless G mode with no encryption, it's quite pathetic.

Connections drop and the system message log gets flooded with messages from the buggy driver.

Turns out that Karmic's version of the ralink driver is very old (1.8.0.1); the vendor already issued 2.2.0.0, but it is not trivial to make it work with karmic's kernel. So far I couldn't.

See this petition:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/460436

[Jason (jkollars73)]

I found a very good procedure that works perfectly with my Asus eee 1000 netbook. I followed the instructions word-for-word and the wireless works perfectly now. I hope it helps with a solution to getting the module included in updates for Ubuntu, especially the NBR version.

[Jason (jkollars73)]

Oops, I forgot to include the link. This works perfectly for my Asus eee1000. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1476007

[Matthieu Baerts (matttbe)]

Just to note that there is another bug with this ralink card on Maverick => bug #594866
So I think the status can be changed to 'Fix released'