Unable to use TRENDnet TEW-221PC WIFI card out-of-the-box

[WubiNeophyte]

As was suggested by Leann Ogasawara on bug 105247, I am filing a new bug to resolve the issue I am having with my wifi card, as that bug has been closed for non-responsiveness of the reporter.

I own a TRENDnet TEW-221PC, and I'm told it is supported by the ADM8211 wifi driver, however, the card is not working for me out-of-the-box, and I was told at one point in the past that it should. I believe that was when Ubuntu picked up the adm8211 kernel drivers.

I'm currently running Jaunty Jackalope, and I suspect the PCMCIA card because my USB adapter seems to work fine between the same computer and access point.

The activity light blinks, but I don't seem to get a link indication, and the network manager doesn't seem to indicate a wireless network.

There were some diagnostic steps mentioned on bug 105247, and I believe I can do those if it is relevant, but I am mostly available on weekends. Please bear with me.

Thanks!

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

[WubiNeophyte (wubibugs)]

I tried using the apport-collect process described at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/KernelTeamBugPolicies, however, it said I needed to allow "Update Anything" permissions, which is unacceptable.

I plan to attach the commandlines listed there after a reboot.

[WubiNeophyte (wubibugs)]

Ok, have had time to reboot and collect the required info. Please note that the attachments are for Karmic, so this is a problem still in the current version.

Thanks

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi WubiNeophyte,

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

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

apport-collect -p linux 407853

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[WubiNeophyte (wubibugs)]

1) No, no recent activity.
2) Yes, still an issue.
3) I have followed most of the recommendations, and still it hasn't made a lick of difference after three months of waiting.
4) I'm getting tired of jumping through Ubuntu's hoops with no payoff.

[WubiNeophyte (wubibugs)]

Ok, still an issue in Lucid Lynx (Beta 1).

Anyone want diagnostic info?

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug was filed against a series that is no longer supported and so is being marked as Won't Fix. If this issue still exists in a supported series, please file a new bug.

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