karmic regresses support for Rosewill RNX-EasyN1 wireless usb adapter

[C.H.E.W.S.]

I am beta testing Karmic. I was previously happy switch from intrepid to jaunty because it got my Rosewill RNX-EasyN1 wireless usb card up and working. I was expecting this to still be the case in Karmic just to find that it no longer picks up wireless networks.

[Philip Muškovac (yofel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:

apport-collect 442409

This will help us to find and resolve the problem. Bear in mind that you may need to install the python-launchpadlib package from the universe repository. Additionally, when prompted to give apport-collect permissions for Launchpad you will need to give it at least the ability to "Change Non-Private" data as it will be adding information to your bug report. Thanks in advance!

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport, either via the appropriate application's "Help -> Report a Problem" menu or using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[C.H.E.W.S. (tchews)]

AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC260 Analog [ALC260 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC260 Analog [ALC260 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 2489 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xdca00000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC260'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0260,103c280a,00100400'
   Controls : 24
   Simple ctrls : 13
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Beta i386 (20090929.2)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq dc5750 Small Form Factor
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-11-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.19
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 01/25/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 786E3 v02.10
dmi.board.name: 0A64h
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: MXL7320J0J
dmi.chassis.type: 4
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr786E3v02.10:bd01/25/2007:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqdc5750SmallFormFactor:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn0A64h:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct4:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq dc5750 Small Form Factor
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[C.H.E.W.S. (tchews)]

Done!

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Philip Muskovac <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will
> automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
>
> apport-collect 442409
>
> This will help us to find and resolve the problem. Bear in mind that you
> may need to install the python-launchpadlib package from the universe
> repository. Additionally, when prompted to give apport-collect
> permissions for Launchpad you will need to give it at least the ability
> to "Change Non-Private" data as it will be adding information to your
> bug report. Thanks in advance!
>
> When reporting bugs in the future please use apport, either via the
> appropriate application's "Help -> Report a Problem" menu or using
> 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more
> about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.
>
> ** Package changed: ubuntu => linux (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> karmic regresses support for Rosewill RNX-EasyN1 wireless usb adapter
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442409
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I am beta testing Karmic. I was previously happy switch from intrepid to
> jaunty because it got my Rosewill RNX-EasyN1 wireless usb card up and
> working. I was expecting this to still be the case in Karmic just to find
> that it no longer picks up wireless networks.
>

[larmahunter (charrah)]

I had this problem too, looked at dmesg and the important line for me was
 [ 8566.396547] Error: Driver 'rt2870' is already registered, aborting...
after it had mentioned trying to use rt3070sta. To be honest I had never done anything with dmesg before and had no idea what I was doing, but I added the lines
 blacklist rt2800usb
 blacklist rt2870sta
to my /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and after a reboot it works fine when I plug it in.

[C.H.E.W.S. (tchews)]

It worked thanks!

[wch (winston-stdout)]

larmahunter's solution works for me too!

[Jugney (jugney)]

Worked for me too, with a Rosewill RNX-N1MAC. Thank you! Now I can enjoy shiny new 9.10 from the comfort of my own room!

[C.H.E.W.S. (tchews)]

Don't know what option to choose when a work around\fix is discovered in comments but not implemented yet, nor has a commitment been made to add it.

[Sean (svz90)]

Hi C.H.E.W.S.,

I reverted the status to confirmed, as described by https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. "In progress" means that someone is working on a fix, and the bug has been assigned to a developer.

[C.H.E.W.S. (tchews)]

 blacklist rt2800usb is the real fix blacklisting both prevents you from using wpa secured networks. I tried blacklisting the sta one only and card did not work it appears rt2800usb is the problem

[C.H.E.W.S. (tchews)]

fixed in ubuntu 10.10+