I was also using an Asus Eee PC 1001HA, and lucid beta 1's inbuilt staging driver module was failing. The logs showed an error due to a missing configuration file: /etc/Wireless/RT2860/RT2860.dat .
This file is available from the dkms package at https://launchpad.net/~markus-tisoft/+archive/rt3090 (which I've used in karmic), or from the vendor's original source at http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2 .
Creating the missing folders as root and placing the file there allowed the module to load and function.
I found that replacing the configuration with an empty file also worked (in karmic at least).
Below is the relevant extract from syslog during the startup of NetworkManager :
Mar 22 02:50:00 ubuntu kernel: [ 39.811101] RtmpOSFileOpen(): Error 2 opening /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat Mar 22 02:50:00 ubuntu kernel: [ 39.811112] Open file "/etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat" failed! Mar 22 02:50:00 ubuntu kernel: [ 39.811120] 1. Phy Mode = 0 Mar 22 02:50:00 ubuntu kernel: [ 39.811125] ERROR!!! NICReadRegParameters failed, Status[=0x00000001] Mar 22 02:50:00 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason: 2). Mar 22 02:50:00 ubuntu kernel: [ 39.816384] !!! rt28xx Initialized fail !!! Mar 22 02:50:00 ubuntu NetworkManager: supplicant_interface_acquire: assertion `mgr_state == NM_SUPPLICANT_MANAGER_STATE_IDLE' failed
I'll try patching this next.
I was also using an Asus Eee PC 1001HA, and lucid beta 1's inbuilt staging driver module was failing. The logs showed an error due to a missing configuration file: /etc/Wireless/ RT2860/ RT2860. dat .
This file is available from the dkms package at https:/ /launchpad. net/~markus- tisoft/ +archive/ rt3090 (which I've used in karmic), or from the vendor's original source at http:// www.ralinktech. com/support. php?s=2 .
Creating the missing folders as root and placing the file there allowed the module to load and function.
I found that replacing the configuration with an empty file also worked (in karmic at least).
Below is the relevant extract from syslog during the startup of NetworkManager :
Mar 22 02:50:00 ubuntu kernel: [ 39.811101] RtmpOSFileOpen(): Error 2 opening /etc/Wireless/ RT2860STA/ RT2860STA. dat RT2860STA/ RT2860STA. dat" failed! eters failed, Status[=0x00000001] interface_ acquire: assertion `mgr_state == NM_SUPPLICANT_ MANAGER_ STATE_IDLE' failed
Mar 22 02:50:00 ubuntu kernel: [ 39.811112] Open file "/etc/Wireless/
Mar 22 02:50:00 ubuntu kernel: [ 39.811120] 1. Phy Mode = 0
Mar 22 02:50:00 ubuntu kernel: [ 39.811125] ERROR!!! NICReadRegParam
Mar 22 02:50:00 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason: 2).
Mar 22 02:50:00 ubuntu kernel: [ 39.816384] !!! rt28xx Initialized fail !!!
Mar 22 02:50:00 ubuntu NetworkManager: supplicant_
I'll try patching this next.