Activity log for bug #164058

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2007-11-20 13:56:36 Max Blagg bug added bug
2007-11-20 14:39:25 Cesare Tirabassi rutilt: status New Incomplete
2007-11-21 10:12:10 Cesare Tirabassi rutilt: importance Undecided Low
2007-11-21 10:12:10 Cesare Tirabassi rutilt: status Incomplete Triaged
2007-11-22 09:34:21 Cesare Tirabassi rutilt: status Triaged In Progress
2007-11-22 09:34:21 Cesare Tirabassi rutilt: assignee norsetto
2007-11-22 09:34:39 Cesare Tirabassi rutilt: importance Undecided Medium
2007-11-22 09:34:39 Cesare Tirabassi rutilt: status New Confirmed
2007-11-22 09:42:03 Cesare Tirabassi rutilt: status In Progress Fix Committed
2007-11-22 09:42:03 Cesare Tirabassi rutilt: assignee norsetto
2007-11-22 09:45:07 Cesare Tirabassi rutilt: status Fix Committed Fix Released
2007-11-22 09:59:47 Cesare Tirabassi description Binary package hint: rutilt Using rt73 ( on advent laptop) This was previously working fine until the last upgrade. It will scan and find wireless networks, and how can it do that if the interface is down?(it might be possible it just seems counter intuitive) tried ifconfig no wlan0, oh great how did that happen? does appear if I check iwconfig tried ifdown & ifup yeah that does little of import... downloaded compiled and installed latest serialmonkey driver (I thought it could be a problem so best to be as up to date as possible) no joy exactly same symptoms and behaviour current solution:- if you downgrade to the previous version of rutilt it works perfectly again (currently using the latest serialmonkey driver) Binary package hint: rutilt Using rt73 ( on advent laptop) This was previously working fine until the last upgrade. It will scan and find wireless networks, and how can it do that if the interface is down?(it might be possible it just seems counter intuitive) tried ifconfig no wlan0, oh great how did that happen? does appear if I check iwconfig tried ifdown & ifup yeah that does little of import... downloaded compiled and installed latest serialmonkey driver (I thought it could be a problem so best to be as up to date as possible) no joy exactly same symptoms and behaviour current solution:- if you downgrade to the previous version of rutilt it works perfectly again (currently using the latest serialmonkey driver) TEST CASE: note: you need a wireless card with the ralink r73 (aka RT2501USB) chipset to test this. 1) Start rutilt, check that the version is 0.15-0ubuntu5.1 (Options tab -> About). 2) In rutilt, select a profile (Profiles tab) and hit apply (you should be prompted for the admin password). 3) A window with 'network interface is down' will appear immediately; no wireless connection will be established. 4) Quit rutilt. 5) Add the gutsy-proposed repository by adding this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:   deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-proposed universe 6) Update and upgrade with your preferred package manager. 7) Start rutilt, check that the version is 0.15-0ubuntu5.2 (Options tab -> About). 8) In rutilt, select a profile (Profiles tab) and hit apply (you should be prompted for the admin password). 9) The wireless connection should be established immediately without any error prompt.
2007-11-22 10:07:03 Cesare Tirabassi bug added attachment '018_up_and_down.diff' (Patch to fix r73 failure to establish connection)
2007-11-23 08:19:22 Martin Pitt description Binary package hint: rutilt Using rt73 ( on advent laptop) This was previously working fine until the last upgrade. It will scan and find wireless networks, and how can it do that if the interface is down?(it might be possible it just seems counter intuitive) tried ifconfig no wlan0, oh great how did that happen? does appear if I check iwconfig tried ifdown & ifup yeah that does little of import... downloaded compiled and installed latest serialmonkey driver (I thought it could be a problem so best to be as up to date as possible) no joy exactly same symptoms and behaviour current solution:- if you downgrade to the previous version of rutilt it works perfectly again (currently using the latest serialmonkey driver) TEST CASE: note: you need a wireless card with the ralink r73 (aka RT2501USB) chipset to test this. 1) Start rutilt, check that the version is 0.15-0ubuntu5.1 (Options tab -> About). 2) In rutilt, select a profile (Profiles tab) and hit apply (you should be prompted for the admin password). 3) A window with 'network interface is down' will appear immediately; no wireless connection will be established. 4) Quit rutilt. 5) Add the gutsy-proposed repository by adding this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:   deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-proposed universe 6) Update and upgrade with your preferred package manager. 7) Start rutilt, check that the version is 0.15-0ubuntu5.2 (Options tab -> About). 8) In rutilt, select a profile (Profiles tab) and hit apply (you should be prompted for the admin password). 9) The wireless connection should be established immediately without any error prompt. Binary package hint: rutilt Using rt73 ( on advent laptop) This was previously working fine until the last upgrade. It will scan and find wireless networks, and how can it do that if the interface is down?(it might be possible it just seems counter intuitive) tried ifconfig no wlan0, oh great how did that happen? does appear if I check iwconfig tried ifdown & ifup yeah that does little of import... downloaded compiled and installed latest serialmonkey driver (I thought it could be a problem so best to be as up to date as possible) no joy exactly same symptoms and behaviour current solution:- if you downgrade to the previous version of rutilt it works perfectly again (currently using the latest serialmonkey driver) TEST CASE: note: you need a wireless card with the ralink r73 (aka RT2501USB) chipset to test this. 1) Start rutilt, check that the version is 0.15-0ubuntu5.1 (Options tab -> About). 2) In rutilt, select a profile (Profiles tab) and hit apply (you should be prompted for the admin password). 3) A window with 'network interface is down' will appear immediately; no wireless connection will be established. 4) Quit rutilt. 5) Add the gutsy-proposed repository by adding this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-proposed universe 6) Update and upgrade with your preferred package manager. 7) Start rutilt, check that the version is 0.15-0ubuntu5.2 (Options tab -> About). 8) In rutilt, select a profile (Profiles tab) and hit apply (you should be prompted for the admin password). 9) The wireless connection should be established immediately without any error prompt.
2007-11-23 08:20:55 Martin Pitt rutilt: status Confirmed Fix Committed
2007-12-01 15:19:58 Cesare Tirabassi bug added subscriber Ubuntu Package Archive Administrators
2007-12-04 13:49:30 Jonathan Riddell rutilt: status Fix Committed Fix Released
2009-08-07 19:00:34 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/karmic/rutilt
2009-08-07 19:06:07 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/gutsy-updates/rutilt