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[Bug 34902] Ralink Wireless USB hangs PC
Carel van Straten
2006-05-02 08:51:30 UTC
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Public bug reported:

Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
Severity: Normal
Priority: (none set)
Status: Confirmed


Description:
Having trouble to get my wireless up and running. I'm using a RT2570 USB
wireless card and Dapper. Wireless is enabled with WPA TKIP

1. If I issue "sudo iwlist rausb0 scan" it does not give any results.
2. dmesg gives: [4294696.168000] rausb0 (WE) : Driver using old /proc/net/wireless support, please fix driver !
3. This /etc/network/interfaces let's the full PC hang during boot up

auto rausb0
iface rausb0 inet dhcp
pre-up ifconfig rausb0 up
pre-up ifconfig rausb0 down
pre-up iwconfig rausb0 essid "???"
pre-up iwconfig rausb0 mode Managed
pre-up iwpriv rausb0 auth 3
pre-up iwpriv rausb0 enc 3
pre-up iwpriv rausb0 wpapsk "???"
pre-up ifconfig rausb0 up

lsusb output:
Bus 005 Device 007: ID 148f:2570 Ralink Technology, Corp. 802.11g WiFi

lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Processor to I /O Controller (rev 04)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL PCI Express Roo t Port (rev 04)
0000:00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High De finition Audio Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) P CI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Famil y) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Famil y) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Famil y) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Famil y) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Famil y) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family ) IDE Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FR/FRW (ICH6R/ICH6RW) SATA Co ntroller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6610 XL ] (rev a2)
0000:03:01.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7134 Video Broadca st Decoder (rev 01)
0000:03:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Control ler (rev 80)
0000:03:04.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems V.92 56K WinModem (rev 03)
0000:03:06.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105 [Rhine-III] (rev 8b)
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sam tygier
2006-05-02 08:51:29 UTC
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** Changed in: Ubuntu
Sourcepackagename: None => linux-source-2.6.15
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Barry Shilliday
2006-05-19 12:06:43 UTC
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I can confirm this problem too.

Using an Asus WL-167g USB adapter, the system locks up if I try to
enable wireless networking.

I can use this device without a problem on Gentoo, where I am using the
nightly CVS version (the 'stable' release will not compile cleanly
against newer kernels).
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Barry Shilliday
2006-05-19 12:07:29 UTC
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Changing to major as this causes a complete hard lock.

** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
Severity: Normal => Major
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brian Bannister
2006-05-20 23:48:38 UTC
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I can confirm that this is still a problem on the latest Dapper Beta
with kernel 2.6.15-23-686. Hard lock as soon as I activate the wl-167g.
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Michael Sturm
2006-05-23 09:19:11 UTC
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Well seems not only the USBstick hangs up the PC. I have an Amilo A1630
Notebook with integrated rt2500 WLAN chipset. When i activate the device
i can work some minutes then Notebook frezzes.
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anonymous
2006-05-28 07:42:39 UTC
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Me too, I'm running an Averatec 3715-EH1 laptop with an internal RT2500
wireless card. Worked perfectly in Breezy, then I apt-get dist-upgraded
to Dapper yesterday. Now when I 'ifup ra0' or 'dhclient ra0' the system
hangs.
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Joe potter
2006-05-30 10:17:58 UTC
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I can confirm that the rt2500 chip also has problems if used with a
router and WPA. I see this on 5 different boxes of different types.
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Javier Jardon
2006-05-30 19:54:24 UTC
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I can confirm that this is still a problem on the latest Dapper Beta with kernel 2.6.15-23.39.
I have a rt2500 PCMCIA based card (Conceptronic C54RC).
Always work ok (since hoary) but with the latest upgrade the system hangs.

** Bug 45344 has been marked a duplicate of this bug
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Dimitri Meus
2006-06-01 19:28:52 UTC
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same here with a D-Link DWL-G122 b1. Complete lock-up when activating
the interface on Dapper. Any drivers reported working?
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Javier Jardon
2006-06-02 02:24:46 UTC
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** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
Severity: Major => Critical
Priority: None => High
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Steve
2006-06-02 03:33:29 UTC
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I can conform this is not just a USB problem. None of the flights I
tested worked. I have a Averatec 3250, with a RT2500 chip. As soon as
I try to enable ra0, the whole system locks up and I have to power down.

I can do extensive testing if needed.
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Steve
2006-06-02 23:10:02 UTC
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Here is something that may help. My Ethernet card and my Wireless card
( both built in ) were sharing IRQ 11 ) If I enabled PCI=routeirq at
the kernel boot, I no longer get lockups.
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chotchki
2006-06-03 04:16:18 UTC
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I tried the pci=routeirq suggestion but that did not seem to work.

** Bug 37815 has been marked a duplicate of this bug
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Javier Jardón
2006-06-03 15:15:10 UTC
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** Summary changed:

- Ralink Wireless USB hangs PC
+ Ralink Wireless USB/PCMCIA/PCI hangs PC
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coldsalmon
2006-06-03 17:28:01 UTC
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I just tried installing an older version of the rt2500 driver that I was
using successfully in Breezy, but nothing changed. I used
rt2500-1.1.0-b3, and followed the directions here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WifiDocs/RalinkRT2500/DriverAndRaconfig

The system still hangs on dhclient.
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coldsalmon
2006-06-03 17:33:31 UTC
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I just tried installing an older version of the rt2500 driver that I was
using successfully in Breezy, but nothing changed. I used
rt2500-1.1.0-b3, and followed the directions here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WifiDocs/RalinkRT2500/DriverAndRaconfig

The system still hangs on dhclient.
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Barry Shilliday
2006-06-04 08:24:20 UTC
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** Bug 39227 has been marked a duplicate of this bug
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Javier Jardón
2006-06-04 15:26:05 UTC
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Teh problem is ubuntu probably shipped with an older version of the
rt2500 driver.

See this post http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1481
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Ben Collins
2006-06-04 16:12:26 UTC
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Post by Javier Jardón
Teh problem is ubuntu probably shipped with an older version of the
rt2500 driver.
We shipped with the latest stable of the legacy driver (not the rt2x00
one, which is broken on both of my rt2500's).

We also did not use the CVS version as it had it's own problems. This is
a matter of rt2x00 not being stable, IMO. The project really needs some
maturing, and really needs to be releasing more often.
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Javier Jardón
2006-06-04 18:04:49 UTC
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Well that is indeed a valid point, but we don't have any plans to make a new release at this moment.
Since rt2400, rt2570 don't have SMP support, and rt2500 only has it in the latest CVS >code I would recommend to them they drop the Ralink drivers altogether untill rt2x00 is >released. The SMP issue will _not_ be solved in the legacy drivers which means that it >will _never_ work with the default Ubuntu kernel if they have SMP enabled by default.
And rt2x00 is near a beta4 release, which will not be suited for distros yet, so they will >have to keep waiting a while before things have stabilized and are ready.
(I am currently discussing this on the IRC channel, they will most likely update rt2500 to latest CVS version.)
See this post http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1481
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IvD
2006-06-04 18:15:01 UTC
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After the discussion on IRC, the result is that I will assist with
rt2x00 related bugs filed in launchpad. That will give me a lot of
testers of the rt2x00 code which helps me with debugging and stabilizing
rt2x00. So rt2x00 should be stable when the next ubuntu release is made.
:)
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Ben Collins
2006-06-04 18:32:23 UTC
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Post by IvD
After the discussion on IRC, the result is that I will assist with
rt2x00 related bugs filed in launchpad. That will give me a lot of
testers of the rt2x00 code which helps me with debugging and stabilizing
rt2x00. So rt2x00 should be stable when the next ubuntu release is made.
The other side of the coin is that I will be pulling rt2500-legacy from
CVS for dapper-updates to hopefully help with the SMP related crashes
there.


** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Ben Collins
Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed
Target: None => dapper-updates
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Alexandre Otto Strube
2006-06-07 21:12:42 UTC
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confirmed on ubuntu 6.06 final.
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scwizard
2006-06-10 20:28:27 UTC
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My friend has a very similar problem with gigabyte wp01gs.

This bug is quite high when it comes to criticalness (I found it by
sorting all bugs by criticalness). I really hope to see if patched soon.
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scwizard
2006-06-10 20:47:32 UTC
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It works on the CVS of the driver:
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Downloads

This has been confirmed by a few sites I think.
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scwizard
2006-06-10 20:48:22 UTC
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Oh ya, including this one *head2desk*
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Ben Collins
2006-06-11 17:45:40 UTC
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And if you'll notice the bug has been marked "Fix commited", which means
we have the fix, just waiting for the upload.
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muadib
2006-06-14 23:07:54 UTC
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"Re: Ralink Wireless USB hangs PC Posted by coldsalmon at 2006-05-28
07:42:39 UTC

Me too, I'm running an Averatec 3715-EH1 laptop with an internal RT2500 wireless card. Worked perfectly in Breezy, then I apt-get dist-upgraded to Dapper yesterday. Now when I 'ifup ra0' or 'dhclient ra0' the system hangs.
"

I had the same problem, I think that it has to do with the latest via Xorg driver. When I put:
Option "DisableIRQ"
to the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file the problem went away.

Code:

Section "Device"
Identifier "VIA Technologies, Inc. S3 Unichrome Pro VGA Adapter"
Driver "via"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "DisableIRQ"
EndSection
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ihavenoname
2006-06-15 02:26:09 UTC
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muadib how do you think the wifi and xorg are related to the hanging of
the pc? I have suspected this but I have had no evidence to belive this.
Or is it something to do with IRQ? I have had the same exact problem
with Arch Linux as well, using both the native linux driver (rt2570) as
well as ndiswrapper.
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tz
2006-06-15 15:39:49 UTC
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I also had to add irqpoll to the bootup (in /boot/grub/menu.lst, where
it says "kernel ... vmlinuz ... ro". I haven't tried removing the
option from xorg, but my Avaratec now works. I added the irqpoll since
I got the message that IRQ185 wasn't being handled.

I think the irq "multiplexer" in the kernel confuses the display with the ralink card, or that the ralink driver is getting confused and wants to respond to display or conversely the card is pointing at the display IRQ.
I think upping the debug on the kernel module and looking which IRQ it is trying to use might isolate the problem which I might try later. I'd also look for subtle changes with the IRQ master handling between 2.6.12 and the current kernel - including #def IRQ type things.
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Ben Collins
2006-06-15 17:30:11 UTC
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** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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Barry Shilliday
2006-06-15 18:33:19 UTC
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With the new kernel (2.6.15-25) I am still getting a system lock when
activating the driver.
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tz
2006-06-16 01:53:35 UTC
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I don't have the new kernel.

I have three changes which make it work on my Averatec for the internal
rt2500 card.

I don't know if all are necessary or if just one or two are required.

1. In the driver itself, rtmp_init.c, right at the end, there is an #if
which switches del_timer and del_timer_sync. I have it forced to use
the _sync version.

2. In /etc/X11/xorg.conf I have the Option "DisableIRQ" line added to
the driver.

3. In my boot string /boot/grub/menu.lst I've added "irqpoll" after
"ro".

#1 and #2 by themselves don't work, and I think I tried #3 alone
earlier.
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vemon
2006-06-17 15:24:22 UTC
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I have a Linksys Wireless - G PCI adapter in my linux server with ubuntu
dapper and kernel version 2.6.15-23-server. The driver module used seems
to be "rt61". I also had the same problem with the system locking down
after doing for example "iwlist ra0 scan" or any other operation using
the card. And although iwconfig showed the card as ra0, executing
"ifconfig ra0" just said the device doesn't exist.

After reading this thread I tried to add "irqpoll" to the kernel
parameters and it worked like a charm. Thanks!

So for me, no other tricks than "irqpoll" we're necessary. Although I'm
not using X windows in my server.
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San
2006-06-19 05:08:59 UTC
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Confirm that I also get the system lock with a Dlink DWL-G122 (ver B1)
with the -25 kernel.
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ihavenoname
2006-06-19 20:34:09 UTC
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Using the command

sudo dhclient rausb0

allows me to connect to the internet on a WUSB54gv4 wifi card. Using a
p4 1.7ghz Desktop with 512 mb of ram. However using the GUI for
networking I the computer hangs. Sometimes it hangs on it's own. This
problem also happens with the ndiswrapper drivers for my card, I do not
know if that is related. (Would IRQ be an issue here?) the irqpoll trick
did not fix this problem.
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Who
2006-06-26 05:18:00 UTC
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** Bug 34845 has been marked a duplicate of this bug
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Who
2006-06-28 16:56:07 UTC
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Yea, I'm afraid I don't believe this bug is fixed - I still get a lock
after doing all updates (so I have the -25 kernel)
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brian Bannister
2006-06-30 05:21:15 UTC
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I can confirm that this bug is still not fixed in the 2.6.15-25-686
kernel current release of dapper. I still get a complete system freeze
as soon as I activate the wl-167g.
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Andrew Shaw Care
2006-06-30 05:31:35 UTC
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I'm using the D-Link DWL-G122 USB stick and receiving the same problem.

Could someone clarify the solution for me?
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chotchki
2006-07-02 16:58:27 UTC
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Is this bug fixed or not? I see the status changed but I have yet to see
a fix commited or commented on in the notes.
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ihavenoname
2006-07-03 03:16:03 UTC
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The problem is in the Ubuntu patches as Debian unstable does not suffer
this problem.

Is there anyway we can get a kernel that doesn't have the wifi drivers
in it? I belive that has alot to do with the instability. Or could
someone point me to where I can find the Ubuntu kernel patches and
source?
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Barry Shilliday
2006-07-03 09:56:56 UTC
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Problem still exists.

** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Released => Confirmed
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Jacksonz123z
2006-07-04 08:39:27 UTC
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Yes the presence of my Netgear WG511 wireless card will usually freeze my laptop at boot. Removing the card fixes the problem.
Worked very well in Breezy. Ndiswrapper is used to load driver.
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Andrew Shaw Care
2006-07-15 08:12:39 UTC
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I don't know if there is a solution to this bug as of yet, but I've
attached a guide (borrowing heavily from the Ubuntu Wiki) that should
run through the process of setting up the D-Link DWL-G122 Wireless USB
Adapter using ndiswrapper.
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Steven Usdansky
2006-07-20 01:52:21 UTC
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added irqpoll to the kernel /vmlinuz ... line and my Averatec 3250 now
works with kernel 2.6.15-23-386. Thanks tz
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Nick_Hill
2006-07-21 10:41:56 UTC
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I am using a d-link WL-107g cardbus adapter connected to an IBM thinkpad
570 (Pentium 2 366). The adapter uses the ralink RT-2500 chipset.

lspci -v:
0000:06:00.0 Network controller: RaLink Ralink RT2500 802.11 Cardbus Reference Card (rev 01)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 107f
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at 16000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

I using kernel 2.6.15-26-386 with Ubuntu dapper. I have tried using
dhclient, unplugging the adapter live, plugging it back in, shutting
down/restarting. The card has consistently performed as expected.

I have tried using 'dhclient' 'iwlist ra0 scan' everything works as
expected.

I have performed an upgrade to kernel 2.6.15-26.45 -686 and all bahaves
as expected.
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Dimitri Meus
2006-07-22 17:46:39 UTC
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but first you used a kernel for a 386. The one you
used after the upgrade is for a 686-system. Is this a typing error? Because
it would be of great help if it's the 386-version
Post by Nick_Hill
I am using a d-link WL-107g cardbus adapter connected to an IBM thinkpad
570 (Pentium 2 366). The adapter uses the ralink RT-2500 chipset.
0000:06:00.0 Network controller: RaLink Ralink RT2500 802.11 Cardbus
Reference Card (rev 01)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.: Unknown device 107f
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at 16000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
I using kernel 2.6.15-26-386 with Ubuntu dapper. I have tried using
dhclient, unplugging the adapter live, plugging it back in, shutting
down/restarting. The card has consistently performed as expected.
I have tried using 'dhclient' 'iwlist ra0 scan' everything works as
expected.
I have performed an upgrade to kernel 2.6.15-26.45 -686 and all bahaves
as expected.
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Nick_Hill
2006-07-23 09:35:36 UTC
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Hello Dimitri

I am making the point that whether using an older or newer version of
the kernel, whether 386 or 686, it works for me.

Of course, this doesn't immediately help you if it isn't working for
you. But at least the developer knows that there are platforms where it
works perfectly, and that it isn't an issue of kernel compilation
optimisation.

It also lets the developer know that the existing kernel module is very
useful to those for whom it works. After all, the developer will
normally get comments from those who are having a problem with this
module, and is less likely to get a comment from those who are not
having trouble.

This has 2 effects:
1)The developer can look at the hardware differences to help identify the bug, perhaps it is a dual cpu problem, or a cardbus bridge problem?
2)Lets the developer know not to delete the driver as doing so will inconvenience many users. I have used this driver on two other systems, and each time, it has worked perfectly. In my experience of this driver with the Asus WL107G, it appears failure is the exception rather than the rule.
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K. Alex Rosen
2006-07-31 15:55:36 UTC
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Just to go on record and give a big thumbs-up to you guys, I'm posting
this via my wireless now. Running kernel 2.6.15-26-386. I added the
"irqpoll" to my boot menu and the "DisableIRQ" to my xorg.conf.

These were the only two steps necessary in order to get everything up
and running like a clockwork dream.
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ihavenoname
2006-07-31 18:32:43 UTC
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Maybe I missed this but where do I add DisableIRQ in xorg.conf??

I reccomend that the driver be spearated from the kernel. Perhaps put
the extra .deb on the cd so that it can be installed via synaptic (like
the ndiswrapper driver) (for the next ubuntu release that is). This
would stop the problems for those who have freezes etc. And would allow
those for whom the driver works well to still have easy access to it
(w/o having to be connected to the internet.
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K. Alex Rosen
2006-07-31 20:31:06 UTC
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Post by ihavenoname
Maybe I missed this but where do I add DisableIRQ in xorg.conf??
I used muadib's suggestion and added

Option "DisableIRQ"

as the very last thing before

EndSection

. For example, my entire entry is as follows:

Section "Device"
Identifier "VIA Technologies, Inc. S3 Unichrome Pro VGA Adapter"
Driver "via"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "DisableIRQ"
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ihavenoname
2006-08-03 15:42:59 UTC
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Thank you.
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Peter_H
2006-08-04 07:47:45 UTC
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I am new to linux and ubuntu and am having the hang problem with a
Gigabyte WP01GS wireless pci card. I thought I'd try adding the
"irqpoll" to my boot menu and the "DisableIRQ" to my xorg.conf as
suggested but I have no idea where to start. Can anyone point me in the
right direction?
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Peter_H
2006-08-05 04:04:02 UTC
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with email help from "tz" I made the changes but unfortunately it didn't
fix the problem.

Thank you tz anyway.
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red legion
2006-08-05 12:49:43 UTC
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I'm also having a problem with my Zonet ZEW2500P USB Wireless Adapter,
which uses the rt2570 kernel module. I've compiled the latest CVS from
rt2x00.serialmonkey.com, but it only lasts longer than the original
module before burning out and going "kaput".
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tas50
2006-08-05 18:24:07 UTC
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** Tags added: wireless
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tas50
2006-08-07 08:52:44 UTC
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** Tags added: dapper
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2006-08-08 18:38:48 UTC
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** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Critical => High
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Ralph Wabel
2006-08-09 13:07:17 UTC
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the problem is not only the driver in dapper with the pc freeze, but also the latest CVS version doesn't work properly.
For me with a Netopia USB wifi stick the cvs version is working a bit. Means after several minutes connection get lost. The driver even in cvs are not really working.
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Luke Hoersten
2006-08-19 15:51:53 UTC
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Same problem here with Belkin F5D7000 PCI wireless card. Freezes the
computer if its enabled and blocks booting. Must boot with live cd to
fix and disable.
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Ben Collins
2006-08-23 09:28:48 UTC
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** Also affects: linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
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Hóka Ádám
2006-08-24 12:22:07 UTC
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I have an rt2400 and after I installed the 2.6.15-26-k7 kernel package
it hangs on startup. I returned using 2.6.15-26-386 and it works fine. I
had similar problems on my previous Dapper install, iwconfig used 99%
percent CPU, and it can't be killed, because even sudo wasn't
responding,
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Warbo
2006-08-26 02:14:17 UTC
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I had the iwlist 99% problem, which I "solved" by moving iwlist out of /sbin in recovery mode, but I have since reinstalled and my system hangs when I click "Configure" in the network settings tool. It works on the live CD, so I think it is my -23-k7 kernel. My card is PCI and uses rt61 driver. I tried compiling my own from RaLink source, but instead of crashing the system when clicking on Configure it just crashed the network settings tool.
I am confused by the different fixes suggested, since others are saying they don't work, so I don't know which to try.

I would like to fix this without changing the kernel image or GRUB
config if possible, since that would require a new boot CD to be made
and my CD writer isn't working.
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Damon
2006-09-07 11:42:58 UTC
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Same problem here. I have the DLink DWL-G510 wireless card running on
Dapper kernel 2.6.15-26-amd-64. I have tried compiling the rt61 driver
from the website and adding the configuration files into
/etc/Wireless/RT61STA but whenever I do anything to do with the adapter
(ifconfig up or iwconfig ess) the program just churns and my machine
becomes unusable.

If anyone can find a solution to this it would be really awesome.
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rlancefield
2006-09-07 16:38:29 UTC
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Hi all,

Running Dapper 2.6.15-26-386 on an MSI 654 Ultra (MS-6547 v.1) with a
Matrox G550. (The mobo BIOS has not been updated since purchase.)

I installed an Asus WL-167G USB 2.0 wifi adapter (Ralink RT2500 chipset)
which initially worked fine out of the box, using default Dapper
drivers. I plugged it in, configured the network settings, and it
connected to my router without problems.

It ran flawlessly for several weeks until I decided to use the the
System > Administration > Networking tool to change the configuration
from static addressing to DHCP. I made the change, clicked OK and the
system locked up, solidly. As others have reported above, all I could do
was hard reboot.

I disabled the interface and tried to re-enable it, but doing so froze
the system (as did each subsequent attempt). The solution (for me)
turned out to be very simple. In /etc/network/interfaces I added the
statement "auto rausb0" immediately above the section for my wireless
interface. So, the wlan section in my interfaces file now looks like:

auto rausb0
iface rausb0 inet static
(... etc.)

After rebooting, the command did its job and auto-started the interface.

So far so good. Seems to be working fine and is a simple and benign fix.
Hope this proves to be helpful to someone.
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rlancefield
2006-09-07 17:55:19 UTC
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Just re-read my post above and realised that I called my solution a
'fix'. That's incorrect, it's merely a workaround as the original
problem with the system freezing after configuration changes using the
Gnome Networking tool persists on the machine. However, manually editing
'interfaces' has enabled me to regain connectivity.
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brian Bannister
2006-09-07 19:14:28 UTC
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I have similar feedback to rlancefield. I'm using an up to date dapper
install with kernel 2.6.15-26-686 and an asus wl-167g usb 80211b/g
adapter which uses the ralink rt2570 chip I think.

If I configure and activate my wl-167g manually using
/etc/network/interfaces and calling 'ifup rausb0' or setting it to
autostart everything now works.

If I configure and activate the adaptor using the Gnome networking tool
I get a complete system freeze as soon as I activate. This freeze always
happens if I manually specify an IP address using the networking tool,
and only sometimes happens (maybe never) if I set it up to use DHCP.

Here's the lines that make it work in my /etc/network/interfaces script:

auto rausb0
iface rausb0 inet static
address 192.168.12.30
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.12.1
wireless-essid adf3fd
wireless-key 11112222333344445555666677
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ed_p
2006-09-13 09:13:01 UTC
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Here is some additional information:

Playing around in a text console, it appears that the "freeze" is caused
by a kernel panic that occurs when we hit a BUG in a bh context at
kernel/timer.c, line 411 (in cascade, an inline function that appears in
__run_timers, which itself is an inline function that appears in
run_timer_softirq, which is run in a bh context).

Here's the trace I was working from. The code indicates that it's line
411 of some file:

Code: ... <0f> 0b 9b 01 ee 03 30 c0 ...

It panics, so I couldn't conclusively trace which file from the panic,
but I think it's clearly kernel/timer.c, given the stack trace.

[<c01259a2>] run_timer_softirq+0x132/0x1d0
[<c01214ff>] __do_softirq+0x4f/0xb0
[<c0121595>] do_softirq+0x35/0x40
[<c0121645>] irq_exit+0x35/0x40
[<c01059cf>] do_IRQ+0x1f/0x30
[<c010410a>] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20

I'm doing some testing now, as to how to fix this. Since this is a
double-fault, I'm curious if we can't just disable BUG()'s in the kernel
(by recompiling). I don't know if the system will recover or not - it
realizes something's wrong, but we panic since it reports the BUG in BH
context, not necessarily because the problem is un-recoverable.

I just did a build with big-kernel-lock pre-emption (CONFIG_PREEMPT_BKL)
turned off, and I didn't see any touble. So this may be a pre-emption
issue. The kernel that had the problem and the one that didn't is a
pretty big configuration delta, so I'm still trying to figure out what
fixed it.

Still looking...
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2006-09-13 09:27:17 UTC
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Oh, more information, for those more interested in getting their card
working than in fixing kernel bugs:

I was able to get my card up by properly configuring
/etc/network/interfaces manually, in the standard Ubuntu kernels, with
DHCP. I can get exactly one "ifup" command through per reboot. You can
also do one "ifdown" afterwards. However, on the second "ifup" the
system panic's. I think the wizard does several ip-down steps, which
triggers the panic. The end of my /etc/network/interfaces file, where I
added wireless configs, looks like this:

iface rausb0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid <your ssid>
wireless-key <your WEP key>

*Don't* declare your interface "auto" in /etc/network/interfaces, since
that tells automatic processes that they can up/down that interface,
which will panic your kernel.

I have a simple script that checks if i've ever up'ed the card (by
reading the ESSID from iwconfig), and only up's it once, and that is in
my startup scripts:

is_wlan_up=$(iwconfig 2>/dev/null | grep '^rausb0' | sed -e
's/^.*ESSID://' | cut -d\" -f2)

[ "$is_wlan_up" ] || ifup rausb0

That was sufficient to get my D-Link DWL-g122 USB card (rt2500 based)
working with Ubuntu. My network basically works at this point, but I'm
curious to poke around a bit more to see what's wong.
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ed_p
2006-09-19 18:49:54 UTC
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This seems to be a bug in the rt2570 module. Since you can also use
ndiswrapper to drive these cards (at least those of us on intel boxes),
there is a simple workaround: disable the rt2570 module. You can compile
it out, or just add these two lines to your /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist:

# use ndiswrapper instead for rt2x00 devices: rt2570 panics kernel
blacklist rt2570

With rt2570 disabled, my device works as expected, appearing as the
wlan0 interface (ndiswrapper), rather than rausb0 (rt2570).
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pkt
2006-11-07 11:43:29 UTC
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When I unplug dlink dwl-g122 or linksys wusb54 (rt2570 driver), keyboard
and shutdown button stop works. Tested with latest CVS 20061103

** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu)
Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed
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Joakim Larsson
2006-11-19 15:39:38 UTC
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A major source of confusion for the DLINK dwl-g122 USB WiFi dongle, I
think, is that they use another chip from rev C onwards. I have a rev C
dongle and had to compile the driver module from the latest CVS sources
at http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/rt73-cvs-daily.tar.gz to get it to
work. The rt73 driver isn't even released yet from what I can see. This
comment is written over the WiFi connection that I just brought up
manually through the network manager and by adding a few lines to the
/etc/networking/interfaces with a static IP adress. I will now test
further with DHCP based IP
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Joakim Larsson
2006-11-19 19:53:21 UTC
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This is strange. If I startup Dapper with eth0 deactivated and rausb0
activated I get no link over the DLINK dwl-g122 using the driver
mentioned above. The interface is up but I have got no IP from the DHCP
over WiFi. What makes it work hints about a startup script problem:

Open System->Administration->Networking
Deactivate the wireless (rausb0) connection
Activate the wireless (rausb0) connection

This will hang forever unless:

Open a terminal window
Issue: sudo ifup rausb0

Now it comes up! It does not work with either method alone, they seems
both to be needed. My /etc/network/interfaces looks like this:

iface lo inet loopback

<snip>
iface rausb0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid myDlink524
wireless-key blablablablasecretkey

allow-hotplug rausb0
auto rausb0

iface eth0 inet dhcp
#auto eth0
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antimoni
2006-12-14 23:31:38 UTC
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I'am using Buffalo WLI-U2-KG54 usb wireless (rt2570) with Dapper in VIA
epia M10000 machine. Freezing happens after few minutes. I have also
tried this same adapter in Athlon XP and edgy with same results, both
ndiswrapper and included drivers. Only way I can make my system stabile
is boot adapter not connected, "sudo rmmod ehci_hcd" and connect adapter
after that. Then of course I only have USB1 full speed, not USB 2 high
speed. These "irqpoll" and Option "DisableIRQ" tricks made no
difference.
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enrique gonzalez
2007-03-11 09:48:33 UTC
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My sistem d'ont crash but the conexion hangs at 29%, the wireless ca'nt
connect. My machine is a targa laptop, amd64 turion mt-30. The chip is a
Ralink RT2561/RT61 rev. 802.11g, Subsystem Micro Star international co.
ltd. unknowm device b833.
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ronaldiño99
2007-03-15 21:15:06 UTC
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** Also affects: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Tim Gardner
2007-03-16 19:19:57 UTC
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Feisty Beta 1 will be out soon Please attach the output of dmesg and
lspci from that release.

dmesg > dmesg.txt
lspci -vv > lspci.txt


** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Kernel Team

** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu)
Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
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Ben Collins
2007-03-18 18:19:42 UTC
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Needs Info should be assigned to a person, not kernel team.

** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Ubuntu Kernel Team => Tim Gardner
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2007-03-21 19:15:33 UTC
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** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
Assignee: Tim Gardner => Ubuntu Kernel Team
Status: Needs Info => Fix Committed

** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Ben Collins => Ubuntu Kernel Team

** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Kernel Team

** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: linux-source-2.6.15 => None
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Gianni Moschini
2007-03-23 12:41:00 UTC
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I just posted a somewhat related bug with feisty (amd64) and the rt61 module with a PCI wireless device.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/94944

It may be related, but I will confirm this after investigation.
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Janek Thomaschewski
2007-03-24 14:38:00 UTC
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I'm using the newest feisty and have here a rt2570USB in my medion PC.
When I try to use the serial monkey drivers feisty crashes every boot.
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2007-03-25 14:38:14 UTC
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** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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Janek Thomaschewski
2007-04-04 21:42:11 UTC
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I testet now my WLAN RT2570USB with the feisty beta desktop CD and it still don't work. Why don't you intigrate the closed binary driver like some other one in the restricted manager or intigrate the open one? It's really bad to try get it working with long manuel installations - and this since warty and before.
Do you plan support for this chip in feisty release?
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ihavenoname
2007-04-05 03:22:06 UTC
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Honestly, if the license premits, then I think it would be much better
to setup the Restricted Drivers manager to handle this using
ndiswrapper. The ndiswrapper drivers tend to work really well for this
card. I have this working myself (Linksys WUSB54gv) on feisty and I
haven't had a freeze but from dapper to edgy the freezes have come. I
haven't used feisty much though so it might also freeze there. My
understanding is that once a few thins get worked out this will become
part of the upstream kernel. I think it would be wise to wait for that,
and simply provide the option for people to have this installed if they
have this driver. SO that the people who this works for can use it. And
for those whom this driver does not work, they can find a different
method. My experiance has had this driver causeing hard freezes.( This
driver being the rt2570 driver). It doesn't seem to me that there is an
actual deb for this, rather it is built in with the kernel, (or as a
module). Why not have it be seperate from the kernel? (If ndiswrapper is
not an option that's ok the point of this was to say that this driver
doesn't seem to be 100% stable, and should not be built in by default.
If it were a deb uninstalling would be much easier.) No offense to
anyone intended.
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Janek Thomaschewski
2007-04-05 15:42:11 UTC
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Yea, good idea with ndiswrapper - or maybe selectable options in restricted manager...
Can you post (or send me by mail) the link to the windows-inf-driver working with rt2570usb? (If you are using the USB variant) Thanks.
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ed_p
2007-04-09 06:27:46 UTC
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So ndiswrapper works, but that solution only helps x86, and not other
supported platforms (ppc, sparc). When possible, it's better to fix a
driver than to retreat to ndiswrapper.
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spaceboy8
2007-04-17 19:31:09 UTC
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wget
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/rt2400/rt2570-1.1.0-b2.tar.gz?download

Preparation
If not installed already, these packages need to be installed.

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` gcc-3.4

At the time this was written driver was rt2570-1.1.0-b1. If driver is
updated commands will need to change to that file name.


Step 1 Download and untar file

Get file
Go here and choose the rt2570beta driver. You'll get a choice of mirrors where to download from. Save it to file.

Now copy the file to /usr/src
Code:

sudo cp /path/to/file/rt2570-1.1.0-b1.tar.gz /usr/src/

Move to /usr/src
Code:

cd /usr/src

Untar file
Code:

sudo tar -xzvf rt2570-1.1.0-b1.tar.gz

Move into file
Code:

cd rt2570-1.1.0b1/Module

Step 2 Make and install file

Code:

sudo make

Code:

sudo make install

Step 3 Set up and load module

make a directory for the .ko file
Code:

sudo mkdir /lib/modules/`uname -r`/drivers/

copy file over to new directory
Code:

sudo cp /lib/modules/2.6.12/extra/rt2570.ko /lib/modules/`uname
-r`/drivers/

Then insert module into kernel
Code:

sudo insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/drivers/rt2570.ko

Code:

sudo lsmod -a

Configure your wireless device through /etc/network/interfaces. Here is
a sample file.

iface rausb0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid apname
wireless-key xxxxxxxxx
wireless-mode Managed
auto rausb0

restart the networking service

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart


Now try to bring up your device

Code:

sudo ifconfig rausb0 up

To load module at boot add it to /etc/modules file

Code:

sudo echo rt2570 >> /etc/modules
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Javier Jardón
2007-04-23 22:48:29 UTC
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** Summary changed:

- Ralink Wireless USB/PCMCIA/PCI hangs PC
+ Ralink Wireless legacy drivers (rt2500 rt61 rt73 rt2570) USB/PCMCIA/PCI hangs PC
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Javier Jardón
2007-04-23 23:02:04 UTC
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See this problem in upstream:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1705308&group_id=107832&atid=648844
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albd
2007-04-25 20:09:26 UTC
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Thanks,
I have disable the rt61 module and have uptime more than 1 day.
Post by Javier Jardón
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1705308&group_id=107832&atid=648844
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Javier Jardón
2007-04-26 18:46:48 UTC
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Well I try to resume the posible solutions fot rt61 cards (for Feisty)

Problem: (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/34902/comments/17)
From a ralink driver developer : "Since rt2400, rt2570 don't have SMP support, and rt2500 only has it in the latest CVS >code I would recommend to them they drop the Ralink drivers altogether untill rt2x00 is >released. The SMP issue will _not_ be solved in the legacy drivers (rt2400, rt2500, rt61, rt2570, rt73) which means that it >will _never_ work with the default Ubuntu kernel if they have SMP enabled by default."

Solutions:
1. Disable rt61 driver -> not solution for me, I need the wifi connection
1. Blacklist rt61 driver and use the rt61pci driver (comes with Feisty kernel) -> not work for me (bug #58117)
2. Compile your own driver -> not work for me, see this bug :-/
3. Install linux-image-386 which install a kernel with SMP disabled -> works for me perfect for days!!

I hope this helps.
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IvD
2007-04-26 20:41:25 UTC
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All legacy drivers have received SMP fixes, and should now all work on
SMP systems.

More and more manpower is being given to the legacy driver, so at the moment those are in better shape then rt2x00.
I hope this will be resolved in the future, but for the moment the legacy drivers seem to be the way to go.
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NoWhereMan
2007-05-06 11:43:38 UTC
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maybe try acpi=force irqpoll https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
/linux-source-2.6.17/+bug/63134
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richard
2007-05-07 03:08:27 UTC
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Using Athero RT73 usb wireless, wireless assistant shows the routers,
but the link quality stars are grayed out so it cannot connect to the
routers. This has been the same on all versions of Feisty both 386 and
64. It shows everything with iwconfig, but no connection, hopefully
this will be fixed soon
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haelters
2007-05-29 14:21:48 UTC
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There should be a file somewhere on your system called rt73sta.dat (in a
source install this is located in the /etc/Wireless/RT73STA). In that
file you need to put the SSID and the encryption keys. If I don't do
this step, I can not have a connection (independent of the settings I do
with iwconfig). Once the file is properly configured, I'm able to link
up with my access point. IMHO, this is quite annoying, since I'm not
able to use the Network Manager to do the settings).
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NoWhereMan
2007-05-31 18:30:48 UTC
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ok, I'm confirming that rt61 may completely hang your pc (even right
after boot while or just before displaying GDM) under certain
circumstances. I can't say *which*, though, what I know is that in some
rooms of my university I had too boot *without* acpi=force irqpoll so
that rt61 was (indirectly) disabled
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NoWhereMan
2007-05-31 18:32:06 UTC
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I forgot: I'm using feisty with *latest* kernel update
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William Gallafent
2007-06-06 21:27:48 UTC
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Kubuntu 7.04, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic.

Attempting to bring up a connection with a Gigabyte GN-WP01GS PCI card
(using KDE network manager, I put in the WEP key then clicked "OK") hung
the machine. The mouse pointer still moved, but there was no response to
mouse actions or keyboard. So I hit the power button after waiting a
while to see if anything would happen "in good time". Ho hum. Machine is
dual Athlon XP 1.6GHz on Tyan Tiger MPX S2466 mainboard (AMD 760MPX
chipset).

Relevant bits of logs, up to last line before I hit the power button:

.....
Jun 6 22:04:34 bollard kernel: [ 25.388000] rt61 1.1.0 CVS CVS http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
Jun 6 22:04:34 bollard kernel: [ 25.388000] RT61: Vendor = 0x1814, Product = 0x0301
.....
Jun 6 22:06:43 bollard kernel: [ 159.908000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): ra0: link becomes ready
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [softlockup_tick+156/240] softlockup_tick+0x9c/0xf0
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [update_process_times+51/128] update_process_times+0x33/0x80
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [smp_apic_timer_interrupt+112/128] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x70/0x80
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [apic_timer_interrupt+40/48] apic_timer_interrupt+0x28/0x30
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [_spin_unlock_irqrestore+13/32] _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xd/0x20
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [try_to_del_timer_sync+71/80] try_to_del_timer_sync+0x47/0x50
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [del_timer_sync+14/32] del_timer_sync+0xe/0x20
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [<f8f470af>] MlmeAuthReqAction+0x5f/0x1e0 [rt61]
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [<f8f3bb58>] MlmeQueueFull+0x28/0x40 [rt61]
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [<f8f3bccc>] MlmeEnqueue+0xbc/0xf0 [rt61]
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [do_timer+564/2080] do_timer+0x234/0x820
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [<f8f469a0>] AuthTimeout+0x0/0x40 [rt61]
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [<f8f40ec3>] CntlWaitAuthProc+0x73/0x110 [rt61]
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [<f8f469a0>] AuthTimeout+0x0/0x40 [rt61]
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [<f8f387de>] StateMachinePerformAction+0x1e/0x30 [rt61]
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [<f8f3d481>] MlmeHandler+0x151/0x170 [rt61]
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [run_timer_softirq+303/416] run_timer_softirq+0x12f/0x1a0
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [timer_interrupt+89/176] timer_interrupt+0x59/0xb0
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [__do_softirq+130/256] __do_softirq+0x82/0x100
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [do_softirq+85/96] do_softirq+0x55/0x60
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [smp_apic_timer_interrupt+117/128] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x75/0x80
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [apic_timer_interrupt+40/48] apic_timer_interrupt+0x28/0x30
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [default_idle+0/96] default_idle+0x0/0x60
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [native_safe_halt+2/16] native_safe_halt+0x2/0x10
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [default_idle+61/96] default_idle+0x3d/0x60
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [cpu_idle+73/208] cpu_idle+0x49/0xd0
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [start_kernel+869/1056] start_kernel+0x365/0x420
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] [unknown_bootoption+0/608] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x260
Jun 6 22:06:53 bollard kernel: [ 170.696000] =======================
Jun 6 22:07:43 bollard kernel: [ 219.936000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): ra0: link becomes ready
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