I updated to 2.6.32 from 2.6.31.6 on my Gentoo today (vanilla-sources) and my Wireless does not work anymore i seen it was renamed from ra0 to wlan0 so i changed my config files. But after about 5 Minutes the wireless connection got disconnected and a reconnection failed in any way using wpa_supplicant for Wireless Connections My Router is about 20 meters from here so i have no other chance than using Wireless and since 2.6.31 my extern USB Wireless rt2870 does not work anymore too So i have two w-lans and no one is working :/
Created attachment 24050 [details] Error from wpa_supplicant
Created attachment 24051 [details] Kernel Configuration File
Created attachment 24052 [details] /var/log/messages from 06 Dec, 2009 This is the /var/log/messages from today where i used 2.6.31.6 and 2.6.32 to remember, it works in 2.6.31.6 and it does not work in 2.6.32
Created attachment 24054 [details] Logfile from today where i first start 2.6.32 and than start 2.6.31.6 /var/log/messages from today where i first start 2.6.32 and than start 2.6.31.6 to remember. In 2.6.31.6 my W-Lan works, in 2.6.32 not
I found that there is also an closed source driver which i mean here is the driver which is directly distributed with the kernel source
I asked in Forums and talked with lot of other people and it seems that nobody can use his RT2860 Wireless Card
New info. This seems only to happen with Wireless Encrypten of Mixed WPA/WPA2 WPA or WPA-2 only or other encryptions and unencrypted seems to work fine
After upgradeing to 2.6.32 there is no interface at all for me (neither ra0 nor wlan0). Downgradeing to 2.6.31.6 works just fine. Please notify if you need any logs/outputs.
Same problem on Mandriva cooker for my MSI U100 netbook with kernel-desktop (actually 2.6.32.4-0.rc1.1mnb2) Please ask if you need log/trace/outputs
I've got a rt2870 (details below). The non-staging rt2870 once worked for me, but under 2.6.30 only the staging driver did. I use wpa_supplicant. I couldn't get the thing to work under 2.6.32.2; It constantly listed my network and said it wouldn't connect to it. (WPA2 btw.) Also, it required me to add the 3070 firmware and /etc/Wireless/RT3070STA stuff, which i figured is somehow inadequate. As a final measure, it got myself a git copy of the kernel, and did: cd drivers/staging git checkout v2.6.30 rt[23]* Since then I'm a happy 2.6.32.2 user. It's a ra0 again, but it works like a charm. lsusb output: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:2870 Ralink Technology, Corp. Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x148f Ralink Technology, Corp. idProduct 0x2870 bcdDevice 0.01 iManufacturer 1 Ralink iProduct 2 802.11 n WLAN iSerial 0 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 67 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0x80 (Bus Powered) MaxPower 4mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 7 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol iInterface 3 1.0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x03 EP 3 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x04 EP 4 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x05 EP 5 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x06 EP 6 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Device Qualifier (for other device speed): bLength 10 bDescriptorType 6 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 bNumConfigurations 1 Device Status: 0x0000 (Bus Powered)
I can confirm that on my Archlinux laptop running kernel26-2.6.32.5 it is working again with WPA2. Interface is now named wlan0.
Have this just high severety or blocking beceause no network is something that blocks^^
Ok with 2.6.33 the situation got even worse. Now no networking works anymore in anyway with this wireless interface
im really sorry, i take all back. It was the fault of the Kernel package maintainer so i build the kernel myself and all seems to work quite fine