Re: how to get network manager to use a different interface

[pete phillips <pete smtl co uk>]

Hi Dan

    Dan> Have you manually configured the card using the Ubuntu network
    Dan> config tools?  Ubuntu has a distro-specific patch that makes NM
    Dan> ignore any card you've manually configured.

Yes I did originally, but I have commented all interfaces except
loopback out of the /etc/network/interfaces now. However I did this
after installing NM.

    Dan> Furthermore, what version of the rt61 driver, and is that a
    Dan> mac80211-based driver?  It may be that the rt61 driver isn't
    Dan> quite ready for prime-time, as the mac80211 stack (if that's
    Dan> what rt61 is based off of) isn't quite ready for prime-time
    Dan> yet, though it's getting there.

I'm using the drivers from the ralink site
    
    http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html
    RT61_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.0 

(not tried the rt2x00.serialmonkey.com driver - let me know if you think
that may be the issue).  I don't know what the mac80211 refers to I'm
afraid. Grepped the RT61_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.0/Module directory for
mac802 and didn't come up with anything.

When I plug the card in I get:

	May 26 09:17:27 localhost kernel: [17246128.900000] ra0 (WE) : Driver using old /proc/net/wireless support, please fix driver !

	May 26 09:17:27 localhost NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1180167447.552777] nm_hal_device_added (): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1814_302').

Hmm - could that proc/net message be the issue ? 

    Dan> Can you plug the rt61 card in and then run 'lsmod' ?

OK - not sure whether you wanted the whole lot or just to see the rt61
line, so here is the lot.


Module                  Size  Used by
sg                     37404  0 
sd_mod                 22656  0 
usb_storage            75072  0 
libusual               17040  1 usb_storage
ipw2100                75828  0 
ieee80211              35272  1 ipw2100
ieee80211_crypt         7552  1 ieee80211
battery                11652  0 
ac                      6788  0 
thermal                15624  0 
fan                     6020  0 
button                  7952  0 
8139too                29056  0 
binfmt_misc            13448  1 
rfcomm                 42260  0 
hidp                   34176  2 
l2cap                  27136  10 rfcomm,hidp
bluetooth              53476  5 rfcomm,hidp,l2cap
ipv6                  272288  10 
i915                   21632  2 
drm                    74644  3 i915
af_packet              24584  4 
speedstep_centrino      9760  1 
cpufreq_userspace       5408  0 
cpufreq_stats           7744  0 
freq_table              6048  2 speedstep_centrino,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave       2944  0 
cpufreq_ondemand        8876  1 
cpufreq_conservative     8712  0 
video                  17540  0 
tc1100_wmi              8324  0 
sbs                    16804  0 
sony_acpi               6412  0 
pcc_acpi               14080  0 
i2c_ec                  6272  1 sbs
i2c_core               23424  1 i2c_ec
hotkey                 11556  0 
dev_acpi               12292  0 
container               5632  0 
asus_acpi              17688  0 
dm_crypt               13704  0 
dm_mod                 62872  1 dm_crypt
fuse                   43912  0 
rt61                  254468  0 
sbp2                   24584  0 
scsi_mod              144648  4 sg,sd_mod,usb_storage,sbp2
lp                     12964  0 
pcmcia                 40380  0 
yenta_socket           28812  3 
rsrc_nonstatic         15360  1 yenta_socket
snd_intel8x0           34844  1 
snd_ac97_codec         97696  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus            3456  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            47360  0 
snd_mixer_oss          19584  1 snd_pcm_oss
joydev                 11200  0 
pcmcia_core            43924  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
8139cp                 24832  0 
mii                     6912  2 8139too,8139cp
tsdev                   9152  0 
snd_pcm                84612  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              25348  1 snd_pcm
snd                    58372  8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              11232  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         11400  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
shpchp                 42144  0 
pci_hotplug            32828  1 shpchp
irda                  214332  0 
parport_pc             37796  1 
parport                39496  2 lp,parport_pc
crc_ccitt               3200  1 irda
intel_agp              26012  1 
agpgart                34888  3 drm,intel_agp
psmouse                41352  0 
serio_raw               8452  0 
pcspkr                  4352  0 
evdev                  11392  2 
usbhid                 45152  0 
ext3                  142856  2 
jbd                    62228  1 ext3
ohci1394               37040  0 
ieee1394              306104  2 sbp2,ohci1394
ehci_hcd               34696  0 
uhci_hcd               24968  0 
usbcore               134912  6 usb_storage,libusual,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
ide_generic             2432  0 
ide_disk               18560  3 
piix                   11780  1 
generic                 6276  0 
processor              31560  2 thermal,speedstep_centrino
fbcon                  41504  0 
tileblit                3840  1 fbcon
font                    9344  1 fbcon
bitblit                 7168  1 fbcon
softcursor              3328  1 bitblit
vesafb                  9244  0 
capability              5896  0 
commoncap               8704  1 capability



Pete