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

[Ryan Novosielski <novosirj umdnj edu>]

IMO, that message is the problem. My understanding is that NM cannot 
support any card that wpa_supplicant does not support, which uses Wireless 
Extensions (which is I belive the succsessor to /proc/net/wireless).

...... Original Message .......
On Sat, 26 May 2007 09:35:31 +0100 "pete phillips" <pete smtl co uk> wrote:
>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
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