Network Manager runs Ralink RT2500 poorly
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: network-manager
This is more of a general problem I've been noticing than a specific breakage. My RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI wireless card ran flawlessly, and out-of-the-box under Dapper. When I upgraded to Edgy I had to help it find the right network. With Feisty it required some pretty serious tweaking, but I could still get it to run eventually at full speed.
Now, under Gutsy, NM won' t run the card at all. I had to install ndiswrapper, and even then the connection was slow as molasses. Without moving my antenna even a millimeter, I would run Gutsy (Ubuntu with ndiswrapper, as well as Kubuntu KNM) and then immediately run the Feisty Live CD. On the former my best speeds were in the 10-20 kbps range, while the latter would browse and download at around 500 kbps.
I'm probably just going to downgrade back to Feisty, but I thought one of the developers would like to know that there's a problem. Also, perhaps I could just downgrade Network Manager to the Dapper or Edgy version. Is that a possibility? Thank you in advance.
Here' s some info:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661FX/M661FX/M661MX Host (rev 11)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M]
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
Memory behind bridge: dde00000-dfefffff
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 25)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
Flags: medium devsel
I/O ports at 0c00 [size=32]
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (prog-if 80 [Master])
Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS5513 EIDE Controller (A,B step)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128
[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device a00b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
I/O ports at ec00 [size=128]
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
Memory at dfffd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at dfffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20
Memory at dffff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90)
Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 10/100 Ethernet Adapter
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
I/O ports at e400 [size=256]
Memory at dfffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Expansion ROM at dffc0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
00:08.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI (rev 01)
Subsystem: Linksys WMP54G 2.0 PCI Adapter
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
Memory at dfffa000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
00:0a.0 Modem: ALi Corporation SmartLink SmartPCI561 56K Modem (prog-if 00 [Generic])
Subsystem: Smart Link Ltd. Unknown device 5459
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at dfff9000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x] (rev c1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 9363
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Expansion ROM at dfee0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Changed in network-manager: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please follow the instructions at the Capture Log portion of https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/DebuggingNe tworkManager and add your '/var/log/syslog' file as an attachment to your bug report? Thanks in advance.