On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 17:59 +0200, Médéric RIBREUX wrote: > Package: linux-2.6 > Version: 2.6.32-20 > Severity: important > > > Since linux-2.6.32-18, the rt2860sta wifi driver is not able to > associate against WPA/WPA2 AP with wpa_supplicant. > > I guess that the problem is linked to bug #574766.
Perhaps. The rt2860sta driver in 2.6.32-18 actually comes from Linux 2.6.34. I made this change because there have been many bug fixes and clean-ups and it was impractical to pick out individual bug fixes. > After the update from linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 2.6.32-17 to 2.6.32-18, > the wpa stops working (nothing has been changed in the config files). > It seems that wpa_supplicant can't associate with the AP even if its > configuration is good. With open network, it works. This does not > comes from a problem of binary firmware as linux-ralink is installed > on my computer. > > Since the failure, the only thing related to wifi that has changed on > my system is the kernel and its modules. All the other packets > (wpasupplicant, wireless-tools, firmware-ralink) haven't been modified > or updated. > > I tried to use the rt2860-source package but it won't compile at all ! Indeed, that package is no longer maintained. > Then, as a workaround, I manually compiled the upstream driver > (v2.4.0) and the WPA connexion with wpa_supplicant works really well. > I tried to use the sid version of the image (2.6.32-20) but it doesn't > work too. Please can you test the version in experimental (linux-image-2.6.35-trunk-686 version 2.6.35-1~experimental.1)? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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