The problem still exists in kernel 2.6.17 from current edgy. It seems to be yenta-socket kernel-side bug, since neither of the drivers for the card inquestion (the ralink's one shipped with kernel and the CVS development from http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com (packaged by http://ubuntu.lupine.me.uk/)) work.
As said, card-insertion is not recognized either, contrary to what used to be with older kernels. I tried "acpi=noirq" and "irqpoll" kernel options as suggested on some forums but it did not help. There seem to be similar bugs (e.g. Malone #56251, which BTW mentions things being OK with 2.6.8) but apparently affect realtively few people. -- pcmcia subsystem not functional with kernel 2.6.15-10 (ioremap failed) https://launchpad.net/bugs/27892 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs