Hi, Matt (once again). On 2007-01-28, at 21:00, Matt Grice wrote:
> On 28/01/07, Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Can't you turn off your encryption just for a second, please, to >> see if >> the basic functionality is OK? I would love to know if others can >> make >> it work with the basics, before going further to test the encryption. > > I can, though it will be later on in the week. > > I recompiled my kernel, and the latest official driver from raLink > with the official firmware, and it's working well with WEP. Nice to know that, but could you please ellaborate a little please on the firmware part, for documentation purposes? I'll try to compile a minimal kernel for PowerPC and I will be interested in that (and in preparation for the ra*usb* modules too). I do think that Ben Collins would like to know about this, as I imagine that he would like to make things "just work" in a default install of future versions of Ubuntu. > Doesn't like starting up as the PC boots at the moment - I might > have to write > a script to let it settle after initialisation before configuring the > interface though. I did this with dapper's driver. I had to put, as a pre-up command, the following: # ip link dev ra0 up (I don't remember the syntax correctly and I'm not using my own computer right now to check it, even though it may be a good idea to leave this documented, as others may "fall into the same trap"). > I wonder if it's possible to bump the new driver into Feisty? I will try this as soon as I have some spare time (see below) and report back. > With the standard Edgy driver and kernel, two interfaces were > generated for one card - wmaster0 and wlan0 (using the rt61pci kernel > module). The commands I issued were: > > iwconfig wlan0 essid "MYSSID" - this worked. ESSID was set but no > association. Ok. > iwlist wlan0 scan - this also worked and spotted my AP. I think that this shouldn't be needed (under normal circusmstances, that is). > iwconfig wlan0 enc XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX - this command completed > without complaint, though a further iwconfig showed encryption was > off. Right. > After that, I took the decision to recompile with the new driver. Nice. Did you use the module-assistant package or not? >>> Science is to computer science as hydrodynamics is to plumbing. >> >> I wouldn't say this about Theoretical Computer Science, which is the, >> ahem, best field of Computer Science. :-) > > I'm currently doing a Computer Science degree, though it's more > business and IT strategy than anything else. I have yet to find the > Science part. :D Here in Brazil, we have a distinction between Computer Science and IT. Computer Science being the thing that "makes everything work" and IT being the "business part". I teach for both courses and, having lots of students of mine, I see the quite different focus that they seek. > I dream of doing theoretical Computer Science... Algorithmics, P=NP? > Travelling Salesmen, Djikstra, Turing machines... That's what I'm > talking about :D I am, obviously, quite biased towards Theoretical Computer Science, as Graph Theory and its interactions with Abstract Algebra are my main interest. Thanks for your report, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito Homepage of the algorithms package : http://algorithms.berlios.de Homepage on freshmeat: http://freshmeat.net/projects/algorithms/ -- Dapper - RT61 with wep key doesn't work https://launchpad.net/bugs/35474 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
