I have exactly the same problem with my medion akoya E1210 (wifi chipset RT2860) ... Works perfectly in infrastructure mode (AP) and unable to join / create adhoc network ...
$ spci -vvv : ... 02:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2860 Subsystem: RaLink Device 2790 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- ... distro (kubuntu 9.10 Linux netbook 2.6.31-19-generic #56-Ubuntu SMP) $ modinfo rt2860sta filename: /lib/modules/2.6.31-19-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rt2860/rt2860sta.ko version: 1.8.1.1 license: GPL srcversion: 2DB10B2D13BA8040F82A25A alias: pci:v00001A3Bd00001059sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001814d00000781sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001814d00000701sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001814d00000681sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001814d00000601sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: staging: Y vermagic: 2.6.31-19-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586 parm: mac:rt28xx: wireless mac addr (charp) best regards, laurent -- RT2860 driver cannot be used with ad-hoc networks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351362 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs