[SOLVED] Doing some Beta Testing AntiX 8.5

[rokytnji]

Howdy guys. I am testing out AntiX 8.5 Beta for Anticapalista and the AntiX Gang.
My wireless PCMCIA Cardbus Belkin F5D 7010 ver.6 with a ralink 2561 chipset works out of the box running AntiX 8.2 which I have installed on another Partition on this IBM T23 Laptop of mine.
Wireless tools are, WICD, Rutilt, and Ceni.

I tried your script in Start Here Waterhead to try and see why I don't have wireless in 8.5 but little info was given in terminal

harry@biker:~$ chmod +x ~/WirelessSetup
harry@biker:~$ ./WirelessSetup
./WirelessSetup: line 24: ifconfig: command not found
./WirelessSetup: line 27: iwconfig: command not found
harry@biker:~$ sux
Password: 
biker:/home/harry# ./WirelessSetup
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

biker:/home/harry#

I figure it is a firmware issue only as I have the rt 61 module installed according to synaptic.

02:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller [8086:1031] (rev 42)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A/T/X Series [1014:0209]
	Kernel driver in use: e100
	Kernel modules: e100
07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI [1814:0301]
	Subsystem: Belkin Device [1799:701e]
	Kernel driver in use: rt61pci
	Kernel modules: rt61pci

Being just a home grown biker that just happens to use Linux. I am a bit perplexed. Some more info below.

# uname -r
2.6.32-1-mepis-smp

biker:/home/harry# dmesg | grep firmware
IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: Outdated ThinkPad BIOS/EC firmware
thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: This firmware may be missing critical bug fixes and/or important features

dmesg is gonna be long as hell. So I will just post the end part dealing with wireless

intel8x0: clocking to 48000
pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket1: pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 1
pci 0000:07:00.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xffff8000-0xffffffff]
cfg80211: Using static regulatory domain info
cfg80211: Regulatory domain: US
	(start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
	(2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2700 mBm)
	(5170000 KHz - 5190000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
	(5190000 KHz - 5210000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
	(5210000 KHz - 5230000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
	(5230000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
	(5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 3000 mBm)
cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
rt61pci 0000:07:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
rt61pci 0000:07:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
rt61pci 0000:07:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
Registered led device: rt61pci-phy0::radio
Registered led device: rt61pci-phy0::assoc
Adding 1020116k swap on /dev/hda3.  Priority:1 extents:1 across:1020116k 
EXT3 FS on hda7, internal journal
fuse init (API version 7.13)
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
ttyS1: LSR safety check engaged!
CPUFREQ: Per core ondemand sysfs interface is deprecated - up_threshold
CPUFREQ: Per core ondemand sysfs interface is deprecated - ignore_nice_load
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
pci 0000:01:00.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[drm] Initialized savage 2.4.1 20050313 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP 2.0 bridge
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 1x mode
pci 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 1x mode

Now I know you guys learned me better than this. But Beta testing has been a lot of work for me. Kernel 2.6.32.1 wouldn't even boot at first with this beta release on my old Lappy. Had to install a modified minstall-antiX in /usr/bin and execute it through terminal to finally bring up a bootable system. If I can get wireless working to. That would help out New Users to AntiX 8.5 and help polish up this release. Thanks for reading. Happy Trails, Rok

Edit: Just saw the text file in /home. oops.

============ lspci ============
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge [8086:3575] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A/T/X Series [1014:021d]
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
	Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82830 830 Chipset AGP Bridge [8086:3576] (rev 04)
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #1 [8086:2482] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A/T/X Series [1014:0220]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #2 [8086:2484] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A/T/X Series [1014:0220]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #3 [8086:2487] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A/T/X Series [1014:0220]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 42)
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) [8086:248c] (rev 02)
	Kernel modules: intel-rng, iTCO_wdt
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller [8086:248a] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A/T/X Series [1014:0220]
	Kernel driver in use: PIIX_IDE
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller [8086:2483] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A/T/X Series [1014:0220]
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:2485] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A30/A30p/T23 [1014:0222]
	Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
	Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: S3 Inc. SuperSavage IX/C SDR [5333:8c2e] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad T23 [1014:01fc]
02:00.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1420 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac51]
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad T23 [1014:023b]
	Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
	Kernel modules: yenta_socket
02:00.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1420 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac51]
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad T23 [1014:023b]
	Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
	Kernel modules: yenta_socket
02:02.0 Communication controller [0780]: Agere Systems WinModem 56k [11c1:0449] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. IBM ThinkPad T23 [1468:0410]
02:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller [8086:1031] (rev 42)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A/T/X Series [1014:0209]
	Kernel driver in use: e100
	Kernel modules: e100
07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI [1814:0301]
	Subsystem: Belkin Device [1799:701e]
	Kernel driver in use: rt61pci
	Kernel modules: rt61pci

============ lsusb ============
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

============ lsmod ============
Module                  Size  Used by
savage                 23612  2 
drm                   108634  3 savage
i2c_core               12735  1 drm
ppdev                   4172  0 
lp                      5606  0 
speedstep_ich           1765  0 
speedstep_lib           2456  1 speedstep_ich
cpufreq_userspace       1480  0 
cpufreq_stats           2094  0 
cpufreq_conservative     4018  0 
cpufreq_powersave        602  0 
fuse                   43977  1 
arc4                     974  2 
ecb                     1405  2 
rt61pci                15874  0 
rt2x00pci               3879  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib              19239  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
mac80211              124673  2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
cfg80211               88103  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
eeprom_93cx6             955  1 rt61pci
pcmcia                 16080  0 
snd_intel8x0           19467  0 
snd_ac97_codec         79082  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                 706  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            28407  0 
snd_mixer_oss          10595  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                46422  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_midi            3542  0 
snd_rawmidi            12307  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      3762  1 snd_seq_midi
irtty_sir               2585  0 
snd_seq                35753  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
yenta_socket           16439  3 
sir_dev                 7219  1 irtty_sir
snd_timer              12312  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
rsrc_nonstatic          5936  1 yenta_socket
snd_seq_device          3791  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    33969  9 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
thinkpad_acpi          42083  0 
pcmcia_core            20512  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
irda                   76090  1 sir_dev
rfkill                 10318  2 cfg80211,thinkpad_acpi
soundcore               3538  1 snd
ac                      1668  0 
led_class               1741  2 rt2x00lib,thinkpad_acpi
serio_raw               3050  0 
battery                 3814  0 
parport_pc             15853  1 
shpchp                 21402  0 
nvram                   3873  1 thinkpad_acpi
rng_core                2166  0 
parport                22744  3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
snd_page_alloc          5073  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
pci_hotplug            18223  1 shpchp
crc_ccitt               1031  1 irda
processor              26237  1 
iTCO_wdt                6081  0 
psmouse                32131  0 
evdev                   5739  19 
e100                   22289  0 
video                  14755  0 
output                  1228  1 video
mii                     2682  1 e100
floppy                 39851  0 
uhci_hcd               15953  0 
ide_gd_mod             17207  3 
button                  3626  0 
intel_agp              20225  1 
thermal                 9226  0 
fan                     2590  0 
thermal_sys             9492  4 processor,video,thermal,fan

============ dmesg-firmware ============
IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: Outdated ThinkPad BIOS/EC firmware
thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: This firmware may be missing critical bug fixes and/or important features

============ kernel version ============
2.6.32-1-mepis-smp

============ ifconfig ============

============ iwconfig ============

[rokytnji]

Gonna use this thread for my notes if the mods don't mind.

Looking through /etc/modprobe.d comparing the differences between AntiX 8.2 and AntiX 8.5.

No rt2400.conf or rt2500.conf files in AntiX 8.5. But present AntiX in 8.2.

[rokytnji]

Ok. in /mnt/hda6/lib/firmware which is AntiX 8.2
I have.
1.rt2561.bin
2..rt2561s.bin
3.rt2661.bin
4.rt2860.bin
5. rt2870.bin
6. rt3071.bin
8. rt73.bin


Ok. I copied over a couple of missing rtxxx.bin from AntiX 8.2 over to Antix 8.5 in /lib/firmware

Hope this works.

[rokytnji]

No joy with that effort. I have this showing in Synaptic as Installed (since initial install, haven't added it) so stumped for the moment.

Binary firmware for Ralink RT2561, RT2571, RT2661 and RT2671 wireless cards

This package contains the binary firmware for wireless network cards with
the Ralink RT2501 [Turbo], RT2600, RT5201 [Turbo], RT5600, RT5201USB,
RT2800P[D], RT2800E[D], RT2800U[D], or RT3000U[D] chipsets supported by
the rt61/rt61pci, rt73/rt73usb, rt2860sta, rt2870sta/rt2870 or rt3070sta
drivers.

Contents:
* Ralink RT2561 (RT2501/RT5201 chipset) firmware, version 1.2
* Ralink RT2561S (RT2501 Turbo/RT5201 Turbo chipset) firmware, version 1.2
* Ralink RT2661 (RT2600/RT5600 chipset) firmware, version 1.2
* Ralink RT2860/RT2890 (RT2800P[D]/RT2800E[D] chipset) firmware, version 0.11
* Ralink RT2870 (RT2800U[D] chipset) firmware, version 0.10
* Ralink RT3071 (RT3000U[D] chipset) firmware, version 0.2
* Ralink RT2571W/RT2671 (RT2501USB/RT5201USB chipset) firmware, version 1.8]

[rokytnji]

iwconfig shows

biker:/home/harry# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=6 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on

[waterhead]

I'm not positive of this, but I may see some conflicting modules.

Wireless tools are, WICD, Rutilt, and Ceni.

But first, do you actually have the wireless-tools package installed? There should be one for your distro, no need to install from source.

The conflicting module that I was referring to is the thinkpad_acpi module. It is showing up as being related to the wireless modules.

============ lsmod ============
Module                  Size  Used by
rt61pci                15874  0 
rt2x00pci               3879  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib              19239  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
mac80211              124673  2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
cfg80211               88103  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
thinkpad_acpi          42083  0 
rfkill                 10318  2 cfg80211,thinkpad_acpi
led_class               1741  2 rt2x00lib,thinkpad_acpi
nvram                   3873  1 thinkpad_acpi

============ dmesg-firmware ============
IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: Outdated ThinkPad BIOS/EC firmware
thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: This firmware may be missing critical bug fixes and/or important features

This module controls all of the extra keyboard functions, those usually accessed by using the Fn key, in conjunction with the function key. One of those functions is to turn the wireless on/off. If it isn't working correctly, it may be keeping the wireless from working. If you have a separate wireless on/off switch, try using that first. Boot several times with it either on or off, to see if it will start.

Otherwise, if you can find an updated version of the firmware, that may satisfy it. I don't know where that may be found, but here are some links concerning that module. You may find something in the GIT repository, or maybe you need to apply the patch that is offered.

ibm-acpi - IBM ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
Browse ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver Files on SourceForge.net
Public Git Hosting - linux-2.6/linux-acpi-2.6/ibm-acpi-2.6.git/tree

To see the state that the wireless is in, run this command.

 cat /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state

It should output a 0 or a 1.

0 = off
1 = on

If you are getting a zero, try resetting it with this command.

echo 1 > /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state

You need to remove and reload the wireless driver module after changing the state of it. That can be difficult, and rebooting may be easier.

Another thing to try is to remove the thinkpad_acpi module, and try to get the card to function. Since it is interdependent on several other modules, you may need to blacklist it and reboot. You then may need to use terminal commands to activate the wireless, like ifup/ifdown commands.

[rokytnji]

Wireless-Tools are installed since distro installation. I double checked though by going into syanptic and making sure, just in case. It is a beta after all.

Don't know i thinkpad_acpi module is killing wireless. Good point.

harry@biker:~$ cat /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state
1
harry@biker:~$

Doesn't look like it though. Just for info In next post I will run your Start Wireless "Wireless Setup TXT" in AntiX 8.2 which this card works in great and see if I can see any differences. Time for Reboot.

[rokytnji]

This is output for AntiX 8.2 where the card works out of the box with distro install. No major tweaking was needed to detect card.

============ lspci ============
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge [8086:3575] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A/T/X Series [1014:021d]
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
	Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82830 830 Chipset AGP Bridge [8086:3576] (rev 04)
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #1 [8086:2482] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A/T/X Series [1014:0220]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #2 [8086:2484] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A/T/X Series [1014:0220]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #3 [8086:2487] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A/T/X Series [1014:0220]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 42)
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) [8086:248c] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller [8086:248a] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A/T/X Series [1014:0220]
	Kernel driver in use: PIIX_IDE
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller [8086:2483] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A/T/X Series [1014:0220]
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:2485] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A30/A30p/T23 [1014:0222]
	Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
	Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: S3 Inc. SuperSavage IX/C SDR [5333:8c2e] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad T23 [1014:01fc]
02:00.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1420 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac51]
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad T23 [1014:023b]
	Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
	Kernel modules: yenta_socket
02:00.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1420 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac51]
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad T23 [1014:023b]
	Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
	Kernel modules: yenta_socket
02:02.0 Communication controller [0780]: Agere Systems WinModem 56k [11c1:0449] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. IBM ThinkPad T23 [1468:0410]
02:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller [8086:1031] (rev 42)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A/T/X Series [1014:0209]
	Kernel driver in use: e100
	Kernel modules: eepro100, e100
07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI [1814:0301]
	Subsystem: Belkin Device [1799:701e]
	Kernel driver in use: rt61pci
	Kernel modules: rt61pci

============ lsusb ============
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

============ lsmod ============
Module                  Size  Used by
savage                 28288  1 
drm                    63144  2 savage
ppdev                   8452  0 
lp                     10116  0 
ipv6                  231940  18 
speedstep_ich           5520  0 
speedstep_lib           6020  1 speedstep_ich
cpufreq_userspace       4996  0 
cpufreq_conservative     7688  0 
cpufreq_ondemand        8204  1 
cpufreq_stats           5764  0 
freq_table              5248  3 speedstep_ich,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave       3584  0 
fuse                   46236  1 
ndiswrapper           158620  0 
dm_crypt               13188  0 
dm_mod                 46280  1 dm_crypt
arc4                    3712  2 
ecb                     4480  2 
crypto_blkcipher       15876  2 dm_crypt,ecb
rt61pci                18816  0 
crc_itu_t               3840  1 rt61pci
rt2x00pci               7552  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib              23424  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
mac80211              137244  2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
cfg80211               22152  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
eeprom_93cx6            3840  1 rt61pci
pcmcia                 30380  0 
snd_intel8x0           27932  0 
snd_ac97_codec         89380  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                3456  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            34720  0 
snd_mixer_oss          14208  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                58756  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           4484  0 
snd_seq_oss            26880  0 
snd_seq_midi            7584  0 
snd_rawmidi            18592  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      7552  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                41968  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
psmouse                34704  0 
serio_raw               6660  0 
snd_timer              18440  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
rtc_cmos               10400  0 
irtty_sir               6400  0 
floppy                 49348  0 
snd_seq_device          7564  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
rtc_core               14620  1 rtc_cmos
sir_dev                11908  1 irtty_sir
snd                    42660  10 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
rtc_lib                 4352  1 rtc_core
i2c_i801               10128  0 
e100                   30988  0 
yenta_socket           22540  3 
soundcore               7648  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          8584  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
rsrc_nonstatic         11136  1 yenta_socket
i2c_core               19604  1 i2c_i801
mii                     6016  1 e100
pcmcia_core            29972  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
rng_core                5636  0 
uhci_hcd               20364  0 
shpchp                 27028  0 
pci_hotplug            24736  1 shpchp
video                  18704  0 
output                  4480  1 video
battery                 8192  0 
parport_pc             24228  1 
ac                      5120  0 
thermal                17436  2 
parport                29804  3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
irda                   91832  1 sir_dev
intel_agp              24892  1 
crc_ccitt               3840  1 irda
button                  7952  0 
processor              34860  2 thermal
thermal_sys            11944  3 video,thermal,processor
thinkpad_acpi          52608  0 
rfkill                  9240  2 rt2x00lib,thinkpad_acpi
backlight               5636  2 video,thinkpad_acpi
led_class               5380  2 rt2x00lib,thinkpad_acpi
nvram                   8332  1 thinkpad_acpi
evdev                  10144  6 

============ dmesg-firmware ============
IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
firmware: requesting rt2561s.bin

============ kernel version ============
2.6.27-1-mepis-smp

============ ifconfig ============

============ iwconfig ============

Yep the dmesg-firmware is quite different.

[rokytnji]

Waterhead, looks like I am not the only one with problems with kernel 2.6.32. Might not be a module issue after all.

Arch Linux Forums / Kernel 2.6.32 does not work with RT2860 Wireless Card

[rokytnji]

After talking with Anticapalista and since this is a beta release. I am going to install a newer version of 8.5 Beta. I haven't had much luck Waterhead with the 2.6.32 kernel and my Raylink card, I also run Puppy 4.31 on this lappy with kernel 2.6.30 and it connects up just fine. Same for AntiX 8.2. Since I am a beta tester. I figure there is something inherntly wrong with the 2.6.32 kernel in this beta release. Hence I am gonna blow away the install and wait for the new beta iso. I will be closing this thread as it seems I am beating a dead horse.