Comment 6 for bug 236509

Thank you very much Leann for your efforts.

The wireless network was working and is still working after the latest kernel-upgrade. (Most likely the driver I compiled
a month or three ago is still valid?)

I'm working with kernel uname -r -> 2.6.24-19-generic
and installed the backport-modules

dpkg -l | grep backport

ii linux-backports-modules-2.6.24-19-generic 2.6.24-19.17 Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.

ii linux-backports-modules-hardy-generic 2.6.24.19.21 Backported drivers for generic kernel image

dpkg -s linux-backports-modules-hardy-generic

Package: linux-backports-modules-hardy-generic

Status: install ok installed

Priority: optional

Section: devel

Installed-Size: 52

Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team <email address hidden>

Architecture: i386

Source: linux-meta

Version: 2.6.24.19.21

Depends: linux-backports-modules-2.6.24-19-generic

Description: Backported drivers for generic kernel image

 This empty package allows people to keep their backported modules

 up-to-date when upgrading their Linux kernel.

--- At powerup (Dmesg)

[ 41.675176] rt2570: init
[ 41.675263] rt2570: idVendor = 0xb05, idProduct = 0x1706
[ 43.630354] rt2570: using permanent MAC addr
[ 43.630366] rt2570: Active MAC addr: 00:11:d8:8e:79:2d.
[ 43.664955] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2570
[ 43.856182] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2500usb
[ 45.544472] rt2570: driver version 1.0.0

sudo lshw -C network
 *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: rausb0
       serial: 00:11:d8:8e:79:2d
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes ip=192.168.1.2 multicast=yes wireless=RT2500USB WLAN

modinfo rt2500usb
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/updates/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00/rt2500usb.ko
license: GPL
description: Ralink RT2500 USB Wireless LAN driver.
version: 2.1.4
author: http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
srcversion: 8BDFF6200057EDF9A282E2E

modinfo rt2x00usb
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/updates/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.ko
license: GPL
description: rt2x00 usb library
version: 2.1.4
author: http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
srcversion: 108E14F6E6E86D34CCCB942
depends: rt2x_mac80211,rt2x00lib,usbcore
vermagic: 2.6.24-19-generic SMP mod_unload 586

--> I don't have a clue if I'am already working with the latest drivers (from the backport-modules or not). I will certainly test
the newer kernel 2.6.27 (if it comes available by the regular updates ... ). I'll cross my fingers! (but before updating, I'll will download the latest driver from serial-monkey (I'll will only compile and install this driver, in case the one supplied by the
backport-modules should fail).