I've been battling with various wlan devices, and the nearest I've come to anything giving the slightest whiff of success it this:I have a RAVO USB stick which gives the following in messages:
Jan 5 22:30:45 my-pc-name su: (to root) per on /dev/pts/4
Jan 5 22:30:45 my-pc-name su: pam_unix2: session started for user root, service su
Jan 5 22:31:32 my-pc-name kernel: at76c503.c: Generic Atmel at76c503/at76c505 routines v0.10
Jan 5 22:31:56 my-pc-name kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:05.2-1, assigned address 2
Jan 5 22:31:56 my-pc-name kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x3eb/0x7613) is not claimed by any active driver.
Jan 5 22:32:01 my-pc-name kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbvnet5_2958
Jan 5 22:32:01 my-pc-name kernel: usb vendor/product=3eb/7613
Jan 5 22:32:01 my-pc-name kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 47
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name kernel: vnet_kernel.c: Reseting Usb Device
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name kernel:
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name kernel: vnet_kernel.c: Reset completed.
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name kernel: Reg Domain
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name kernel: usbvnet5_2958: driver version 1.0.1, compiled Nov 17 2004 21:20:23 (dbg_mask x0)
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name kernel: MAC addr 00:40:F4:AA:A6:F9 firmware 1.101.0.86
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name insmod: Using /lib/modules/2.4.21-260-default/kernel/drivers/usb/usbvnet5_2958.o
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name insmod: Symbol version prefix ''
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name kernel: Multicast is enabled
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name kernel: vnetusba.c: usb eth1 initialized and registered
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name kernel: usb-uhci.c: ENXIO 80000280, flags 0, urb ca6622c0, burb ca6623c0
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name kernel: usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 2 rqt 128 rq 6 len 18 ret -6
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[2323]: cannot get config descriptor: No such device or address
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name kernel: usb-uhci.c: ENXIO 80000280, flags 0, urb ca6622c0, burb ca6623c0
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name kernel: usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 2 rqt 128 rq 6 len 18 ret -6
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[2323]: cannot get config descriptor: No such device or address
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name kernel: usb-uhci.c: ENXIO 80000280, flags 0, urb ca6622c0, burb ca6623c0
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name kernel: usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 2 rqt 128 rq 6 len 18 ret -6
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[2323]: cannot get config descriptor: No such device or address
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name kernel: usb-uhci.c: ENXIO 80000280, flags 0, urb ca6622c0, burb ca6623c0
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name kernel: usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 2 rqt 128 rq 6 len 18 ret -6
Jan 5 22:32:03 my-pc-name /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[2323]: cannot get config descriptor: No such device or address
Jan 5 22:32:12 my-pc-name /etc/hotplug/net.agent[2363]: No HW description found ... exiting
Jan 5 22:32:35 my-pc-name su: (to root) per on /dev/pts/6
Jan 5 22:32:35 my-pc-name su: pam_unix2: session started for user root, service su
Jan 5 22:32:35 my-pc-name su: pam_unix2: session finished for user root, service su
Jan 5 22:32:35 my-pc-name su: (to root) per on /dev/pts/6
Jan 5 22:32:35 my-pc-name su: pam_unix2: session started for user root, service su
What's happening, and what is the cure?