probs with a Linksys WUSB11 ver2.8 in Mandrake...

Having some problems setting up a Linksys WUSB11 USB wireless adapter 
(version 2.8) in Mandrake 9.2. I have had the unit since October of last 
year, and a few weeks back finally found some pages detailing how the 
latest Berlios CVS tarball had support for the WUSB11 2.8 in it, and how 
to set it up. The method I'm trying now is at http://mandrake101.no-ip.org/.

I installed the Mandrake kernel source rpm, and the wireless tools RPM 
from Mandrake's Package Manager. I did a make, and make install on the 
the at76c503a driver. I added the following lines to /etc/hotplug/blacklist:

usbvnet_rfmd
usbvnet_r503a
usbvnet_r503_rfmd

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 consists of:

DEVICE=wlan0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
IPADDRESS=""
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
ONBOOT=yes
KEY=no
WIRELESS_RATE=11M
WIRELESS_MODE=Managed
WIRELESS_ESSID=linksys

/etc/sysconfig/network is:

NETWORKING=yes
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
GATEWAYDEV=wlan0

And finally, I changed ONBOOT=yes to ONBOOT=no for 
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. When I restarted the machine 
after doing all this, I still have no net access. When I ran dmesg, I 
found the following output:

hub.c   connect-debounce failed, port 2 disabled
hub.c   new USB device 00:1d.1-2, assigned address 2
usb.c   USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x1915/0x2233) is not claimed by any 
active driver
--- misc unrelated lines ---
--- misc unrelated lines ---
--- misc unrelated lines ---
at76c503.c: Generic Atmel at76c503/at76c505 routines v0.11beta4
at76c503-fw_skel.c: Atmel at76c505 (RFMD 2958) Wireless LAN Driver 
v0.12beta6 loading
usb.c: registered new driver at at76c505-rfmd2958
at76c503-fw_skel.c: using compiled-in firmware
NTFS driver 2.1.4a [Flags: R/O MODULE].
at76c503.c: Downloading external firmware failed: -22
usbdfu.c: USB Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU) handler v0.11beta4
usb.c: registered new driver usbdfu
at76c503-fw_skel.c: using compiled-in firmware
at76c503.c: Downloading external firmware failed: -22

If I unplug the device and plug it back in, it registers a USB 
disconnect at address, it reconnects the device at address 3, and 
returns the same "Downloading external firmware failed: -22" message.

I had been tinkering with this problem on Mandrake for about a week, and 
I gave up, and just for the hell of it blew away Mandrake and installed 
Fedora. After installing the wireless tools and Berlios driver in 
Fedora, and following approximately the same steps as listed above, 
everything worked fine and I was able to get on the net. The only 
problem with that is I would rather not use a "bleeding edge" distro 
like Fedora. I like Mandrake, and it seems to be a good system to learn 
the ins-and-outs of  Linux on. I have no Linux experience at all. I 've 
been using PC's since around 94, so I remember DOS, and have basic 
understanding of how things work with the command line. This problem has 
me stumped.

I don't understand why it won't recognize the device, and I don't get 
the firmware downloading failure. I'm using the same driver as when I 
had it working in Fedora. I added what I assume are Mandrake's existing 
WLAN drivers to the blacklist file, so if they aren't loading then there 
shouldn't be a conflict. Confused, I am. If anyone has any ideas I would 
appreciate it. Thanks,

Ryan Mueller
[email protected]

P.S.: Like I said, the device worked in Fedora, and works fine in WinXP, 
so it does work.