You're lucky, I have yet to get this to work.

Has anyone tried BT5 R1 yet? Is it working in that release?

The issue comes down to the other user not having access to your x server.

Some people will suggest you do something like 'xhost +' but that is pretty unsecure.
Use sudo to run the program as...

The only "reliable" way I've gotten it to work so far is by plugging it in, test, if it isn't working unplug, plug it in, test if it isn't working unplug, etc...

- installed compat-wireless-2.6.38.2-2.tar.bz2
- make; make install; make upload
- blacklisted both rt2800usb and rt2870sta
- plugged the adapter in
- rebooted
- modprobed rt2800usb
-...

Just tried out VMWare Fusion 2011 and it is having the same problem. Just wanted to let everyone know incase they were hoping it would be fixed in it.

I will try your suggestions and see if any work better than what I'm doing now. I have just been plugging it in, check if it works, if not rmmod all the modules, unplug it and then plug it in again....

I tried what you suggested and it seems it forces the card to use the rt2870sta module. Which however doesn't seem to work either. Can you confirm this is what is being used on your end which is...

Oh so your saying the issue is that it loads the rt2800usb along side the rt2870sta?

I don't know why I can't find his post you are refering to. What was the actual fix you used?

MacBook Pro Running BT5 Gnome Vmware

Recompiling the wireless drivers with the patches didn't work for me. Couldn't actually get them built seems the kernel is to new maybe?
Setting the power of...