HOWTO: Native rt2860, rt2870 & rt3070 wireless drivers for Fedora - Page 3

shayh · #31 4th February 2009, 08:06 AM

I have a Sweek wl303 udb dongle. according to their site:
Chipset: Ralink RT2870 + RT2820

I successfully installed via yum rt2870 on f10, however no interface is created, iwconfig comes out empty.
from lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 177f:0302
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 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

from /var/log/messages:
Feb 4 09:56:50 shayh-l kernel: usb 1-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Feb 4 09:56:50 shayh-l kernel: usb 1-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Feb 4 09:56:50 shayh-l kernel: usb 1-7: New USB device found, idVendor=177f, idProduct=0302
Feb 4 09:56:50 shayh-l kernel: usb 1-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Feb 4 09:56:50 shayh-l kernel: usb 1-7: Product: 802.11 n WLAN
Feb 4 09:56:50 shayh-l kernel: usb 1-7: Manufacturer: Ralink
Feb 4 09:56:50 shayh-l kernel: usb 1-7: SerialNumber: 1.0

please help, thank
shay

ogetbilo · #32 5th February 2009, 05:37 PM

Could you provide the device name properly? "Sweek wl303 udb dongle" doesn't give me any search results. And a link to this website please.

What you can do is, you can add the vendorID and productID to the include/rt2870.h file and compile the driver yourself afterwards. If your wireless card works that way we will add it to the kmod.

If this sounds too complicated, tell me you kernel version and I'll try to build a custom kmod for you. But I'll be busy until the weekend. You will need to wait.

shayh · #33 8th February 2009, 07:14 AM

thaks for the swift reply,
the devices site is:
http://www.sweex.com/producten.php?s...65&artikel=921

As specified before the detailes are idVendor=177f, idProduct=0302
I'm using latest i686 kernel for F10.

I'll try building myself and tell you what happen.
update:downloaded the source for the driver and added the line:
{USB_DEVICE(0x177f,0x0302)}, /* Sweex */ \
to 2008_0925_RT2870_Linux_STA_v1.4.0.0/include/rt2870.h
compiled and now everything works grate.

thanks
shay

ogetbilo · #34 11th February 2009, 05:02 AM

great. I will add this device to the header file. please allow some time for the updated kmod to land on the repos.

Edit: I built the new packages.
For F-10 and rawhide: kmod-rt2870-1.4.0.0-7 and above will have Sweex LW303 support
For F-9: kmod-rt2870-1.4.0.0-5 and above will have Sweex LW303 support

bricktop41 · #35 12th March 2009, 01:06 PM

I am new to linux my wireless does not work in linux but it works in windows I need a comprehensive list of the packages I need to make it work. I don't quite understand how every thing in linux works so some basic tutorials would help. Also I must do this offline by downloading the files in windows, rebooting, and installing into linux
Here is the hardware info .

04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink Device [1814:0781]

Lsmod=

Module Size Used by
vfat 12672 1
fat 42784 1 vfat
fuse 49436 2
i915 53380 2
drm 158260 3 i915
sco 12932 2
bridge 43668 0
stp 6148 1 bridge
bnep 14848 2
l2cap 21504 3 bnep
bluetooth 48608 5 sco,bnep,l2cap
sunrpc 155924 3
ip6t_REJECT 7296 2
nf_conntrack_ipv6 15864 2
ip6table_filter 6400 1
ip6_tables 14736 1 ip6table_filter
ipv6 230132 24 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
cpufreq_ondemand 9996 1
acpi_cpufreq 12172 1
dm_multipath 17164 0
uinput 10624 0
snd_hda_intel 351124 3
snd_seq_dummy 6660 0
snd_seq_oss 30364 0
snd_seq_midi_event 9600 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 48576 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 10124 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 42496 0
snd_mixer_oss 16896 1 snd_pcm_oss
i2c_i801 12048 0
snd_pcm 65924 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
usb_storage 82440 1
i2c_core 21396 2 drm,i2c_i801
pcspkr 6272 0
sdhci_pci 10624 0
sdhci 17540 1 sdhci_pci
jmb38x_ms 12292 0
snd_timer 22024 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
joydev 12736 0
snd_page_alloc 11016 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
r8169 32132 0
mmc_core 43676 1 sdhci
snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel
memstick 12060 1 jmb38x_ms
snd 50616 16 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,sn d_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer,snd_hwdep
mii 8192 1 r8169
soundcore 9416 1 snd
video 20244 0
wmi 9768 0
output 6528 1 video

distro

2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686

I do understand that this is a learning curve, however the quicker I get full function on the linux side I can learn this OS faster by not switching between 2 systems

ogetbilo · #36 14th March 2009, 09:01 PM

bricktop41,

After enabling the RPMFusion free repository, doing a

Code:

yum install rt2860

as root will make your wireless card work.

Details are given in the first post of this thread. Let me know if there's anything you don't understand.

IrishBouzouki · #37 21st April 2009, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ogetbilo

The probability of getting help with your problem would have tripled if you just wrote to this thread in the first place:
http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/sho...d.php?t=197413

There. Sorry about that. It might help if this thread were not titled "HOWTO: Native rt2860 and rt2870 wireless drivers for Fedora 8 and 9" specifically the 8 and 9 part - which makes my particular problem seem not relevant to the thread. Although I suppose it should be obvious to an expert, I am hardly that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ogetbilo

RPMFusion does not replace Fedora packages. This is a general policy. Keeping it enabled will not magically pull packages from RPMFusion to your system.

Thanks for pointing that out. I will try to set that up then so the package will update. It will be a good learning experience for how to add a third party repository which is probably something I should know how to do.

Forgive please what must seem like anality. I simply lack the expertise to deal with some mess being created on my machine and really really really need to keep my machine working, so I am overly conservative (well, for someone who runs Fedora that is).

Quote:

Originally Posted by ogetbilo

There have been many reports about failing WPA connections with rt2860/rt2870 drivers. Unfortunately, we don't have a fix for this. Can't you use WEP instead?

WEP would not be practical for me, if needed I will use the hardline connection instead until (when/if) WPA becomes a functional option.

But are you saying WPA never works with these drivers? Or to put it another way, is there anyone here who has managed to get the drivers to work with WPA?

Quote:

Originally Posted by ogetbilo

I'd suggest you to rpeort to issue to Ralink: http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Hom...ort/Linux.html

The sourceforge project seems to be in transformation, but I have singed up for the user group at rt2x00.serialmonkey.com and will see if they can provide some assistance.

At any rate, thank you for your work on the drivers, and for your help to me. And again I am sorry for posting on another thread and being another pain in the butt n00b.

ogetbilo · #38 21st April 2009, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IrishBouzouki

There. Sorry about that. It might help if this thread were not titled "HOWTO: Native rt2860 and rt2870 wireless drivers for Fedora 8 and 9" specifically the 8 and 9 part - which makes my particular problem seem not relevant to the thread. Although I suppose it should be obvious to an expert, I am hardly that.

Yes, the title needs a change. I'll bug the forum admins for that. Sorry for the confusion.

Quote:

Thanks for pointing that out. I will try to set that up then so the package will update. It will be a good learning experience for how to add a third party repository which is probably something I should know how to do.

Forgive please what must seem like anality. I simply lack the expertise to deal with some mess being created on my machine and really really really need to keep my machine working, so I am overly conservative (well, for someone who runs Fedora that is).

Rarely, a package gets dropped from Fedora because of patent issues. Then RPMFusion may take that RPM over. But this is very infrequent and it is probably the only way that you'll get an RPM from RPMFusion (if you don't install anything from RPMFusion manually).

Quote:

WEP would not be practical for me, if needed I will use the hardline connection instead until (when/if) WPA becomes a functional option.

But are you saying WPA never works with these drivers? Or to put it another way, is there anyone here who has managed to get the drivers to work with WPA?

The sourceforge project seems to be in transformation, but I have singed up for the user group at rt2x00.serialmonkey.com and will see if they can provide some assistance.

Please let me know if you get WPA working so I can update the RPM's accordingly. Here I found pages from users of other distros who claim to have a working WPA with rt2870:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=694026
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rt2870

Quote:

At any rate, thank you for your work on the drivers, and for your help to me. And again I am sorry for posting on another thread and being another pain in the butt n00b.

It's okay. Just make a forum search with the number of the chipset whenever you get a new hardware. This forum is large and may provide you invaluable information.

IrishBouzouki · #39 22nd April 2009, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ogetbilo

Please let me know if you get WPA working so I can update the RPM's accordingly. Here I found pages from users of other distros who claim to have a working WPA with rt2870:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=694026
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rt2870

Just fyi I attempted the RT2870STA.dat file edits as recommended in the archlinux article (albeit per my own configuration obviously, and with careful referring back and forth to my router settings page). I only edited the parameters mentioned in the linked article. I had a moment of hope as the settings which were in the dat file did not correspond at all to the ones in my network (or my set up in Network Manager) at first. However after editing and a system restart there was no change in system behaviour. I don't know much about this but it seems that Network Manager is the app that is attempting to make the connection through the driver and that it is ignoring the settings in the dat file and using its own instead, which may have a problem with this setup.

That would mean I have the good fortune to be using the perfect storm of fc10, rt2870, wpa, and network-manager!?!

Anyway, short word is that the dat file editing approach in the archlinux link did not change any system behaviour.

I also went ahead and added the RPMFusion repository for an update source so if there should be a fix eventually I will get it.

FURTHER INVESTIGATION:

I noted that the only security options which the Network Manager applet GUI will permit me to apply are "None" and "WPA & WPA2 Personal". There are other options in the pull-down but choosing them disables the "Apply" button.
So I tried "None" and re-configured my router, just to test as doing it kicked everything else off my network.
Upon system restart the device did indeed connect properly and in fact I am posting this EDIT over the Wireless connection using (I presume) the RPMFusion drivers.

This just confirms what you stated re the WPA. But it also indicates there is not a separate additional issue.

ogetbilo · #40 23rd April 2009, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gustav4.

Hi ogetbilo

I actually already have the kmod installed:

(code)
[root@tychobrahe ~]# yum install kmod-rt2860
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Package kmod-rt2860-1.8.0.0-3.fc10.5.i686 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do
[root@tychobrahe ~]#
(end code)

Its not responding to any iwconfig commands.
Perhaps my module is botch up somewhere?

Is the card recognized at all? Do a:
lsmod|grep rt2860

Also, do you get any error messages in system.log when you remove/reload the driver.

To remove/reload the driver:
rmmod rt2860sta
modprobe rt2860sta

To see the system log afterwards:
dmesg

Gustav4. · #41 23rd April 2009, 10:21 PM

Hi ogetbilo

Thanks for your reply, but I had just this evening removed the module andtried to reinstalled it as described in the post you mentioned, but now I have more questions than before. Here is what a reinstall terminal session looks like:

Code:

root@tychobrahe ~]# yum install kmod-rt2860
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
...

Dependencies Resolved

==============================================================================================================================================
 Package                                             Arch              Version                        Repository                         Size
==============================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 kmod-rt2860                                         i686              1.8.0.0-3.fc10.5               rpmfusion-free-updates            5.0 k
Installing for dependencies:
 kmod-rt2860-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i686            i686              1.8.0.0-3.fc10.5               rpmfusion-free-updates            219 k
 rt2860                                              noarch            1.8.0.0-2.fc10                 rpmfusion-free-updates             12 k

Transaction Summary
==============================================================================================================================================
Install      3 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)

and now nothing shows up after running an lsmod command looking for rt2860:

Code:

[root@tychobrahe ~]# lsmod | grep rt
iTCO_vendor_support     6916  1 iTCO_wdt
[root@tychobrahe ~]# lsmod | grep 2860
[root@tychobrahe ~]#

So what was installed, and why can't i find the module? Should I try to remove the module and start again?

Cheers!

ogetbilo · #42 24th April 2009, 12:08 AM

Gustav4.
Are you sure that your wireless has rt2860 chipset?

If after installing the kmod-rt2860 and rebooting your computer, the lsmod outputs does not display rt2860sta, then that means that the driver will not support you card.

However that may not be the end of the story. If you can tell me the brand of your wireless card, I can try to do something. Is it onboard, PCI, USB? etc.

asphodeli · #43 24th April 2009, 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IrishBouzouki

Just fyi I attempted the RT2870STA.dat file edits as recommended in the archlinux article (albeit per my own configuration obviously, and with careful referring back and forth to my router settings page). I only edited the parameters mentioned in the linked article. I had a moment of hope as the settings which were in the dat file did not correspond at all to the ones in my network (or my set up in Network Manager) at first. However after editing and a system restart there was no change in system behaviour. I don't know much about this but it seems that Network Manager is the app that is attempting to make the connection through the driver and that it is ignoring the settings in the dat file and using its own instead, which may have a problem with this setup.

That would mean I have the good fortune to be using the perfect storm of fc10, rt2870, wpa, and network-manager!?!

Also I am wondering if my particular choice of WPA (not WPA2) and TKIP (not AES) is somehow related?

Anyway, short word is that the dat file editing approach in the archlinux link did not change any system behaviour.

I also went ahead and added the RPMFusion repository for an update source so if there should be a fix eventually I will get it.

FURTHER INVESTIGATION:

I noted that the only security options which the Network Manager applet GUI will permit me to apply are "None" and "WPA & WPA2 Personal". There are other options in the pull-down but choosing them disables the "Apply" button.
So I tried "None" and re-configured my router, just to test as doing it kicked everything else off my network.
Upon system restart the device did indeed connect properly and in fact I am posting this EDIT over the Wireless connection using (I presume) the RPMFusion drivers.

This just confirms what you stated re the WPA. But it also indicates there is not a separate additional issue.

I have almost the same config as yours (fc10 on an Eee Box B202), and I am unable to get Network Manager to connect - there's no option for "None", and it doesn't seem to connect at all if I use the selected option of "WPA & WPA2 Personal"

Gustav4. · #44 24th April 2009, 08:42 PM

Code:

[gustav@tychobrahe ~]$ lspci | grep Network
0c:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2860
[gustav@tychobrahe ~]$ lsmod | grep 2860
[gustav@tychobrahe ~]$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

pan0      no wireless extensions.

virbr0    no wireless extensions.

[gustav@tychobrahe ~]$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1B:38:D0:50:38
          inet addr:192.168.1.37  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21b:38ff:fed0:5038/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2195 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2364 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:996453 (973.0 KiB)  TX bytes:340649 (332.6 KiB)
          Interrupt:17

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:34 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:34 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:2388 (2.3 KiB)  TX bytes:2388 (2.3 KiB)

virbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr EE:4F:B7:15:12:C1
          inet addr:192.168.122.1  Bcast:192.168.122.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::ec4f:b7ff:fe15:12c1/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:4586 (4.4 KiB)

[gustav@tychobrahe ~]$

And the card is an Intel ProSetWireless: Here's some code:

Code:

//  Mandatory settings
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    FamilyCode          = 9.22              
    PFilesOffset        = "Intel\Wireless"  
    EFData              = "Intel� PROSet/Wireless", Alpha, "11.1.1.0"

a full readout from the Network Controller on my box:

Code:

0c:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2860
        Subsystem: RaLink Device 2790    
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- 
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes                                                                
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10                                                                    
        Region 0: Memory at f8200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]                                   
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2                                                        
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-)                 
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-                                                  
        Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Count=1/32 Enable-                     
                Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000                                                        
        Capabilities: [70] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00                                                     
                DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <128ns, L1 <2us                       
                        ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-                                      
                DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-                           
                        RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-                                         
                        MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes                                           
                DevSta: CorrErr+ UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr- TransPend-                          
                LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <512ns, L1 <64us           
                        ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot-                                                   
                LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+                             
                        ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-                                       
                LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-           
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting                                                         
                UESta:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq+ ACSVoil-
                UEMsk:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
                UESvrt: DLP+ SDES- TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
                CESta:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+                                   
                CESta:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+                                   
                AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap+ CGenEn- ChkCap+ ChkEn-                                   
        Kernel modules: rt2860sta

I hope this helps.

cheers!

ogetbilo · #45 25th April 2009, 04:20 AM

In the last output, "Kernel modules: rt2860sta" indicates that the rt2860sta driver (which comes with the kmod) is assigned to your card. That's good. It is weird that the module does not load automatically.

Let's do this.
- Make sure lsmod|grep rt2860 shows nothing
- Look at the dmesg output
- Do a modprobe rt2860sta
- Look at the dmesg output again. What is added to the end? Is there an error message?