fedora wirless

[nidok]

I am new to linux, I am having issues with the setup of my wireless adapter.
what I am missing?

I have installed
# yum --nogpgcheck localinstall kmod-rt2870-2.6.32.10-90.fc12.i686-2.1.2.0-6.fc12.13.i686.rpm rt2870-2.1.2.0-2.fc12.noarch.rpm

# lsusb | grep -i ralink
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 148f:2770 Ralink Technology, Corp.
#

# rpm -qa | grep kern
kernel-devel-2.6.32.10-90.fc12.i686
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.32.10-90.fc12.i686
kernel-PAE-2.6.32.10-90.fc12.i686
kernel-2.6.32.10-90.fc12.i686
kernel-firmware-2.6.32.10-90.fc12.noarch
kernel-PAE-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686
kernel-headers-2.6.32.10-90.fc12.i686
abrt-addon-kerneloops-1.0.8-2.fc12.i686

[reed9]

Can you give the output of

/sbin/iwconfig
/sbin/lsmod
dmesg | grep firmware

[nidok]

# /sbin/iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

# /sbin/lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_utf8 1029 1
fuse 48375 2
sunrpc 160130 1
p4_clockmod 3003 0
ip6t_REJECT 3394 2
nf_conntrack_ipv6 14859 2
ip6table_filter 2227 1
ip6_tables 9409 1 ip6table_filter
ipv6 223810 28 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
dm_multipath 12324 0
uinput 5244 0
snd_intel8x0 23343 2
snd_ac97_codec 89532 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 902 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq 42811 0
snd_seq_device 5031 1 snd_seq
snd_pcm 60932 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
dcdbas 6632 0
ppdev 6529 0
snd_timer 15541 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
parport_pc 17613 0
snd 46576 10 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq,snd_seq_device ,snd_pcm,snd_timer
parport 27256 2 ppdev,parport_pc
soundcore 4863 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 6125 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
i2c_i801 8337 0
serio_raw 3574 0
e1000 83298 0
iTCO_wdt 7862 0
iTCO_vendor_support 2023 1 iTCO_wdt
floppy 45142 0
nouveau 292645 2
ttm 40321 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 22251 1 nouveau
drm 135451 4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 4073 1 nouveau
i2c_core 21732 5 i2c_i801,nouveau,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
# dmesg | grep firmware
platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/0f-02-09
#

[reed9]

Well, not much help there, but the module is not loading.

Can you give the output of

/sbin/modprobe -l | grep rt

[nidok]

# /sbin/modprobe -l | grep rt
kernel/fs/exportfs/exportfs.ko
kernel/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_crtc2.ko
kernel/drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.ko
kernel/drivers/block/virtio_blk.ko
kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.ko
kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.ko
kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.ko
kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.ko
kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_srp.ko
kernel/drivers/ata/pata_artop.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_nortel.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/libertas.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/usb8xxx.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/libertas_cs.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/libertas_sdio.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_tf/libertas_tf.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_tf/libertas_tf_usb.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.ko
kernel/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.ko
kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty-sir.ko
kernel/drivers/net/virtio_net.ko
kernel/drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.ko
kernel/drivers/usb/serial/io_edgeport.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-ab3100.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-bq4802.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1286.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1672.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1742.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-fm3130.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-isl1208.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-m41t80.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t35.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t59.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-max6900.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8563.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8583.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-rs5c372.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-rx8025.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-rx8581.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-v3020.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-wm831x.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-wm8350.ko
kernel/drivers/rtc/rtc-x1205.ko
kernel/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport.ko
kernel/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport-light.ko
kernel/drivers/media/dvb/pt1/earth-pt1.ko
kernel/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_vendor_support.ko
kernel/drivers/isdn/divert/dss1_divert.ko
kernel/drivers/leds/ledtrig-heartbeat.ko
kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.ko
kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.ko
kernel/drivers/parport/parport.ko
kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.ko
kernel/drivers/parport/parport_serial.ko
kernel/drivers/parport/parport_cs.ko
kernel/drivers/mtd/ar7part.ko
kernel/drivers/input/gameport/gameport.ko
kernel/drivers/input/gameport/emu10k1-gp.ko
kernel/drivers/input/gameport/fm801-gp.ko
kernel/drivers/input/gameport/lightning.ko
kernel/drivers/input/gameport/ns558.ko
kernel/drivers/bluetooth/hci_uart.ko
kernel/drivers/bluetooth/btuart_cs.ko
kernel/drivers/mmc/card/sdio_uart.ko
kernel/sound/core/snd-hrtimer.ko
kernel/sound/drivers/snd-portman2x4.ko
kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.ko
kernel/sound/pci/mixart/snd-mixart.ko
kernel/sound/pci/oxygen/snd-virtuoso.ko
kernel/net/netfilter/xt_multiport.ko
kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_addrtype.ko
kernel/net/ipv4/xfrm4_mode_transport.ko
kernel/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_rt.ko
kernel/net/ipv6/xfrm6_mode_transport.ko
kernel/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprtrdma.ko
kernel/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svcrdma.ko
kernel/net/9p/9pnet_virtio.ko

[reed9]

The rt2800usb module should support your device.

Can you do

su -
modprobe rt2800usb
depmod -a
exit

And again post the output of

/sbin/iwconfig

[nidok]

# modprobe rt2800usb
WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/.
# depmod -a
# /sbin/iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on

#

[reed9]

Ok, well that seems good. It's showing a wireless device now.

Does this return local networks?

su -c 'iwlist wlan0 scan'

[nidok]

# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

[reed9]

What happens if we try to bring the network up?

su -
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwlist wlan0 scan