CentOS 6 can't see or set up wireless card

[stspringer]

Hello All,
I am a Newbb to Linux and to CentOS 6 I have been working hard at figuring this out.

My PC:

AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 970 Processor (4 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
64 bit 3.5 ghz
4 gigs ram

What does work so far:

Installed CentOS 6 with raid 5 on 3 HDD's
Boot up automatically to gnome GUI
Installed ETH0 ethernet and it works


Problem:
wireless card not detected "I think"

So far I have tried from google searches:

First, you set up the ELRepo repository by running (as root):
== BEGIN rpm --import http://elrepo.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org
rpm --import http://elrepo.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org
== END rpm --import http://elrepo.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org

== BEGIN -Uvh http://elrepo.org/elrepo-release-6-4...epo.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://elrepo.org/elrepo-release-6-4...epo.noarch.rpm
== END -Uvh http://elrepo.org/elrepo-release-6-4...epo.noarch.rpm

Then you install kernel-ml by running (as root):
== BEGIN yum --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-ml
yum --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-ml
Installed:01/20/2013 trying this for my wireless nic
kernel-ml.x86_64 0:3.7.3-1.el6.elrepo
== END yum --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-ml

Reboot the machine. When you get the grub menu, select the newly installed kernel.
It must be at the top of the list and has elrepo in the name.
Boot it and see if your USB wireless now works.

== BEGIN cat /etc/redhat-release
[root@centOS John]# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.3 (Final)
== END cat /etc/redhat-release

I have tried different kernels current one is


== BEGIN uname -rmi
[root@centOS John]# uname -rmi
3.7.3-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
== END uname -rmi

== BEGIN rpm -q kernel
[root@centOS John]# rpm -q kernel
kernel-2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64
== END rpm -q kernel



More Stuff:


== BEGIN ifconfig -a
[root@centOS John]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:22:52:8D:FE
inet addr:192.168.1.8 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::225:22ff:fe52:8dfe/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4615 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2387 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1917385 (1.8 MiB) TX bytes:388681 (379.5 KiB)
Interrupt:69 Base address:0x2000

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:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
== END ifconfig -a

== BEGIN lspci
[root@centOS John]# lspci
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Cypress [Radeon HD 5800 Series]
06:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Cypress HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5800 Series]
07:05.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT2800 802.11n PCI
== END lspci

== BEGIN lspci | grep -i net
[root@centOS /]# lspci | grep -i net
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
07:05.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT2800 802.11n PCI
== END lspci | grep -i net

Do I need a more friendly wireless card?
Should this be this difficult?
Am I missing something?

Please advise

Thanks

[MikeTbob]

Can you give us the output of

lsmod

dmesg |grep -i firmware

[ThomasMcA]

I had the same problem when I first installed Fedora several months ago. I had to change the network manager that is used by the desktop. WICD wouldn't work for me, and neither would an app called "network" (IIRC). I finally got it to work with NetworkManager. I also had to make sure that only one of those were installed.

[stspringer]

Can you give us the output of

Thanks Mike here you go

lsmod

== BEGIN lsmod
[root@centOS John]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
fuse 66443 0
autofs4 26705 3
sunrpc 261704 1
cpufreq_ondemand 10544 4
powernow_k8 18171 0
freq_table 4881 2 cpufreq_ondemand,powernow_k8
mperf 1557 1 powernow_k8
ipt_REJECT 2351 2
nf_conntrack_ipv4 9506 8
nf_defrag_ipv4 1483 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
iptable_filter 2793 1
ip_tables 17831 1 iptable_filter
ip6t_REJECT 4628 2
nf_conntrack_ipv6 8748 2
nf_defrag_ipv6 11981 1 nf_conntrack_ipv6
xt_state 1492 10
nf_conntrack 79357 3 nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_state
ip6table_filter 2889 1
ip6_tables 19458 1 ip6table_filter
ipv6 320841 45 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6,nf_defrag_ipv6
vhost_net 30424 0
macvtap 9948 1 vhost_net
macvlan 10084 1 macvtap
tun 17031 1 vhost_net
kvm_amd 41551 0
kvm 312245 1 kvm_amd
raid1 29852 1
r8169 51483 0
mii 5335 1 r8169
xhci_hcd 134111 0
sg 29350 0
microcode 112653 0
serio_raw 4594 0
k10temp 3577 0
edac_core 46581 0
edac_mce_amd 15488 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 25616 1
snd_hda_codec_via 39774 1
snd_hda_intel 26685 2
snd_hda_codec 111376 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 6652 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq 55759 0
snd_seq_device 6500 1 snd_seq
snd_pcm 84894 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 22411 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 68869 13 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel ,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,sn d_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 7958 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 8470 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_piix4 12608 0
shpchp 32778 0
ext4 370397 2
mbcache 8144 1 ext4
jbd2 92864 1 ext4
raid456 68635 2
async_raid6_recov 6475 1 raid456
async_pq 4775 2 raid456,async_raid6_recov
raid6_pq 79925 2 async_raid6_recov,async_pq
async_xor 3691 3 raid456,async_raid6_recov,async_pq
xor 4687 1 async_xor
async_memcpy 2076 2 raid456,async_raid6_recov
async_tx 2924 5 raid456,async_raid6_recov,async_pq,async_xor,async _memcpy
sr_mod 15140 0
cdrom 39085 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 38912 8
crc_t10dif 1541 1 sd_mod
pata_via 9138 0
firewire_ohci 24695 0
firewire_core 50109 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 1717 1 firewire_core
ata_generic 3837 0
pata_acpi 3701 0
pata_atiixp 4211 0
ahci 40871 6
radeon 840112 2
ttm 80957 1 radeon
drm_kms_helper 33820 1 radeon
drm 246709 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 5762 1 radeon
i2c_core 31084 5 i2c_piix4,radeon,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
dm_mirror 14101 0
dm_region_hash 12042 1 dm_mirror
dm_log 9930 2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
dm_mod 80796 2 dm_mirror,dm_log
==END lsmod

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dmesg |grep -i firmware

==begin dmesg | grep -i firmware
platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/CYPRESS_pfp.bin
platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/CYPRESS_me.bin
platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/CYPRESS_rlc.bin
platform microcode: firmware: requesting amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin
r8169 0000:05:00.0: firmware: requesting rtl_nic/rtl8168e-1.fw
==end dmesg | grep -i firmware

[MikeTbob]

I think you need to download a firmware blob but the name might be different on your system. On the Gentoo repos it's called rt2860-firmware. Do a search in your repo and see if you can find a similar package name.

[stspringer]

I think you need to download a firmware blob but the name might be different on your system. On the Gentoo repos it's called rt2860-firmware. Do a search in your repo and see if you can find a similar package name.

I think you need to download a firmware blob Sorry don't know what you mean

[MikeTbob]

Try this link.

https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb...30192&forum=40

Where did you find this part?

Then you install kernel-ml by running (as root):
== BEGIN yum --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-ml
yum --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-ml
Installed:01/20/2013 trying this for my wireless nic
kernel-ml.x86_64 0:3.7.3-1.el6.elrepo
== END yum --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-ml

Reboot the machine. When you get the grub menu, select the newly installed kernel.
It must be at the top of the list and has elrepo in the name.
Boot it and see if your USB wireless now works.

[stspringer]

Try this link.

I did try that no go

https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb...30192&forum=40

Where did you find this part?

found it here

https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb...topic_id=39429