MSI WIND U100 wireless problems

[zambrotta19]

I have just received my new msi windu100 netbook and am having real issues connecting wirelessly. I am relatively new to linux and am half-way towards smashing my new computer up. It is using RTL8101E/RTL8102E card and I have read numerous threads suggesting fixes but many are too complex for me to understand.

I presume that the absence of the driver for the laptop is likely to be across all distros. I havnt tried any others as of yet, but will in a heartbeat if this is not the case.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Ollie

[reed9]

Which version of Ubuntu are you using? Can you get a wired connection?

If so, first thing is try updating your drivers. Make sure you have backports enabled in your software sources. Then

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-jaunty

Replace jaunty with your version of Ubuntu, ie, hardy for 8.04, intrepid for 8.10, etc.

[reed9]

Hold on, RTL8101E is a wired card. Can you post the output of

lspci -v
lsmod

[zambrotta19]

ollie@ollie-laptop:~$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 0110
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 0110
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at dfe80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
I/O ports at e0f0 [size=8]
Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at dff00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: intelfb

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 0110
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at dfe00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 0110
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at ffe00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: dfd00000-dfdfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000ffd00000-00000000ffdfffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: dfc00000-dfcfffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 0110
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
I/O ports at e080 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 0110
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at e060 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 0110
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at e040 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 0110
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at e020 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 0110
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at dff40000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) (prog-if 01)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=32
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 0110
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 0110
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
I/O ports at e0a0 [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 0110
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 3
I/O ports at e000 [size=32]
Kernel modules: i2c-i801

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 0110
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 2301
I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
Memory at ffd10000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at ffd00000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at dfd00000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169

02:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2860
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 6890
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at dfc00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: rt2860
Kernel modules: rt2860sta

ollie@ollie-laptop:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
i915 67844 2
drm 96424 3 i915
binfmt_misc 16776 1
ppdev 15620 0
bridge 56212 0
stp 10500 1 bridge
bnep 20224 2
input_polldev 11912 0
joydev 18368 0
lp 17156 0
parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp
snd_hda_intel 435252 3
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 83076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
snd_rawmidi 29696 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15104 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
snd 62756 15 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,sn d_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_de vice
iTCO_wdt 19108 0
iTCO_vendor_support 11652 1 iTCO_wdt
soundcore 15200 1 snd
psmouse 61972 0
pcspkr 10496 0
snd_page_alloc 16904 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
serio_raw 13444 0
rt2860sta 523992 1
intel_agp 34108 1
agpgart 42696 3 drm,intel_agp
video 25872 0
output 11008 1 video
r8169 40836 0
mii 13312 1 r8169
usb_storage 99648 0
fbcon 46112 0
tileblit 10752 1 fbcon
font 16384 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit



I am not sure if this is what you meant. I hope so. Yes I can get a wired connection but it just wont find any wireless networks when my other laptop finds 3 or 4 as well as mine.

Thanks for the reply.

[DaGoomba]

Did you run the command as the super user? I noticed that you were denied access to 'Capabilities' in general.

[reed9]

02:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2860
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 6890
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at dfc00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: rt2860
Kernel modules: rt2860sta

This is your card and it is using the rt2860sta module. Again, first thing to try is installing updated drivers as I posted above and restart.

If that doesn't work, we can try installing the newest driver from source.

Also, it's possible the almost release Ubuntu 9.10 will have fixed the problem. You can download the live CD of the beta release and see if the wireless works.

[zambrotta19]

Yes I presume I was the 'super user' as there I am the only user. Thanks for the suggestions, I will try these out tonight and tomorrow and then get back to you.

Thanks again.

[zambrotta19]

I tried installing updated drivers but that did not change a thing. I shall try the new live cd tomorrow if not late tonight.

Thanks.

[reed9]

Yes I presume I was the 'super user' as there I am the only user. Thanks for the suggestions, I will try these out tonight and tomorrow and then get back to you.

Thanks again.

Programs do not run with elevated privilieges by default. In the case of lspci, it wasn't info we really needed. To run command line programs as the "super-user" preface them with sudo, for GUI programs, use gksudo.

[zambrotta19]

OK. I am now running ubuntu 9.10 beta and it appears to be working. This looks pretty slick too. Thanks for all your help reed.

Ollie