Old Man - New Toy - Need Help, Please

**waterhead** · 04-19-2009

If you got no reply, that means that there were no errors. Check the output of lsmod for the modules, like I posted above. Also look for firmware messages:

Code:

dmesg | grep firmware

**waterhead** · 04-19-2009

For Via video support, there are some options:

Unichrome
Openchrome

And the linux driver released by VIA:
VIA Linux Portal

It looks like the Openchrome driver is the default Linux driver, maybe you just need to configure it to use that driver. It may also be that your video isn't supported by Openchrome, and you then should try the VIA released driver.

**cousinlucky** · 04-19-2009

My hp a532x desktop has a Via VT 8378 [ S 3 unichrome ] graphics card which was recognised by my suse 10 os but not by Ubuntu. I had to paste my suse 10 X11 conf. file into Ubuntu to get the 1280x1024 resolution my monitor runs at.

Ubuntu is a great os but it is not compatible with my box.

the firmware command does not work.

Firmware RT2501USB(RT2571W/RT2671):

downloaded and extracted with no change

**waterhead** · 04-20-2009

Did you ever try to manually load the driver?

**cousinlucky** · 04-20-2009

Please pardon my ineptitude but how would I do that, please?

lsmod

pata_acpi 7424 0
floppy 58116 0
via_rhine 24840 0
mii 5504 1 via_rhine
ehci_hcd 36748 0
uhci_hcd 25616 0
pata_via 12420 2
sata_via 11524 0
usbcore 144108 9 rt73usb,rt2500usb,rt2x00usb,usb_storage,libusual,u sblp,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
ohci1394 32688 0
libata 159856 4 ata_generic,pata_acpi,pata_via,sata_via
scsi_mod 151180 6 sbp2,usb_storage,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
ieee1394 92216 2 sbp2,ohci1394
thermal 15772 0
processor 28336 1 thermal
fan 4740 0
fbcon 41888 0
tileblit 2560 1 fbcon
font 8576 1 fbcon
bitblit 5888 1 fbcon
softcursor 2176 1 bitblit
fuse 48404 3
cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$

**waterhead** · 04-20-2009

Originally Posted by cousinlucky

Please pardon my ineptitude but how would I do that, please?

They say that the short-term memory is the first thing to go!

Just look back a few posts:

Originally Posted by waterhead

I still don't see any wireless drivers loading. Maybe because of the confusion, it didn't load anything. Since I think that it may use the rt73usb module, go ahead and load it.

Code:

sudo modprobe rt73usb

When I loaded it on my Fedora 10 system, this is what it loaded:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
rt73usb                23680  0 
crc_itu_t               5760  1 rt73usb
rt2x00usb              12160  1 rt73usb
rt2x00lib              33536  2 rt73usb,rt2x00usb

It is possoble that now it will look for firmware, if it is needed, so run that command again.

**cousinlucky** · 04-20-2009

Once again I pasted sudo modprobe rt73usb into my terminal and was asked for my password.
I typed in my password and cousinlucky desktop begins again.

cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$ sudo modprobe rt73usb
cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$ sudo modprobe rt73usb
cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$

dmesg | grep firmware has the same result

cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$ dmesg | grep firmware
cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$ dmesg | grep firmware

Perhaps I should give up trying to do this in Ubuntu 8.04 and try it using Suse 10.

**waterhead** · 04-21-2009

To load a kernel module you must have root privileges. In Ubuntu you precede the command with sudo (superuser do). Since there is no root in Ubuntu, the first user that is established is given the "root" privileges. That is why your password will work as the root password.

When the modprobe command is successful, it won't give a message. It will just return with a new prompt. If it isn't successful, you get an error message.

Now also check to see if the module loaded, with the lsmod command. Then you can view the last 10 lines of dmesg with this command.

Code:

dmesg | tail

It may give info on what it did. Also look for the wireless in NetworkManager.

**cousinlucky** · 04-21-2009

lsmod 4-20-09 8:07pm

pata_acpi 7424 0
floppy 58116 0
via_rhine 24840 0
mii 5504 1 via_rhine
ehci_hcd 36748 0
uhci_hcd 25616 0
pata_via 12420 2
sata_via 11524 0
usbcore 144108 9 rt2500usb,rt73usb,rt2x00usb,usb_storage,libusual,u sblp,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
libata 159856 4 ata_generic,pata_acpi,pata_via,sata_via
scsi_mod 151180 6 sbp2,usb_storage,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
ohci1394 32688 0
ieee1394 92216 2 sbp2,ohci1394
thermal 15772 0
processor 28336 1 thermal
fan 4740 0
fbcon 41888 0
tileblit 2560 1 fbcon
font 8576 1 fbcon
bitblit 5888 1 fbcon
softcursor 2176 1 bitblit
fuse 48404 3
cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$

I had to cut most of the cooling fan stuff out because that is all the last ten lines would produce.
What follows is everything before and after the fan notices.

[ 4664.006527] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 4664.027061] audit(1240270328.928:11): type=1503 operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="::rw" denied_mask="::rw" name="/dev/tty" pid=26063 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" namespace="default"
[ 4670.000267] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'

[ 4819.844796] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 4822.354912] audit(1240270487.420:12): type=1503 operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="::rw" denied_mask="::rw" name="/dev/tty" pid=29361 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" namespace="default"
[ 4825.838574] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'

[ 5197.453003] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 5199.030466] audit(1240270864.484:13): type=1503 operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="::rw" denied_mask="::rw" name="/dev/tty" pid=3858 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" namespace="default"
[ 5203.446774] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'

[ 5335.309974] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 5336.383567] audit(1240271001.980:14): type=1503 operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="::rw" denied_mask="::rw" name="/dev/tty" pid=6762 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" namespace="default"
[ 5341.303747] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'

[ 5437.204240] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 5440.942397] audit(1240271106.648:15): type=1503 operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="::rw" denied_mask="::rw" name="/dev/tty" pid=8854 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" namespace="default"
[ 5443.198025] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'

[ 5748.880866] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 5752.719204] audit(1240271418.748:16): type=1503 operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="::rw" denied_mask="::rw" name="/dev/tty" pid=14754 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" namespace="default"
[ 5754.874648] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'

[ 5922.700529] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 5926.282132] audit(1240271592.492:17): type=1503 operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="::rw" denied_mask="::rw" name="/dev/tty" pid=18507 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" namespace="default"
[ 5928.694295] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'

[ 6378.227887] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 6383.548751] audit(1240272050.232:1

: type=1503 operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="::rw" denied_mask="::rw" name="/dev/tty" pid=26885 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" namespace="default"
[ 6384.221664] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'

[ 6558.041304] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 6559.965823] audit(1240272226.832:19): type=1503 operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="::rw" denied_mask="::rw" name="/dev/tty" pid=30423 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" namespace="default"
[ 6564.035137] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'

[ 6971.612202] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 6977.481496] usb 5-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[ 6977.605983] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 6977.751979] usb 5-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 6978.015244] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'simple'
[ 6978.088701] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2500usb
[ 6978.344491] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 6983.599766] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'

[ 7259.317691] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$

I do not know what it means!!

**waterhead** · 04-21-2009

I have to admit to being baffled by this. I don't understand why the modules do not show as being loaded, yet they show as using the usbcore module. You could at least check for the wireless connection with this command.

Code:

iwconfig

At this point, it my not be a bad idea to consider using a newer distro. Fedora 10 is good, if you want to try it. When I try to load that usbcore module on Fedora 10, it tells me that it doesn't exist!

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