rt3070sta: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel... SOLVED

[waterhead]

Some errors during the build process are OK, as long as it doesn't exit with an error.

I see a reference to the rt2800usb driver, in dmesg. This would be the open source driver. It wasn't working too well for these cards, that is why everyone was using the Ralink drivers.

Please post the output of this command:

lsmod

If my suspicion was correct, then you are loading two drivers for the wireless, and that would keep it from functioning. Did you try the wireless before installing the rt3070sta driver? It may have only needed firmware.

[bedhead75]

"lsmod" returns the following:

Module                  Size  Used by
cryptd                  8116  0 
aes_x86_64              7912  3 
aes_generic            27607  1 aes_x86_64
binfmt_misc             7960  1 
rt2870sta             525366  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   278890  1 
arc4                    1473  4 
rt2800usb              33496  0 
joydev                 11072  0 
snd_hda_intel          25645  2 
snd_hda_codec          85727  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6924  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss            41394  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16299  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                87850  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           1782  0 
snd_seq_oss            31219  0 
snd_seq_midi            5829  0 
snd_rawmidi            23388  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      7267  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                57417  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              23553  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          6824  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
rt73usb                24256  0 
crc_itu_t               1715  1 rt73usb
snd                    70978  16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
hid_logitech            8820  0 
ppdev                   6375  0 
rt2x00usb              11260  2 rt2800usb,rt73usb
rt2x00lib              32133  3 rt2800usb,rt73usb,rt2x00usb
ff_memless              5109  1 hid_logitech
soundcore               8052  1 snd
led_class               3732  1 rt2x00lib
mac80211              238128  2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
crc_ccitt               1675  1 rt2800usb
parport_pc             29958  1 
fbcon                  39270  71 
tileblit                2487  1 fbcon
font                    8053  1 fbcon
ohci1394               30260  0 
bitblit                 5811  1 fbcon
softcursor              1565  1 bitblit
cfg80211              148386  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
psmouse                64608  0 
serio_raw               4918  0 
usbhid                 40988  1 hid_logitech
hid                    83376  2 hid_logitech,usbhid
snd_page_alloc          8500  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
intel_agp              29225  0 
nvidia              10799466  40 
vga16fb                12757  1 
vgastate                9857  1 vga16fb
lp                      9336  0 
parport                37160  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
usb_storage            49833  0 
ieee1394               94675  1 ohci1394
r8169                  39554  0 
mii                     5237  1 r8169
pata_jmicron            2747  0 
ahci                   37646  0

...and "sudo modprobe rt3070sta" gives:

FATAL: Error inserting rt3070sta (/lib/modules/2.6.32-21-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt3070sta.ko): Device or resource busy

The wireless adapter shows up in network manager as "disconnected", "ifconfig" shows that it is listed as wlan2, and "sudo ifconfig wlan2 up" doesn't bring it up from the disconnected state.

Everything above is what happens with the rt3070sta drivers installed with nothing blacklisted, from a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04. If I don't install the rt3070 drivers from Ralink, then the wireless adapter doesn't even show up, and "ifconfig" doesn't reveal it as an interface. The rt3070sta drivers are missing from the kernel in Ubuntu 10.04.

In Ubuntu 9.10, the rt3070sta "staging" driver was already included in the kernel and I had to blacklist rt2800usb, rt2x00lib, rt2x00usb, and rt2870sta, and add rt3070sta to "modules" to get the adapter perfectly working upon boot up.

Now that I've manually installed the missing rt3070sta drivers, I'll blacklist the same rt2800 drivers that I did in Ubuntu 9.10 and I'll list the results in a following post.

[bedhead75]

"lsmod" gives:

Module                  Size  Used by
cryptd                  8116  0 
aes_x86_64              7912  3 
aes_generic            27607  1 aes_x86_64
binfmt_misc             7960  1 
arc4                    1473  2 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   278890  1 
snd_hda_intel          25645  2 
snd_hda_codec          85727  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
joydev                 11072  0 
snd_hwdep               6924  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss            41394  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16299  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                87850  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           1782  0 
snd_seq_oss            31219  0 
snd_seq_midi            5829  0 
snd_rawmidi            23388  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      7267  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                57417  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              23553  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
rt73usb                24256  0 
crc_itu_t               1715  1 rt73usb
rt2x00usb              11260  1 rt73usb
rt2x00lib              32133  2 rt73usb,rt2x00usb
led_class               3732  1 rt2x00lib
snd_seq_device          6824  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
fbcon                  39270  71 
ppdev                   6375  0 
hid_logitech            8820  0 
mac80211              238128  2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
tileblit                2487  1 fbcon
psmouse                64608  0 
usb_storage            49833  0 
parport_pc             29958  1 
rt3070sta             642662  0 
ff_memless              5109  1 hid_logitech
snd                    70978  16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
cfg80211              148386  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
serio_raw               4918  0 
font                    8053  1 fbcon
usbhid                 40988  1 hid_logitech
bitblit                 5811  1 fbcon
hid                    83376  2 hid_logitech,usbhid
softcursor              1565  1 bitblit
nvidia              10799466  40 
soundcore               8052  1 snd
vga16fb                12757  1 
snd_page_alloc          8500  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
vgastate                9857  1 vga16fb
intel_agp              29225  0 
lp                      9336  0 
parport                37160  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
ohci1394               30260  0 
pata_jmicron            2747  0 
ieee1394               94675  1 ohci1394
r8169                  39554  0 
mii                     5237  1 r8169
ahci                   37646  0

Only now rt3070sta shows up, but "ifconfig" doesn't list the wireless adapter with an interface. The network manager lists the adapter as "disconnected".

The dmesg output after unplugging and re-plugging in the adapter follows:

[  359.850030] usb 2-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[  360.017346] usb 2-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[  360.018758] 
[  360.018759] 
[  360.018760] === pAd = ffffc900054cb000, size = 540344 ===
[  360.018760] 
[  360.018811] <-- RTMPAllocAdapterBlock, Status=0
[  360.288642] <-- RTMPAllocTxRxRingMemory, Status=0
[  360.290248] -->RTUSBVenderReset
[  360.290370] <--RTUSBVenderReset
[  360.568274] RtmpOSFileOpen(): Error 2 opening /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat
[  360.568277] Open file "/etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat" failed!
[  360.568279] 1. Phy Mode = 0
[  360.568280] ERROR!!! RTMPReadParametersHook failed, Status[=0x00000001]
[  360.624845] ---> RTMPFreeTxRxRingMemory
[  360.624879] <--- RTMPFreeTxRxRingMemory
[  360.624882] !!! rt28xx Initialized fail !!!
[  360.885388] <-- RTMPAllocTxRxRingMemory, Status=0
[  360.886918] -->RTUSBVenderReset
[  360.887044] <--RTUSBVenderReset
[  361.162817] RtmpOSFileOpen(): Error 2 opening /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat
[  361.162820] Open file "/etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat" failed!
[  361.162822] 1. Phy Mode = 0
[  361.162824] ERROR!!! RTMPReadParametersHook failed, Status[=0x00000001]
[  361.219379] ---> RTMPFreeTxRxRingMemory
[  361.219410] <--- RTMPFreeTxRxRingMemory
[  361.219413] !!! rt28xx Initialized fail !!!

I know I gave a lot of information, but I wanted to be thorough so that maybe you can figure out exactly what's going on wrong here. Thanks!

[waterhead]

I see three wireless drivers loading, none of which are the rt3070sta. How many wireless devices are on this PC?

Module                  Size  Used by
rt2870sta             525366  0 

rt2800usb              33496  0 

rt73usb                24256  0

What is the ID of the device you are trying to get to work? It seems that maybe the rt2870sta driver is claiming it. Post the output of this command:

lsmod -knn

You may need to do the same steps as your previous install.

[bedhead75]

"lsmod -knn" gives only

Usage: lsmod

The device ID of the adapter I'm trying to get to work with rt3070 is :

Bus 002 Device 006: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp.

It's an Alfa AWUS036NH.


Since that isn't working, in order to get internet access I also plugged in a Belkin wireless USB adapter that uses the rt73usb driver.

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 050d:905c Belkin Components Wireless G Plus MIMO Network Adapter

I don't understand why the rt2870sta and rt2800usb should be loaded since they've been blacklisted.

I'm doing everything I did that I did to get the same adapter to work in Ubuntu 9.10, except I've manually installed the rt3070drivers from Ralink with the necessary changes recommended in this thread, since it's missing in the 10.04 Ubuntu kernel.

[bedhead75]

The rt3070sta driver was loaded:

rt3070sta             642662  0

[waterhead]

Sorry, I meant this:

lsusb

lspci -knn

I guess that I missed the loaded rt3070sta driver. That makes four drivers loaded.

[bedhead75]

Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser
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 004: ID 05e3:070e Genesys Logic, Inc. X-PRO CR20xA USB 2.0 Internal Card Reader
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 050d:905c Belkin Components Wireless G Plus MIMO Network Adapter
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

And again, the lsmod output follows:

Module                  Size  Used by
cryptd                  8116  0 
aes_x86_64              7912  3 
aes_generic            27607  1 aes_x86_64
binfmt_misc             7960  1 
arc4                    1473  2 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   278890  1 
snd_hda_intel          25645  2 
snd_hda_codec          85727  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
joydev                 11072  0 
snd_hwdep               6924  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss            41394  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16299  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                87850  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           1782  0 
snd_seq_oss            31219  0 
snd_seq_midi            5829  0 
snd_rawmidi            23388  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      7267  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                57417  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              23553  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          6824  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
rt73usb                24256  0 
crc_itu_t               1715  1 rt73usb
rt2x00usb              11260  1 rt73usb
rt2x00lib              32133  2 rt73usb,rt2x00usb
led_class               3732  1 rt2x00lib
snd                    70978  16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
ppdev                   6375  0 
hid_logitech            8820  0 
soundcore               8052  1 snd
ff_memless              5109  1 hid_logitech
rt3070sta             642662  0 
mac80211              238128  2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
fbcon                  39270  71 
tileblit                2487  1 fbcon
font                    8053  1 fbcon
parport_pc             29958  1 
bitblit                 5811  1 fbcon
softcursor              1565  1 bitblit
cfg80211              148386  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
psmouse                64608  0 
serio_raw               4918  0 
usbhid                 40988  1 hid_logitech
hid                    83376  2 hid_logitech,usbhid
snd_page_alloc          8500  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
nvidia              10799466  40 
vga16fb                12757  1 
intel_agp              29225  0 
vgastate                9857  1 vga16fb
lp                      9336  0 
parport                37160  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
usb_storage            49833  0 
ohci1394               30260  0 
ieee1394               94675  1 ohci1394
r8169                  39554  0 
pata_jmicron            2747  0 
mii                     5237  1 r8169
ahci                   37646  0

I have the two wireless adapters connected, and rt2800usb, rt2x00lib, rt2x00usb, and rt2870sta have been blacklisted (just like in Ubuntu 9.10 where it was necessary to remove conflict with the rt3070sta driver).

[waterhead]

I don't know why the rt2870sta driver was loading. The version that I have doesn't support your card, but I am running an older kernel.

I do see the rt73usb loading, along with the help modules rt2v00lib and rt3x00usb, for the Belkin device. You may want to remove this device while trying to get the Ralink device working. It may be causing some confusion in your system.

As you said, the rt3070sta driver natively supports your card. So it should "just work". After removing all of the other wireless devices and their related modules, check the output of dmesg for more info.

[bedhead75]

The rt2870sta module in my kernel (2.6.32-21-generic) doesn't support my usb adapter either. An interface is listed for it, but it isn't possible to bring it up with ifconfig.

After removing all usb adpaters except the Ralink that I'm trying to get to work, here is the dmesg:

[  244.270019] usb 2-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
[  244.437426] usb 2-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[  244.439388] 
[  244.439389] 
[  244.439389] === pAd = ffffc9000547f000, size = 540344 ===
[  244.439390] 
[  244.439449] <-- RTMPAllocAdapterBlock, Status=0
[  244.706833] <-- RTMPAllocTxRxRingMemory, Status=0
[  244.708327] -->RTUSBVenderReset
[  244.708451] <--RTUSBVenderReset
[  244.984087] RtmpOSFileOpen(): Error 2 opening /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat
[  244.984090] Open file "/etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat" failed!
[  244.984092] 1. Phy Mode = 0
[  244.984094] ERROR!!! RTMPReadParametersHook failed, Status[=0x00000001]
[  245.040816] ---> RTMPFreeTxRxRingMemory
[  245.040859] <--- RTMPFreeTxRxRingMemory
[  245.040863] !!! rt28xx Initialized fail !!!
[  245.301173] <-- RTMPAllocTxRxRingMemory, Status=0
[  245.302701] -->RTUSBVenderReset
[  245.302826] <--RTUSBVenderReset
[  245.578463] RtmpOSFileOpen(): Error 2 opening /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat
[  245.578465] Open file "/etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat" failed!
[  245.578467] 1. Phy Mode = 0
[  245.578469] ERROR!!! RTMPReadParametersHook failed, Status[=0x00000001]
[  245.634989] ---> RTMPFreeTxRxRingMemory
[  245.635008] <--- RTMPFreeTxRxRingMemory
[  245.635010] !!! rt28xx Initialized fail !!!

As you can see from the lsmod output here:

Module                  Size  Used by
cryptd                  8116  0 
aes_x86_64              7912  1 
aes_generic            27607  1 aes_x86_64
binfmt_misc             7960  1 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   278890  1 
snd_hda_intel          25645  2 
snd_hda_codec          85727  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6924  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss            41394  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16299  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                87850  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           1782  0 
snd_seq_oss            31219  0 
snd_seq_midi            5829  0 
snd_rawmidi            23388  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      7267  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                57417  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              23553  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          6824  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
joydev                 11072  0 
rt3070sta             642662  0 
ppdev                   6375  0 
parport_pc             29958  1 
ohci1394               30260  0 
fbcon                  39270  71 
tileblit                2487  1 fbcon
font                    8053  1 fbcon
bitblit                 5811  1 fbcon
softcursor              1565  1 bitblit
hid_logitech            8820  0 
ff_memless              5109  1 hid_logitech
snd                    70978  16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
psmouse                64608  0 
serio_raw               4918  0 
soundcore               8052  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          8500  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
nvidia              10799466  40 
vga16fb                12757  1 
vgastate                9857  1 vga16fb
intel_agp              29225  0 
lp                      9336  0 
parport                37160  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp

...only the rt3070sta module is loaded, but somehow it's not recognizing my usb wireless adapter like it should, and somehow my system is still trying to load rt2870sta instead which I've blacklisted.