USB wifi help?

**rokytnji** · 02-04-2011

Use the Ubuntu Link I gave you instead of the cybercity one.

I am going to post your uploaded text because it is a hassle opening everytime and looking at it.

Code:

============ lspci ============
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge [8086:7190] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
	Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge [8086:7191] (rev 03)
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:02.0 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA [8086:7110] (rev 02)
00:02.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE [8086:7111] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:02.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB [8086:7112] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:02.3 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI [8086:7113] (rev 03)
	Kernel modules: i2c-piix4
00:03.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1251B [104c:ac1f]
	Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
	Kernel modules: yenta_socket
00:03.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1251B [104c:ac1f]
	Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
	Kernel modules: yenta_socket
00:06.0 Communication controller [0780]: Agere Systems WinModem 56k [11c1:0449] (rev 01)
00:07.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ESS Technology ES1969 Solo-1 Audiodrive [125d:1969] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: ESS ES1938 (Solo-1)
	Kernel modules: snd-es1938
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Neomagic Corporation NM2200 [MagicGraph 256AV] [10c8:0005] (rev 20)
	Kernel modules: neofb
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
	Kernel driver in use: 8139too
	Kernel modules: 8139too, 8139cp

============ lsusb ============
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:2070 Ralink Technology, Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

============ lsmod ============
Module                  Size  Used by
arc4                    1153  2 
rt2800usb              31531  0 
rt2x00usb               9703  1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib              27509  2 rt2800usb,rt2x00usb
led_class               2864  1 rt2x00lib
mac80211              205402  2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
cfg80211              126528  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
crc_ccitt               1339  1 rt2800usb
ppdev                   5259  0 
snd_es1938             15918  6 
gameport                9089  2 snd_es1938
snd_pcm_oss            35308  0 
snd_mixer_oss          13746  3 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                70694  2 snd_es1938,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc          7076  1 snd_pcm
snd_opl3_lib            8966  1 snd_es1938
snd_hwdep               5412  1 snd_opl3_lib
snd_mpu401_uart         5617  1 snd_es1938
fbcon                  35102  71 
snd_seq_dummy           1338  0 
tileblit                2031  1 fbcon
snd_seq_oss            26722  0 
snd_seq_midi            4557  0 
font                    7557  1 fbcon
snd_rawmidi            19056  2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
bitblit                 4707  1 fbcon
snd_seq_midi_event      6003  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
softcursor              1189  1 bitblit
snd_seq                47263  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              19098  3 snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq
8139too                18545  0 
snd_seq_device          5700  6 snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
8139cp                 16186  0 
vga16fb                11385  1 
mii                     4381  2 8139too,8139cp
vgastate                8961  1 vga16fb
pcmcia                 30784  0 
snd                    54180  20 snd_es1938,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore               6620  3 snd
psmouse                63245  0 
intel_agp              24375  1 
yenta_socket           20408  3 
lp                      7028  0 
agpgart                31724  1 intel_agp
rsrc_nonstatic         10015  1 yenta_socket
shpchp                 28835  0 
serio_raw               3978  0 
i2c_piix4               8335  0 
pcmcia_core            32964  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
parport                32635  2 ppdev,lp

============ dmesg-firmware ============
[    0.000000] SFI: Simple Firmware Interface v0.7 http://simplefirmware.org
[  184.076242] rt2800usb 1-1:1.0: firmware: requesting rt2870.bin

============ kernel version ============
2.6.32-28-generic

============ ifconfig ============
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0a:cd:17:e9:11  
          inet addr:192.168.50.102  Bcast:192.168.50.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20a:cdff:fe17:e911/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:10487 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:9967 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:8707065 (8.7 MB)  TX bytes:1982464 (1.9 MB)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0x1800 

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:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:720 (720.0 B)  TX bytes:720 (720.0 B)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:a1:b0:01:2a:64  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)


============ iwconfig ============
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=17 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on

**Froggit** · 02-04-2011

Ah, no, I saw that tutorial on my searching but was looking for the rt2870, but if you think the rt2680 driver will work, I'll try that

**rokytnji** · 02-04-2011

Man I know I am tired. Guess you are to. Because I recommended the 2860 driver. Not the 2680. You made me check (bleary eyed)

**Froggit** · 02-04-2011

Yeah, my mistake

perhaps I should have bought something with an r2d2 chipset? Following the tutorial now, anyhow...

Also I'm using mousepad instead of gedit (I don't have it and don't know how to use it) will that make a difference, do I have to watch my character encoding or anything?

**rokytnji** · 02-04-2011

I don't use gedit. Leafpad, Mousepad,Geany is all I use. Should not matter when editing text files. At least not in my experience. Heck. Nano or Vim will work also. So don't sweat Mousepad.

**Froggit** · 02-04-2011

Hi there, all seemed to go ok until step 5...

Code:

karl@ubuntu:~/2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
karl@ubuntu:~/2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0$ sudo rmmod rt2860sta
ERROR: Module rt2860sta does not exist in /proc/modules
karl@ubuntu:~/2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0$ sudo mv /lib/modules/2.6.32-28-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rt2860/rt2860sta.ko rt2860sta.ko.dist
karl@ubuntu:~/2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0$ sudo depmod -a
karl@ubuntu:~/2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0$ sudo modprobe rt2860sta
karl@ubuntu:~/2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
karl@ubuntu:~/2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
karl@ubuntu:~/2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0$

So I don't think it worked

What do you reckon?

**rokytnji** · 02-04-2011

After reading up on your wireless usb. Ubuntus Kernel 2.6.33 and above support your wireless usb out of the box. I wish I had known that earlier. Then Just doing a kernel upgrade would have fixed this. Water under the bridge though. sigh

Soooo. Try this in terminal

Code:

sudo mousepad /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

The text editor mousepad will open the file blacklist.conf
Add the following line to the end ot the opened file.

Code:

blacklist rt2800usb

Save it and close. Reboot with USB wireless plugged in . Open Network manager in Xubuntu and tick box or whatever it uses to enable wireless. See if you connect.

This should have been done way back when you first posted. Supposedly Ubuntu 10.04 supports your USB out of the box. My bad as I was tired, and glancing at a text file instead of having it in open view like I posted earlier made me see the whole picture better. Next time when you need to post a long readout in the forum use the code tags instead of uploading text.
(I Know. You already figured that out in your later posts) We are going back to the beginning to get this sorted out.

Also. I also read wireless USB 2.0 you are using can be a bit flaky running in Ubuntu in a USB 1.1 port which your 390X has. You would have been better of getting a Linux compatible PCMCIA wireless card like THIS

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