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alvicchas1

Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by alvicchas1 »

Hi All,

I have recently installed Linux 13 Maya on an elderly Dell C400 laptop. I have a Dynamode WL-700N-MRT2 Wireless USB adaptor that worked fine with Windows XP but is not recognised with Linux. I have downloaded a Linux driver from Dynamode but having difficulty installing it. Any advice welcome.

Also does anybody know a USB wireless adaptor that is plug and play and will work with Linux Maya? Thanks
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Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

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Run this in terminal and post the resulting wireless-info file

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 wget -N -t 5 -T 10 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57264241/wireless_script && chmod +x wireless_script && ./wireless_script
alvicchas1

Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by alvicchas1 »

Hi,

Thanks for your reply - file below - hope it's the right thing!!!!!


########## wireless info START ##########

##### release #####

Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description: Linux Mint 13 Maya
Release: 13
Codename: maya

##### kernel #####

Linux dellc400-Latitude-C400 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:41:14 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

##### lspci #####

02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] [10b7:9200] (rev 78)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:00c8]
Kernel driver in use: 3c59x

##### lsusb #####

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

##### PCMCIA Card Info #####

PRODID_1=""
PRODID_2=""
PRODID_3=""
PRODID_4=""
MANFID=0000,0000
FUNCID=255

##### rfkill #####

##### lsmod #####

##### iw reg get #####

##### interfaces #####

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

##### iwconfig #####

##### route #####

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 0 eth0

##### resolv.conf #####

##### nm-tool #####

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: eth0 [Wired connection 1] -------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: 3c59x
State: connected
Default: yes
HW Address: <MAC address removed>

Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes
Speed: 100 Mb/s

Wired Properties
Carrier: on

IPv4 Settings:
Address: 192.168.0.9
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 192.168.0.1

DNS: 192.168.0.1

##### NetworkManager.state #####

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true

##### NetworkManager.conf #####

[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile
dns=dnsmasq

[ifupdown]
managed=false

##### iwlist #####

##### iwlist channel #####

##### modinfo #####

##### modules #####

lp

##### blacklist #####

[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf]
blacklist ath_pci

[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf]
blacklist evbug
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd
blacklist eepro100
blacklist de4x5
blacklist eth1394
blacklist snd_intel8x0m
blacklist snd_aw2
blacklist i2c_i801
blacklist prism54
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist garmin_gps
blacklist asus_acpi
blacklist snd_pcsp
blacklist pcspkr
blacklist amd76x_edac

##### udev rules #####

# PCI device 0x10b7:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:00.0 (3c59x)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC address removed>", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"

##### dmesg #####

[ 47.733692] IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0b, buttons: 2/3

########## wireless info END ############
PatH57

Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by PatH57 »

Hi,

was just checking your feedback and no driver is loaded so far, but the wl-700 is based on a ralink chip.
So this could work as ubuntu and mint use kernel that has the driver already in it.
Do:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
Add three lines:
blacklist rt2800usb
blacklist rt2x00usb
blacklist rt2x00lib

Proofread carefully, save and close gedit.

Now do:

sudo su
echo rt2870sta >> /etc/modules
exit, reboot and reinsert your device. It should be working
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Re: Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by JeremyB »

PatH57 wrote:Hi,

was just checking your feedback and no driver is loaded so far, but the wl-700 is based on a ralink chip.
So this could work as ubuntu and mint use kernel that has the driver already in it.
Do:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
Add three lines:
blacklist rt2800usb
blacklist rt2x00usb
blacklist rt2x00lib

Proofread carefully, save and close gedit.

Now do:

sudo su
echo rt2870sta >> /etc/modules
exit, reboot and reinsert your device. It should be working
The results from the script are filtered and there could be drivers loaded

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lspci -nnk

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lsmod
should be run to get unfiltered results
PatH57

Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by PatH57 »

Hi Jeremy,

I know but the blacklist is the blacklist and as the wl is based on a ralink chip ,it can't harm to add the ones known to create problems to the blacklist and force the built in ones?
The Dynamode drivers are really old and I doubt they would work here but then again...
Sorry I just wanted to help.
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Re: Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by JeremyB »

PatH57 wrote:Hi Jeremy,

I know but the blacklist is the blacklist and as the wl is based on a ralink chip ,it can't harm to add the ones known to create problems to the blacklist and force the built in ones?
The Dynamode drivers are really old and I doubt they would work here but then again...
Sorry I just wanted to help.
No problem, I just wasn't sure if you knew about the filtered results
And it should have been

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lsusb
instead of lspci in the other post
alvicchas1

Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by alvicchas1 »

PatH57 wrote:Hi,

was just checking your feedback and no driver is loaded so far, but the wl-700 is based on a ralink chip.
So this could work as ubuntu and mint use kernel that has the driver already in it.
Do:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
Add three lines:
blacklist rt2800usb
blacklist rt2x00usb
blacklist rt2x00lib

Proofread carefully, save and close gedit.

Now do:

sudo su
echo rt2870sta >> /etc/modules
exit, reboot and reinsert your device. It should be working

Hi, This happens when I enter the first line

dellc400@dellc400-Latitude-C400 ~ $ sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
[sudo] password for dellc400:

(gedit:1852): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.WDPPIX': No such file or directory

(gedit:1852): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory

(gedit:1852): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.V3OEIX': No such file or directory

(gedit:1852): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory
dellc400@dellc400-Latitude-C400 ~ $
PatH57

Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by PatH57 »

Hi,

oh you are using mint13
Then do this first
sudo mkdir -p /root/.local/share

it should fix the gtk error messages.
alvicchas1

Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by alvicchas1 »

########## wireless info START ##########

##### release #####

Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description: Linux Mint 13 Maya
Release: 13
Codename: maya

##### kernel #####

Linux dellc400-Latitude-C400 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:41:14 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

##### lspci #####

02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] [10b7:9200] (rev 78)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:00c8]
Kernel driver in use: 3c59x

##### lsusb #####

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter

##### PCMCIA Card Info #####

PRODID_1=""
PRODID_2=""
PRODID_3=""
PRODID_4=""
MANFID=0000,0000
FUNCID=255

##### rfkill #####

##### lsmod #####

##### iw reg get #####

##### interfaces #####

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

##### iwconfig #####

##### route #####

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 0 eth0

##### resolv.conf #####

##### nm-tool #####

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: eth0 [Wired connection 1] -------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: 3c59x
State: connected
Default: yes
HW Address: <MAC address removed>

Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes
Speed: 100 Mb/s

Wired Properties
Carrier: on

IPv4 Settings:
Address: 192.168.0.9
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 192.168.0.1

DNS: 192.168.0.1

##### NetworkManager.state #####

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true

##### NetworkManager.conf #####

[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile
dns=dnsmasq

[ifupdown]
managed=false

##### iwlist #####

##### iwlist channel #####

##### modinfo #####

##### modules #####

lp
rt2870sta

##### blacklist #####

[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf]
blacklist ath_pci

[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf]
blacklist evbug
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd
blacklist eepro100
blacklist de4x5
blacklist eth1394
blacklist snd_intel8x0m
blacklist snd_aw2
blacklist i2c_i801
blacklist prism54
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist garmin_gps
blacklist asus_acpi
blacklist snd_pcsp
blacklist pcspkr
blacklist amd76x_edac

##### udev rules #####

# PCI device 0x10b7:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:00.0 (3c59x)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC address removed>", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"

##### dmesg #####

[ 42.131426] IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0b, buttons: 2/3

########## wireless info END ############


Hi,
Have tried all the above but the dynamode is still not being recoghised.
The wireless script info text is now
PatH57

Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by PatH57 »

Hi,

did it actually come with an integrated wifi card (Dell mini wifi)?
If yes try deactivating it in the bios.
PatH57

Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by PatH57 »

also please provide the output of

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inxi -Fxz
PatH57

Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by PatH57 »

Hum,

1) no sign of the stick it was connected?
2) Your balcklist doesn't show the items I told you to put in there could you attach the file or paste the content in your reply?
3) please provide the output of

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lsusb
off course each time the usb card needs to be pluged in...
alvicchas1

Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by alvicchas1 »

PatH57 wrote:also please provide the output of

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inxi -Fxz

The system info in Linux does not seem to show an internal wifi but I'm not really sure

The output is

~ $ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: dellc400-Latitude-C400 Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.6.3)
Desktop: Xfce 4.10.0 (Gtk 2.24.10) Distro: Linux Mint 13 Maya
Machine: System: Dell (portable) product: Latitude C400
Mobo: Dell model: Latitude C400 Bios: Dell version: A12 date: 03/01/2004
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium III Mobile CPU (-UP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (sse) bmips: 1727.59 clocked at 864.500 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] bus-ID: 00:02.0
X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 830M x86/MMX/SSE GLX Version: 1.3 Mesa 8.0.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card: Intel 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: d800 dc80 bus-ID: 00:1f.5
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.24
Network: Card: 3Com 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] driver: 3c59x port: ec80 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 20.0GB (20.4% used) 1: /dev/sda TOSHIBA_MK2018GA 20.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 19G used: 3.9G (23%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 0.53GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 61.5C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 121 Uptime: 7 min Memory: 290.2/494.9MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.6.3 Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.33
dellc400@dellc400-Latitude-C400 ~ $
PatH57

Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by PatH57 »

please provide

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lsusb
we need to first make sure th unit sees the stick before we can enable it's wifi capabilities
alvicchas1

Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by alvicchas1 »

Hi,

Dynamode stick plugged in.

dellc400@dellc400-Latitude-C400 ~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter
dellc400@dellc400-Latitude-C400 ~ $

dellc400@dellc400-Latitude-C400 ~ $ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: dellc400-Latitude-C400 Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.6.3)
Desktop: Xfce 4.10.0 (Gtk 2.24.10) Distro: Linux Mint 13 Maya
Machine: System: Dell (portable) product: Latitude C400
Mobo: Dell model: Latitude C400 Bios: Dell version: A12 date: 03/01/2004
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium III Mobile CPU (-UP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (sse) bmips: 1329.03 clocked at 665.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] bus-ID: 00:02.0
X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 830M x86/MMX/SSE GLX Version: 1.3 Mesa 8.0.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card: Intel 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: d800 dc80 bus-ID: 00:1f.5
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.24
Network: Card-1: 3Com 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] driver: 3c59x port: ec80 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Card-2: Ralink RT5370 Wireless Adapter usb-ID: 148f:5370
IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives: HDD Total Size: 20.0GB (20.4% used) 1: /dev/sda TOSHIBA_MK2018GA 20.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 19G used: 3.9G (23%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 0.53GB used: 0.02GB (4%) fs: swap
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 60.5C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 121 Uptime: 11 min Memory: 291.8/494.9MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.6.3 Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.33
dellc400@dellc400-Latitude-C400 ~ $


The adaptor seems to be recognised??????
PatH57

Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by PatH57 »

seems so now.

you still didn't send me you blacklist, as I said before the wifi scrypt doesn't show the wrong driver as being blacklisted and we have spend already a lot of time on this, so now it's step bye step no rush.
alvicchas1

Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by alvicchas1 »

PatH57 wrote:seems so now.

you still didn't send me you blacklist, as I said before the wifi scrypt doesn't show the wrong driver as being blacklisted and we have spend already a lot of time on this, so now it's step bye step no rush.
Have done this
dellc400@dellc400-Latitude-C400 ~ $ sudo mkdir -p /root/.local/share
[sudo] password for dellc400:
dellc400@dellc400-Latitude-C400 ~ $ sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
blacklist rt2800usb
blacklist rt2x00usb
blacklist rt2x00lib


Hi, Before adding the three blacklist lines Gedit appears but does not appear to change when the lines are added in the terminal.

# This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by
# alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the
# device instead.

# evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly
blacklist evbug

# these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd

# replaced by e100
blacklist eepro100

# replaced by tulip
blacklist de4x5

# causes no end of confusion by creating unexpected network interfaces
blacklist eth1394

# snd_intel8x0m can interfere with snd_intel8x0, doesn't seem to support much
# hardware on its own (Ubuntu bug #2011, #6810)
blacklist snd_intel8x0m

# Conflicts with dvb driver (which is better for handling this device)
blacklist snd_aw2

# causes failure to suspend on HP compaq nc6000 (Ubuntu: #10306)
blacklist i2c_i801

# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54

# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx

# most apps now use garmin usb driver directly (Ubuntu: #114565)
blacklist garmin_gps

# replaced by asus-laptop (Ubuntu: #184721)
blacklist asus_acpi

# low-quality, just noise when being used for sound playback, causes
# hangs at desktop session start (Ubuntu: #246969)
blacklist snd_pcsp

# ugly and loud noise, getting on everyone's nerves; this should be done by a
# nice pulseaudio bing (Ubuntu: #77010)
blacklist pcspkr

# EDAC driver for amd76x clashes with the agp driver preventing the aperture
# from being initialised (Ubuntu: #297750). Blacklist so that the driver
# continues to build and is installable for the few cases where its
# really needed.
blacklist amd76x_edac
PatH57

Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by PatH57 »

the command opens a graphical file editor called gedit you need to add your changes and then choose to save the file. (nothing to do in the terminal it's just quicker then to tell you open gedit, browse to the.....)
alvicchas1

Re: Installing wireless drivers in Linux 13 Maya

Post by alvicchas1 »

PatH57 wrote:the command opens a graphical file editor called gedit you need to add your changes and then choose to save the file. (nothing to do in the terminal it's just quicker then to tell you open gedit, browse to the.....)
Blacklist lines added to Gedit and file saved
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