I can’t get my wireless to work. the device is a ralink rt3090 in a netbook.
the kernel driver is rt2800pci with the newest kernel from the stable 12.1 repo.
the wired connection works fine.
everything seems to be fine, in /var/log/boot.msg are no entries.
when I try to activate the wireless device in the kde network manager, the device instantly deactives itself.
On 04/05/2012 05:16 AM, sonomabob wrote:
>
> hello there,
>
> I can’t get my wireless to work. the device is a ralink rt3090 in a
> netbook.
> the kernel driver is rt2800pci with the newest kernel from the stable
> 12.1 repo.
> the wired connection works fine.
>
> everything seems to be fine, in /var/log/boot.msg are no entries.
>
> when I try to activate the wireless device in the kde network manager,
> the device instantly deactives itself.
>
> edit: terminal output
>
> /usr/sbin/hwinfo --wlan
> 24: PCI 300.0: 0282 WLAN controller
> [Created at pci.319]
> Unique ID: y9sn.dgDxtmXrasA
> Parent ID: AKhP.FZg9Z3lH594
> SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.2/0000:03:00.0
> SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
> Hardware Class: network
> Model: “RaLink RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe”
> Vendor: pci 0x1814 “RaLink”
> Device: pci 0x3090 “RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe”
> SubVendor: pci 0x17aa “Lenovo”
> SubDevice: pci 0xf101
> Driver: “rt2800pci”
> Driver Modules: “rt2800pci”
> Device File: wlan0
> Features: WLAN
> Memory Range: 0xf0100000-0xf010ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
> IRQ: 18 (no events)
> HW Address: e4:d5:3d:7e:91:fb
> WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
> WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447
> 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 2.484
> WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
> WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
> Module Alias: “pci:v00001814d00003090sv000017AAsd0000F101bc02sc80i00”
> Driver Info #0:
> Driver Status: rt2800pci is active
> Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe rt2800pci”
> Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
> Attached to: #14 (PCI bridge)
Are there any pertinent messages in the output of the ‘dmesg’ command? That is
not the same as boot.msg. In addition, if you use systemd, boot.msg is empty.
Are there any pertinent messages in the output of the ‘dmesg’ command? That is
not the same as boot.msg. In addition, if you use systemd, boot.msg is empty.
On 04/05/2012 12:36 PM, sonomabob wrote:
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>> Are there any pertinent messages in the output of the ‘dmesg’ command?
>> That is
>> not the same as boot.msg. In addition, if you use systemd, boot.msg is
>> empty.
>
> doesn’t seem so. heres the output: ‘dmesg output for diagnostic -
> Pastebin.com’ (http://pastebin.com/QWeW0DzF)
>
> interesting seems the last line, it appeared after i tried to aktivate
> the card.
From the dmesg output, suspend/resume is clearly not working. It would be
better if you do not suspend or hibernate until the device is working.
The section of the output prior to suspending shows no errors.
On 04/05/2012 01:56 PM, sonomabob wrote:
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> I just tried to set the network settings in yast with ifup. didn’t
> change anything - wired works, wireless not.
OK, it doesn’t work. We still need some additional diagnostic information.
Please go back to NM, and try the connection. Please report what happens, then
post the output from the following:
/usr/sbin/iwconfig
sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
/usr/sbin/rfkill list
If rfkill is not a valid command, then hook up your network and ‘sudo zypper
install rfkill’ and then repeat.
/usr/sbin/iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
/usr/sbin/rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
4: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
/usr/sbin/iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
/usr/sbin/rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
4: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
btw, I use the networkmanager popup in the taskbar, if that makes any difference. another btw, suspending seems no more to cause errors, yast automatically installed ndiswrapper as fix.
I guess that you have a mild version of the problem that
the kernel module for acer laptops and wireless devices is loaded on laptops of other brands
including Lenovo devices.
Compare: Threads tagged with [i]acer-wmi
then I rebooted and now I cant even try to activate the wlan device. In the popup menu it’s now grayd out.
now rfkill says
/usr/sbin/rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
5: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
On 06.04.2012 13:46, sonomabob wrote:
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> okay. next problem: I blacklisted the acer_wmi in
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf
> --------------------
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> blacklist acer_wmi
> --------------------
>
>
> then I rebooted and now I cant even try to activate the wlan device. In
> the popup menu it’s now grayd out.
> now rfkill says
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> /usr/sbin/rfkill list
> 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: no
> 1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: no
> 3: phy0:
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: yes
> 5: hci0: Bluetooth
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: no
> --------------------
>
>
>
> how to solve that one?
>
>
“Wireless LAN …] Hard blocked: yes” → Please look for a hardware
switch anywhere on your lenovo ideapad s205 (on the right side between
the mic out and HDMI) and try to turn your wlan switch on…
On 06.04.2012 13:56, sonomabob wrote:
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> I found this thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=122601
>
> are there any workarounds?
>
>
> btw this machine is a small lenovo ideapad s205 bought a few weeks ago.
>
>
If there is no (real) hardware switch working with linux you might try
to boot in the operating system that was installed by the
seller/manufactor (e. g. Microsoft W7), activate the WLAN there and boot
into openSUSE after that.
yes, the hardware switch is on, I have never touched it and checked the position.
the trick with windows is worth a try, but if I remember correctly, the last time I booted windows the wireless was on. Unfortunately windows doesn’t boot any more (grub says something like disk read error) at the moment and I currently have no recovery disk at hand. I will try/check if it is activated in windows, as soon as I get my recovery disk.
If that doesn’t work, I will have to uninstall linux and use windows again. I bought that netbook for my studies and wanted to use linux for a change. If the hardware switch doesn’t work on linux, linux is not usable on that machine I doubt that another distro makes a change.
thank you for your help everybody, the original problem was solved (wierd thing, acer drivers loaded on non acer laptops)
I am not sure, but I seem to suffer from the random disconnects that some other users already have reported. I will have to test longer to be sure about that.
create a file
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf (you can use any other name)
add a line
blacklist acer_wmi
Tip: If you don’t want to blacklist anything just remove manually acer_wmi module (rmmod acer_wmi) your wireless will immediately appear in Network Manager.
I doubt that another distro makes a change.
(wierd thing, acer drivers loaded on non acer laptops)