Help with RT5390 in OpenSuse 12.1

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Hi, install OpenSuse 12.1 with Gnome environment but my Wireless network card is not activated.

I leave the console outputs for more information.

Notebook: Compaq Presario CQ43

uname -a

Linux linux-56bm.site 3.1.0-1.2-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Nov 3 14:45:45 UTC 2011 (187dde0) i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

/sbin/lspci -nnk

07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe [1814:5390]
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company U98Z077.00 Half-size Mini PCIe Card [103c:1636]
	Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci

/sbin/modprobe -v RT5390

FATAL: Module RT5390 not found.

iwconfig

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
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

I think I need to make the drivers for my wireless network’s target since they are not found in the driver packages.
https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=rt5390sta&project=driver%3Awireless

Is disabled the driver for OpenSuse 12.1

Could you please make a guide to make my driver ’

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On 01/29/2012 12:46 PM, CoreSplendor wrote:
>
> Hi, install OpenSuse 12.1 with Gnome environment but my Wireless network
> card is not activated.
>
> I leave the console outputs for more information.
>
> Notebook: Compaq Presario CQ43
>
> ::uname -a::
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> Linux linux-56bm.site 3.1.0-1.2-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Nov 3 14:45:45 UTC 2011 (187dde0) i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
> --------------------
>
>
> ::/sbin/lspci -nnk::
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> 07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe [1814:5390]
> Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company U98Z077.00 Half-size Mini PCIe Card [103c:1636]
> Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci

Please note this line.

> --------------------
>
>
> ::/sbin/modprobe -v RT5390::
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> FATAL: Module RT5390 not found.
> --------------------
>
>
> ::iwconfig::
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> 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
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:off
> --------------------
>
>
>
> I think I need to make the drivers for my wireless network’s target
> since they are not found in the driver packages.
> http://tinyurl.com/3hkoguk
>
> Is disabled the driver for OpenSuse 12.1
>
> Could you please make a guide to make my driver ’

There have been changes in the kernel. Now, the driver for your device is
rt2800pci AND it is already loaded. There is NOTHING that you need to make. Just
do the configuration.

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Could it be that it is disabled because that there now an other (“experimental”) driver named rt2800pci that supports that device?

Compare:

For me (I have not that device) my openSUSE 12.1 system say that the driver is there:

/sbin/modprobe -l rt2800pci
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.ko

But as I have not such a device nor am a kernel driver developer or builder I am just guessing…

Good luck (maybe an expert will say something else?)
Martin

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I did miss that line…:\

5

There have been changes in the kernel. Now, the driver for your device is
rt2800pci AND it is already loaded. There is NOTHING that you need to make. Just
do the configuration.

What settings?, the wlan0 will not start

ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill

try to unblock rfkill but did not work

rfkill unblock all
rfkill list
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes
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On 01/29/2012 01:56 PM, pistazienfresser wrote:
>
> Could it be that it is disabled because that there now an other
> (“experimental”) driver named rt2800pci that supports that device?
>
> Compare:
> - http://tinyurl.com/3j4vnzb
> - ‘Linux Kernel Driver DataBase: CONFIG_RT2800PCI_RT53XX: rt2800-pci -
> Include support for rt53xx devices (EXPERIMENTAL)’
> (http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/RT2800PCI_RT53XX.html)
>
> For me (I have not that device) my openSUSE 12.1 system say that the
> driver is there:
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> /sbin/modprobe -l rt2800pci
> kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.ko
> --------------------
>
>
> But as I have not such a device nor am a kernel driver developer or
> builder I am just guessing…
>
> Good luck (maybe an expert will say something else?)

Yes, the RT53XX devices are now controlled by rt2800pci, and all other drivers
are not deleted. This list includes rt2860sta, and rt5390.

The kernel knows that rt2800pci is the correct driver, which is what lspci says.

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On 01/29/2012 03:46 PM, CoreSplendor wrote:
>
>> There have been changes in the kernel. Now, the driver for your device
>> is
>> rt2800pci AND it is already loaded. There is NOTHING that you need to
>> make. Just
>> do the configuration.
>
> What settings?, the wlan0 will not start
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> ifconfig wlan0 up
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
>
> --------------------
>
>
> try to unblock rfkill but did not work
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> rfkill unblock all
> rfkill list
> 0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
> Soft blocked: yes
> Hard blocked: no
> 1: phy0: Wireless LAN
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: yes

Your wireless kill switch is in the wrong position. That leads to the hard
block. Flip the switch. If you have one of those laptops with the Fn-Fx switch,
then you need the appropriate wmi routine for your machine.

What are the two wireless devices? Post the output of ‘/sbin/lspci -nn’.