I can't get my wireless PCI card working

dan8029 · June 23, 2009, 2:20am

I bought a PCI wireless card for my desktop. It is supposed to be Linux-Friendly and is supposed to work right out of the box with many distros, including Suse. I can’t get it working, though. Can someone please help me?

Here is the card as advertised on Newegg:
Newegg.com - EDIMAX EW-7128G IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Wireless Card Up to 54Mbps Data Rates 64/128-Bit WEP, 802.1x, WPA, AES - Wireless Adapters

I am using Open Suse 11.1 x64, kernel version 2.6.27.23-0.1-default #1 SMP.

I tried using ndiswrapper (see error screenshots below):

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5998/error2q.th.png](http://img141.imageshack.us/i/error2q.png/)

I am using the GUI for ndiswrapper, which is called kndiswrapper. The auto-driver-install button does not find the network card; it only finds USB hubs, as you can see from the first screenshot. I tried installing the driver manually by using the manual install option and selecting the rt61.inf info file, but that results in the error message in the second screenshot:

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/117/error1.th.png](http://img523.imageshack.us/i/error1.png/)

I don’t know what that error means.

I can’t figure out what that error means. I tried to configure it with Yast, but it’s still not working. I tried to install the Ralink driver for it via Yast:

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/615/error3.th.png](http://img198.imageshack.us/i/error3.png/)

I’ve never used a wireless card under a GNU/Linux OS before. I don’t know what to do. I’d appreciate any help anyone could give me.

dan8029 · June 23, 2009, 4:09am

Maybe this will help:


linux-cg0f:/lib/firmware # ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:8C:C9:0D:DF
          inet addr:192.168.1.109  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::224:8cff:fec9:ddf/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:4397 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4341 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:4718933 (4.5 Mb)  TX bytes:666576 (650.9 Kb)
          Interrupt:253 Base address:0xe000

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:5A:56:9A:4D
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:4 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:8
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:20 Base address:0xe800

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:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:1772 (1.7 Kb)  TX bytes:1772 (1.7 Kb)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1F:1F:3B:3C:D4
          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)

wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-1F-1F-3B-3C-D4-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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)

dan8029 · June 23, 2009, 4:10am


linux-cg0f:/lib/firmware # iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth1      no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"dd-wrt"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=10 dBm
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

dan8029 · June 23, 2009, 4:22am

I played around with some settings (I forget which) and now I have this:


linux-cg0f:/home/user # ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:8C:C9:0D:DF
          inet addr:192.168.1.109  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          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)
          Interrupt:253 Base address:0xe000

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:5A:56:9A:4D
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:4 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:8
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:20 Base address:0xe800

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:53 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:53 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:3999 (3.9 Kb)  TX bytes:3999 (3.9 Kb)

ra0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1F:1F:3B:3C:D4
          inet6 addr: fe80::21f:1fff:fe3b:3cd4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:138 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:675 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:15450 (15.0 Kb)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:21

linux-cg0f:/home/user # iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth1      no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

ra0       RT61 Wireless  ESSID:""
          Mode:Auto  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality=0/100  Signal level:-121 dBm  Noise level:-111 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

So there is some signal, but the signal level looks very low.

deltaflyer44 · June 23, 2009, 8:09am

I believe this device may use the rtxxxxdrivers,get more advice from here rt61pci - Linux Wireless

Andy

p.s. this would have been better in the wireless sub-forum, many a wireless Guru frequent it, & you might have gotten an answer quicker

dan8029 · June 23, 2009, 1:08pm

Someone told me:

Here’s what the device should look like in the lspci -v output:


...
03:05.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
Subsystem: RaLink EW-7108PCg
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20
Memory at fddf8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: rt61pci
Kernel modules: rt61pci

But here’s my lspci -v output:


...
03:07.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
        Subsystem: RaLink EW-7108PCg
        Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
        Memory at fbff0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: rt61
        Kernel modules: rt61, rt61pci

It looks like I have the wrong kernel driver in use. How do I fix that?[/size][/size]

dan8029 · June 23, 2009, 1:12pm

I am looking through the readmes and stickies here to find an answer.

I did this:



linux-cg0f:/home/user # dmesg | grep firmware

so apparently the device firmware is installed.


Next, I downloaded a troubleshooting script from Benutzeranleitung/Usersguide von/of collectNWData | collectNWData.sh

The output is:



linux-cg0f:/home/user/Desktop # sh ./collectNWData.sh
collectNWData.sh V0.6.1.12 (Rev: 1.162, Build: 2009/06/09 18:29:26)

--- Which type of your network connection should be tested?
--- (1) Wired connection
--- (2) Wireless connection (WLAN)
--- Please answer with 1-2:2

--- What's the type of networktopology?
--- (1) WLAN access point <---> LinuxClient
--- (2) WLAN HW router <---> LinuxClient
--- (3) WLAN access point <---> LinuxRouter <---> LinuxClient
--- (4) WLAN HW router <---> LinuxRouter <---> LinuxClient
--- Please answer with 1-4:3

--- On which host is the script executed?
--- (1) LinuxClient
--- (2) LinuxRouter
--- Please answer with 1-2:1
--- Analyzing system for common network configuration errors...
!!! CND0110E: For the selected connection type there was no active network interface found on your system
!!! CND0260E: ndiswrapper for rt61 can't be used in parallel with linux native driver rt61pci
!!! CND0230W: IPV6 enabled
!!! CND0310W: Classic network configuration with ifup was detected. Configuration with knetworkmanager is much easier
!!! CND0360E: Wireless connection tested with an existing wired connection on interface eth0. Unplug the cable and execute the script again
--- Collecting networkconfiguration information ...
--- Go to http://www.linux-tips-and-tricks.de/CND#English to get more detailed instructions about the error/warning messages and how to fix the problems
--- If you still don't have success then post the contents of file collectNWData.txt in the net (see http://www.linux-tips-and-tricks.de/CND_UPL#English for links) and then the nopaste link on your favorite Linux forum.

I did unplug my wired ethernet cable, but it still gives me that last error message

dan8029 · June 23, 2009, 1:13pm

Here is what is contained in my /var/log/boot.msg (I had to truncate it because it said my post was too long):



Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.6.27.23-0.1-default
Cannot find map file.
No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled.
Cannot build symbol table - disabling symbol lookups
klogd 1.4.1, log source = ksyslog started.

<5>Linux version 2.6.27.23-0.1-default (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 4.3.2 [gcc-4_3-branch revision 141291] (SUSE Linux) ) #1 SMP 2009-05-26 17:02:05 -0400


<6>Allocating PCI resources starting at d4000000 (gap: d0000000:2f700000)
<6>PERCPU: Allocating 61344 bytes of per cpu data
<7>NR_CPUS: 512, nr_cpu_ids: 4, nr_node_ids 1
<4>Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 2058454
<4>Policy zone: Normal
<5>Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HDT721010SLA360_STF604MH0K4REB-part2 repair=1 splash=silent vga=0x317
<6>bootsplash: silent mode.

<7>sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
<5>sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA

<7>sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
<5>sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
<6> sdb: sdb1
<5>sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
<5>sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors: (160GB/149GiB)
<5>sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
<7>sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
<5>sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
<5>sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors: (160GB/149GiB)
<5>sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
<7>sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
<5>sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
<6> sdc: sdc1
<5>sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
<6>usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
<6>usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
<6>usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
<6>usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.23-0.1-default ehci_hcd
<6>usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:12.2
<6>ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: PCI INT B -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
<6>ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: EHCI Host Controller
<6>ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
<6>ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: applying AMD SB600/SB700 USB freeze workaround
<6>ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: debug port 1
<6>ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: irq 19, io mem 0xf8fff400
<6>ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
<6>usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
<6>hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
<6>hub 2-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
<6>usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
<6>usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
<6>usb usb2: Product: EHCI Host Controller
<6>usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.23-0.1-default ehci_hcd
<6>usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:13.2
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:12.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:12.0: OHCI Host Controller
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:12.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:12.0: irq 16, io mem 0xf8ffe000
<6>usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
<6>hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
<6>usb 2-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
<6>hub 3-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
<6>usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
<6>usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
<6>usb usb3: Product: OHCI Host Controller
<6>usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.23-0.1-default ohci_hcd
<6>usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:12.0
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:12.1: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:12.1: OHCI Host Controller
<6>usb 2-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
<6>hub 2-6:1.0: USB hub found
<6>hub 2-6:1.0: 4 ports detected
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:12.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:12.1: irq 16, io mem 0xf8ffd000
<6>usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
<6>hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
<6>hub 4-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
<6>usb 2-6: New USB device found, idVendor=05e3, idProduct=0608
<6>usb 2-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
<6>usb 2-6: Product: USB2.0 Hub
<6>usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
<6>usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
<6>usb usb4: Product: OHCI Host Controller
<6>usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.23-0.1-default ohci_hcd
<6>usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:12.1
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: OHCI Host Controller
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: irq 18, io mem 0xf8ffc000
<6>usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
<6>hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
<6>hub 5-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
<6>usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
<6>usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
<6>usb usb5: Product: OHCI Host Controller
<6>usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.23-0.1-default ohci_hcd
<6>usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:13.0
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: OHCI Host Controller
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: irq 18, io mem 0xf8ffb000
<6>usb usb6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
<6>hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
<6>hub 6-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
<6>usb usb6: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
<6>usb usb6: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
<6>usb usb6: Product: OHCI Host Controller
<6>usb usb6: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.23-0.1-default ohci_hcd
<6>usb usb6: SerialNumber: 0000:00:13.1
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:14.5: PCI INT C -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:14.5: OHCI Host Controller
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:14.5: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
<6>ohci_hcd 0000:00:14.5: irq 18, io mem 0xf8ffa000
<6>usb usb7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
<6>hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
<6>hub 7-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
<6>usb usb7: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
<6>usb usb7: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
<6>usb usb7: Product: OHCI Host Controller
<6>usb usb7: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.23-0.1-default ohci_hcd
<6>usb usb7: SerialNumber: 0000:00:14.5

Loading CPUFreq modulesdone
Starting HAL daemonInitializing random number generatordone
Starting Firewall Initialization (phase 1 of 2) done
done
Setting up (localfs) network interfaces:
lo 
lo IP address: 127.0.0.1/8 
IP address: 127.0.0.2/8 
lo 
done eth0 device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
eth0 Starting DHCP4 client. <notice>killproc: kill(2064,20)
<notice>killproc: kill(2061,1)
<notice>killproc: kill(2064,18)
<notice>killproc: kill(2064,12)
<notice>startproc: execve (/usr/bin/kdm)  /usr/bin/kdm ],  CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=reiserfs TERM=linux SHELL=/bin/sh ROOTFS_FSCK=0 INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 KDEROOTHOME=/root/.kdm repair=1 REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=124 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin DO_CONFIRM= vga=0x317 RUNLEVEL=5 SPLASHCFG=/etc/bootsplash/themes/openSUSE/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg PWD=/ LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PREVLEVEL=N LINES=44 QT_SYSTEM_DIR=/usr/share/desktop-data SHLVL=2 HOME=/ XCURSOR_THEME=DMZ WINDOWMANAGER=/usr/bin/startkde SPLASH=yes splash=silent ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HDT721010SLA360_STF604MH0K4REB-part2 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/usr/bin/kdm ]
eth0 IP address: 192.168.1.109/24 (linux-cg0f)
eth0 
done eth1 device: ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11)
eth1 Starting DHCP4 client. . <notice>checkproc: /usr/bin/kdm 3219
. . . . . . 
eth1 DHCP4 continues in background
eth1 
waiting
Waiting for mandatory devices: eth1 __NSC__
9 7 6 5 4 2 1 0 
eth1 device: ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11)
eth1 DHCP4 client (dhcpcd) is running
eth1 . . . but is still waiting for data
eth1 
waiting
eth1 interface could not be set up until now
failedSetting up service (localfs) network . . . . . . . . . .failed
Starting service kdmdone
<notice>startproc: execve (/sbin/rpcbind)  /sbin/rpcbind ],  CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=reiserfs SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=linux ROOTFS_FSCK=0 LC_ALL=POSIX INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 repair=1 REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=124 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin vga=0x317 DO_CONFIRM= RUNLEVEL=5 PWD=/ SPLASHCFG=/etc/bootsplash/themes/openSUSE/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg PREVLEVEL=N LINES=44 HOME=/ SHLVL=2 splash=silent SPLASH=yes ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HDT721010SLA360_STF604MH0K4REB-part2 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/sbin/rpcbind ]
Starting VirtualBox host networkingdone
<notice>startproc: execve (/sbin/auditd)  /sbin/auditd -s disable ],  CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=reiserfs SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=linux ROOTFS_FSCK=0 LC_ALL=POSIX INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 repair=1 REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=124 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin vga=0x317 DO_CONFIRM= RUNLEVEL=5 PWD=/ SPLASHCFG=/etc/bootsplash/themes/openSUSE/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg PREVLEVEL=N LINES=44 HOME=/ SHLVL=2 splash=silent SPLASH=yes ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HDT721010SLA360_STF604MH0K4REB-part2 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/sbin/auditd ]
Starting rpcbind done
Not starting NFS client services - no NFS found in /etc/fstab:unused
Starting auditd done
Starting VirtualBox kernel modulefailed
(No suitable module for running kernel found)
Loading console font lat9w-16.psfu -m trivial G0:loadable
doneLoading keymap assuming iso-8859-15 euro
Loading /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.map.gz
doneLoading compose table latin1.adddone
Start Unicode mode
done<notice>checkproc: /usr/bin/kdm 3219
<notice>startproc: execve (/usr/sbin/irqbalance)  /usr/sbin/irqbalance ],  CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=reiserfs SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=linux ROOTFS_FSCK=0 LC_ALL=POSIX INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 repair=1 REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=124 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin vga=0x317 DO_CONFIRM= RUNLEVEL=5 PWD=/ SPLASHCFG=/etc/bootsplash/themes/openSUSE/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg PREVLEVEL=N LINES=44 HOME=/ SHLVL=2 splash=silent SPLASH=yes ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HDT721010SLA360_STF604MH0K4REB-part2 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/usr/sbin/irqbalance ]
<notice>startproc: execve (/usr/sbin/cupsd)  /usr/sbin/cupsd ],  CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=reiserfs SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=linux ROOTFS_FSCK=0 LC_ALL=POSIX INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 repair=1 REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=124 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin vga=0x317 DO_CONFIRM= RUNLEVEL=5 PWD=/ SPLASHCFG=/etc/bootsplash/themes/openSUSE/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg PREVLEVEL=N LINES=44 HOME=/ SHLVL=2 splash=silent SPLASH=yes ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HDT721010SLA360_STF604MH0K4REB-part2 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/usr/sbin/cupsd ]
Starting irqbalance done
Starting cupsddone
Starting java.binfmt_misc done
<notice>startproc: execve (/usr/sbin/nscd)  /usr/sbin/nscd ],  CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=reiserfs SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=linux ROOTFS_FSCK=0 LC_ALL=POSIX INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 repair=1 REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=124 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin vga=0x317 DO_CONFIRM= RUNLEVEL=5 PWD=/ SPLASHCFG=/etc/bootsplash/themes/openSUSE/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg PREVLEVEL=N LINES=44 HOME=/ SHLVL=2 splash=silent SPLASH=yes ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HDT721010SLA360_STF604MH0K4REB-part2 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/usr/sbin/nscd ]
Starting Avahi daemon done
Starting Name Service Cache Daemondone
Starting mail service (Postfix)done
Starting smartd done
Setting up (remotefs) network interfaces:
ra0 device: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
ra0 warning: using NO encryption
command 'iwconfig ra0 mode Managed' returned
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device ra0 ; Network is down.
command 'iwconfig ra0 key off' returned
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
SET failed on device ra0 ; Network is down.
command 'iwconfig ra0 essid dd-wrt' returned
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
SET failed on device ra0 ; Network is down.
ra0 Starting DHCP4 client. <notice>startproc: execve (/usr/sbin/cron)  /usr/sbin/cron ],  CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=reiserfs SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=linux ROOTFS_FSCK=0 LC_ALL=POSIX INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 repair=1 REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=124 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin vga=0x317 DO_CONFIRM= RUNLEVEL=5 PWD=/ SPLASHCFG=/etc/bootsplash/themes/openSUSE/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg PREVLEVEL=N LINES=44 HOME=/ SHLVL=2 splash=silent SPLASH=yes ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HDT721010SLA360_STF604MH0K4REB-part2 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/usr/sbin/cron ]
Starting wicddone
<notice>startproc: execve (/usr/sbin/wicd)  /usr/sbin/wicd ],  CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=reiserfs SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=linux ROOTFS_FSCK=0 LC_ALL=POSIX INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 repair=1 REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=124 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin vga=0x317 DO_CONFIRM= RUNLEVEL=5 PWD=/ SPLASHCFG=/etc/bootsplash/themes/openSUSE/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg PREVLEVEL=N LINES=44 HOME=/ SHLVL=2 splash=silent SPLASH=yes ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HDT721010SLA360_STF604MH0K4REB-part2 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/usr/sbin/wicd ]
<notice>startproc: execve (/usr/sbin/sshd)  /usr/sbin/sshd -o PidFile=/var/run/sshd.init.pid ],  CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=reiserfs SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=linux ROOTFS_FSCK=0 LC_ALL=POSIX INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 repair=1 REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=124 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin vga=0x317 DO_CONFIRM= RUNLEVEL=5 PWD=/ SPLASHCFG=/etc/bootsplash/themes/openSUSE/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg PREVLEVEL=N LINES=44 HOME=/ SHLVL=2 splash=silent SPLASH=yes ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HDT721010SLA360_STF604MH0K4REB-part2 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/usr/sbin/sshd ]
Starting CRON daemondone
Starting SSH daemondone
. . . . . . . 
ra0 DHCP4 continues in background
ra0 
waiting
Waiting for mandatory devices: ra0 wlan0 __NSC__
10 9 7 6 5 4 2 1 0 
ra0 device: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
ra0 DHCP4 client (dhcpcd) is running
ra0 . . . but is still waiting for data
ra0 
waiting
ra0 interface could not be set up until now
failed wlan0 No interface found
failedSetting up service (remotefs) network . . . . . . . . . .failed
done
Starting Firewall Initialization (phase 2 of 2) done
Master Resource Control: runlevel 5 has been reached
Failed services in runlevel 5: network network-remotefs
Skipped services in runlevel 5: nfs
<notice>killproc: kill(2038,3)

dan8029 · June 23, 2009, 2:47pm

I never did figure out what the problem was. I have an old 10 GB disk that I just installed a fresh copy of Suse 11.1 x64 on. With the wireless card present at the time of install, it is detected, and even defaults to using wireless rather than wired internet. Hmm! Suse is a good distro. Thanks for trying to help me, deltaflyer. If you want to, you could help me get it working on my regular disk. If you don’t have time, that’s ok. I’ll just re-install and keep my /home partition intact.

deltaflyer44 · June 23, 2009, 5:05pm

A few things you could try:-

Ensure the wired connection is set to “on cable connection”
check ipv6 is disabled
try reloading rt61 module
delete current wireless settings & start again
re-install rt61 modules

Andy

dan8029 · June 24, 2009, 4:13pm

With the fresh install I just did, it’s using the rt61pci module, not the rt61 module. Maybe that was my mistake. I couldn’t get it to use the rt61pci module on my old installation.