Hello everyone,
I am trying to make a transition from Windows to Suse. Installation etc went fine. But I cannot connect to the internet from my linux machine.
I have Belkin FSD9050 usb wireless adaptor on linux machine and Belkin Wireless G+ MIMO router on my Vista machine.
RT73 usb has been recognised in Suse. I am unable to configure it.
Any suggestions will be really helpful.
Thanks,
Nittin
Please make sue your wireless dongle can be detected first.
Can you output the following command result?
#lspci
#iwconfig
#ifconfig
Hi,
Thanks for the response. Here are the results I got on these commands
linux-76t3:~ # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82P965/G965 Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82P965/G965 PCI Express Root Port (rev02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HB/HR (ICH8/R) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600 GT (rev a1)
02:00.0 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMB368 IDE controller
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev b0)
04:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03)
04:01.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 03)
04:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 01)
linux-76t3:~ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key: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
linux-76t3:~ # ifconfig
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:1148 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1148 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:92032 (89.8 Kb) TX bytes:92032 (89.8 Kb)
It seems like the driver is not loaded (no wireless extensions). Have a look at the results of lsmod and post the results. Eventually try to load the Rt43 driver since it is quoted by the link i posted
Thanks for your response.
Here is what I got after typing lsmod command
linux-4x8f:~ # lsmod
Module Size Used by
ipv6 331544 18
binfmt_misc 30220 1
snd_pcm_oss 68992 0
snd_mixer_oss 35584 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_midi 27648 0
snd_emu10k1_synth 25984 0
snd_emux_synth 59392 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi 24960 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_event 25728 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi
snd_seq_midi_emul 23808 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq 83600 5 snd_seq_midi,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi_emul
microcode 32808 0
fuse 72256 7
loop 37508 0
dm_mod 88600 0
arc4 19072 2
ecb 20992 2
joydev 30848 0
crypto_blkcipher 38788 1 ecb
snd_emu10k1 180368 3 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_rawmidi 46976 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec 143048 1 snd_emu10k1
ac97_bus 19072 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 115208 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_device 26516 6 snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_timer 45072 3 snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 28688 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 22912 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
rt73usb 45184 0
rt2x00usb 30848 1 rt73usb
snd_hwdep 28424 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
rt2x00lib 43136 2 rt73usb,rt2x00usb
snd 96248 20 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_util_mem,snd_hwdep
firmware_class 27776 3 microcode,snd_emu10k1,rt2x00lib
rfkill 25888 1 rt2x00lib
ppdev 26504 0
usbhid 65488 0
i2c_i801 27804 0
input_polldev 22416 1 rt2x00lib
rtc_cmos 28728 0
crc_itu_t 18944 1 rt2x00lib
parport_pc 59592 0
hid 59296 1 usbhid
parport 60448 2 ppdev,parport_pc
i2c_core 45344 1 i2c_i801
ohci1394 50868 0
rtc_core 41012 1 rtc_cmos
iTCO_wdt 30800 0
mac80211 220436 2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
emu10k1_gp 20992 0
rtc_lib 20224 1 rtc_core
floppy 83048 0
ieee1394 122216 1 ohci1394
serio_raw 24708 0
iTCO_vendor_support 21124 1 iTCO_wdt
sr_mod 35636 1
atl1 54924 0
intel_agp 48240 0
gameport 33936 2 emu10k1_gp
soundcore 26000 1 snd
ff_memless 23176 1 usbhid
button 27040 0
cdrom 53416 1 sr_mod
cfg80211 39568 1 mac80211
mii 23168 1 atl1
sg 56912 0
sd_mod 47280 7
ehci_hcd 56204 0
uhci_hcd 43936 0
usbcore 188248 6 rt73usb,rt2x00usb,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
edd 28176 0
ext3 170768 1
mbcache 27396 1 ext3
jbd 82240 1 ext3
fan 23944 0
ata_piix 43268 5
pata_jmicron 23808 1
libata 194976 2 ata_piix,pata_jmicron
scsi_mod 194904 4 sr_mod,sg,sd_mod,libata
dock 29344 1 libata
thermal 43040 0
processor 72668 1 thermal
I also installed RT73 driver as instructed in the link. $iwconfig returned this reponse after installation
linux-4x8f:~ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:“Sharma-Home”
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key: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
Your device driver should be loaded.
rt73usb 45184 0
rt2x00usb 30848 1 rt73usb
I need to know which way you are using (Network Manager or ifup) and try this command.
#ifconfig wlan0 up
Show device again.
#ifconfig
Confirm:the driver is loaded but after a lot of googleing i realized that this driver has a lot of problems. The most of the posts i read recommend to blacklist rt73usb. They say to download and compile the drivers from serialmonkey.com. There is also a graphical utility to configure the chip called rutilt. I have a wifi key based on Rt2500 i use with my osx86 install but never with linux. I’ll try to investigate on my skin. I’ll post my experiences as soon as i can. In the while google Rt73 Ubuntu. It seems they are active a lot on this chip.
Hi. My rt73usb deice is working now for the first time. I never used it with Linux! First of all my experience is now based on Opensuse 11.0, but i don’t know the version you are using. Anyway, the driver shipped with os11 is nearly good, what is missing is the firmware needed by thiis chip. If i perform iwconfig, anyway i still get the message “wmaster1 no wireless extensions”, but i connect to internet despite this. I downloaded the drivers from the asus site here:http://support.asus.com/download/download_item.aspx?product=11&model=WL-167g&SLanguage=en-us, but i really did not needed them. Uncompress the driver package, and enter the Module directory. There i found this rt73.bin: it is the firmware. Next i copyed it to /lib/firmware. Now i plugged out the wifi key, reinserted, and configured it with Yast, Network devices. It will warn that firmware is needed. Don’t care, continue, and configure the network connection as usual. Now connect with networkmanager. Hope this helps.
Here is what I got back
linux-ti5a:/ # ifconfig wlan0 up
linux-ti5a:/ # ifconfig
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:882 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:882 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:70380 (68.7 Kb) TX bytes:70380 (68.7 Kb)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:17:3F:19:F4:CF
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 00-17-3F-19-F4-CF-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)
I am going to try your method now with rt73usb
will post asap
THANKS A LOT EVERYONE
I finally got it going. thanks for your help guys.
Nittin:)
Guys,
Sorry to bother you again. But it seems I have to run yast configuration on every boot to make my internet work. Is a there a way to do this automatically at boot-up.
Also can anyone guide me to some good mpeg coodecs for avi and dvd playback.
Thanks in advance.
Nittin
Really happy to know that at least works. Try to check the box ‘at boot time’ (if something is wrong i apologize: i run the italian version so the messages could be different). About multimedia: enable the packman resository in yast and look for libdvdcss, libdvdread update libxine and enable the support for w32 codecs and install also w32codecsall. Now i don’t have my linux box here to check exactly all the things. In the afternoon i’ll post again with something more accurate. But i recommend to search the forum for the user doctorjhon2: he did a great work to install multimedia support offline. It means that you can get all is needed in a single compressed file.
Well i performed the search for you. download everything from here :OpenSuSE 11.0 Some Packages+Dependencies June 2008 - openSUSE Forums
and thanks to doctorjhon