I have purchased a Panda Mini Wifi N USB adapter to use with an old laptop where I have a fresh install of OpenSuSE 13.2. When I plug in the USB adapter, it is seen ok. But when I issue an “ifup wlp0s29f7u7” command for it, I receive this error in the syslog.
wicked[1843]: device wlp0s29f7u7 failed: call to org.opensuse.Network.Wireless.changeDevice() failed: General failure
I have a different laptop here that has openSuSE 13.1 installed on it. I plugged the adapter into that laptop and it worked successfully with no issues on the same wireless LAN. So I know the adapter is good.
Having read a sticky or two, here is my attempt to give the diagnostic info of interest.
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This page https://en.opensuse.org/HCL:Network_(Wireless)#Ralink indicates that this chipset works ok, and that is my experience with openSuSE 13.1, too.
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Laptop is a Dell Inspiron 6000 (32-bit processor). Yes, this motherboard has a built-in wireless B/G NIC, but the built-in NIC has a h.w. issue (confirmed with with old win/xp system that was on it before I wiped the drive and put openSuSE 13.2 on the system).
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Network Manager is disabled and not running. (I never use it.)
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I ran yast online update and rebooted to assure all available service as of this morning was installed.
GaryDelllaptop:~ # cat /etc/os-release
NAME=openSUSE
VERSION="13.2 (Harlequin)"
VERSION_ID="13.2"
PRETTY_NAME="openSUSE 13.2 (Harlequin) (i586)"
ID=opensuse
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.opensuse.org"
HOME_URL="https://opensuse.org/"
ID_LIKE="suse"
GaryDelllaptop:~ #
GaryDelllaptop:~ # lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
GaryDelllaptop:~ #
GaryDelllaptop:~ # hwinfo --wlan
(info about integrated NIC on the motherboard snipped. The integrated wireless NIC is not configured in yast. The following is for the usb wireless NIC.)
23: USB 00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at usb.122]
Unique ID: zFuK.i+8+cNT5FUE
Parent ID: k4bc.9T1GDCLyFd9
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0
SysFS BusID: 1-8:1.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Ralink 802.11 n WLAN"
Hotplug: USB
Vendor: usb 0x148f "Ralink Technology, Corp."
Device: usb 0x3070 "802.11 n WLAN"
Revision: "1.01"
Serial ID: "1.0"
Driver: "rt2800usb"
Driver Modules: "rt2800usb"
Device File: wlp0s29f7u7
Features: WLAN
Speed: 480 Mbps
HW Address: 7c:dd:90:60:f9:19
Link detected: no
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: "usb:v148Fp3070d0101dc00dsc00dp00icFFiscFFipFFin00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: rt2800usb is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rt2800usb"
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #22 (Hub)
GaryDelllaptop:~ #
GaryDelllaptop:~ # rpm -qa | grep kernel-firmware
kernel-firmware-20141122git-5.1.noarch
GaryDelllaptop:~ # uname -a
Linux GaryDelllaptop 3.16.7-7-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Dec 17 18:00:44 UTC 2014 (762f27a) i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
GaryDelllaptop:~ #
dmesg | tail -n 11
175.952202] usb 1-8: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
176.085631] usb 1-8: New USB device found, idVendor=148f, idProduct=3070
176.085644] usb 1-8: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
176.085651] usb 1-8: Product: 802.11 n WLAN
176.085658] usb 1-8: Manufacturer: Ralink
176.085664] usb 1-8: SerialNumber: 1.0
177.809199] usb 1-8: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
177.935868] ieee80211 phy1: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 3070, rev 0201 detected
177.966856] ieee80211 phy1: rt2x00_set_rf: Info - RF chipset 0005 detected
178.022843] ieee80211 phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
178.026961] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2800usb
GaryDelllaptop:~ #
GaryDelllaptop:~ # lsmod | grep rt
rt2800usb 26712 0
rt2x00usb 20041 1 rt2800usb
rt2800lib 83150 1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib 52982 3 rt2x00usb,rt2800lib,rt2800usb
mac80211 606410 3 rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb,rt2800lib
crc_ccitt 12627 1 rt2800lib
iTCO_vendor_support 13502 1 iTCO_wdt
cfg80211 475693 4 mac80211,rt2x00lib,libipw,ipw2200
GaryDelllaptop:~ #
GaryDelllaptop:~ # ifup wlp0s29f7u7
wicked: device wlp0s29f7u7 failed: call to org.opensuse.Network.Wireless.changeDevice() failed: General failure
wlp0s29f7u7 device-not-running
GaryDelllaptop:~ #
Hopefully I have not forgotten any info that someone might want.