WUSB54GC doesn't work with OpenSuse11.1

I upgraded to openSuse 11.1 and now I could not get my wifi working. Wifi was working ok with 11.0.
I’m trying to get my usb wifi dongle (WUSB54GC) to work on openSuse 11.1 on my laptop (Toshiba Satellite 2410)

I downloaded the driver for this dongle from http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drivers/2009_0206_RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.2.tar.bz2 and followed the instruction on compilation and installation. But the LED on the dongle does not go on. I did find some relevant error message from dmesg showing.

Could someone help out!

firmware: requesting rt73.bin
phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.
firmware: requesting rt73.bin
phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.
NET: Registered protocol family 17

dmesg

…<snipped>

Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:radio
Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:assoc
Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:quality
usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb
e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xfceff000, irq 11, MAC addr 00:08:0d:50:b4:05
Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:02:0b.0 [1179:0001]
Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0438, PCI irq 11
Socket status: 30000087
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge I/O window: 0xd000 - 0xdfff
cs: IO port probe 0xd000-0xdfff: clean.
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xfce00000 - 0xfcefffff
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0x40000000 - 0x47ffffff
Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:02:0b.1 [1179:0001]
usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73

…<snipped>

NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (12288 buckets, 49152 max)
CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT is deprecated and will be removed soon. Plase use
nf_conntrack.acct=1 kernel paramater, acct=1 nf_conntrack module option or
sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=1 to enable it.
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
firmware: requesting rt73.bin
phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.
firmware: requesting rt73.bin
phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.
NET: Registered protocol family 17

lsmod |grep rt

rt73 222032 0
rtc_cmos 11488 0
rtc_core 18048 1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib 2816 1 rtc_core
rt73usb 21816 0
crc_itu_t 1880 1 rt73usb
rt2x00usb 10000 1 rt73usb
parport_pc 35032 0
rt2x00lib 26616 2 rt73usb,rt2x00usb
parport 33832 2 ppdev,parport_pc
rfkill 8660 1 rt2x00lib
led_class 3896 1 rt2x00lib
iTCO_vendor_support 3368 1 iTCO_wdt
mac80211 199840 2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
agpgart 32564 1 intel_agp
cfg80211 23356 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
usbcore 167604 6 rt73,rt73usb,rt2x00usb,usbhid,uhci_hcd

lsusb

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a/HP M-UV96 Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13b1:0020 Linksys WUSB54GC 802.11g Adapter [ralink rt73]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC’97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC’97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 420 Go] (rev a3)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 42)
02:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 32)
02:0b.1 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 32)
02:0d.0 System peripheral: Toshiba America Info Systems SD TypA Controller (rev 03)

ifconfig -a

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:0D:50:B4:05
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)

irda0 Link encap:IrLAP HWaddr 00:00:00:00
NOARP MTU:2048 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:8
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:3 Base address:0x130

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:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1060 (1.0 Kb) TX bytes:1060 (1.0 Kb)

pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 7A:B9:94:88:29:83
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:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1A:70:3B:73:0E
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 00-1A-70-3B-73-0E-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
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)

iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 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

eth0 no wireless extensions.

irda0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

This problem if fixed now. I basically reinstalled opensuse 11.1 with the Wifi usb dongle connected to the system during the installation.

Very effective.

Simply installing the package “ralink-firmware” would have been to easy. rotfl!

indeed very effective - perhaps not very efficient …

did you install via live cd or dvd?

The reinstall was done from the opensuse 11.1 DVD to solve my problem. As Akoelln mentioned, I might have saved myself a lot of time if I would have installed “ralink-firmware” package.

For people reading this post later.

If you have external, wireless hardware (USB or PCMCIA) then plug it in before starting the installation of openSUSE.

If the device needs firmware which is shipped by openSUSE, it will be installed automatically (at least since openSUSE 11.0).

The YaST-installer will try to detect all hardware present and choose the needed packages; if the hardware is not present, it cannot perform this task (how should it).

There are rare occasions where installation process will hang with external hardware plugged in, but always try first with your external WiFi-card plugged in.

reinstalled last night via 11.1 DVD with pcmcia card installed. the card is recognized however my network is not. during install i received a no network error.(shouldve written it down) if i try to hardwire my laptop to the router i still get no internet connection( old laptop the lan port may be damaged or inop) with which to install the package mentioned above. can it be found on the dvd? well, off to reinstall while hardwired to see if that gets me a connection

Step 1: Read the “Sticky” Threads in this subforum.

If this does not help

Step 2: Open a new thread

and

Step 3: State your problem clearly, providing the information you will get when applying what you read in Step 1.

well reinstall didnt fix it. i opened yast and added the install dvd to the repos (as i have no wired connection option)and added ralink, as well as followed the instructions on this page: b43 - Linux Wireless

success!! hope this is helpful.