Problem with WIFI Drivers for Ralink rt5390 for HP 62x Laptop

[zaibrockstar]

Hello Everyone !

I am having problem installing wifi drivers for Fedora 15 for my laptop.

I did search different articles and followed instructions of the post

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-258430.html

I did everything accordingly and did the steps till

yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers

But I am still getting this error when I try to make


[root@localhost 2010_1216_RT5390_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO]# make
make -C tools
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/rahul/Downloads/2010_1216_RT5390_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/tools'
gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rahul/Downloads/2010_1216_RT5390_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/tools'
/home/rahul/Downloads/2010_1216_RT5390_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/tools/bin2h
cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 /home/rahul/Downloads/2010_1216_RT5390_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/Makefile
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686.PAE/build SUBDIRS=/home/rahul/Downloads/2010_1216_RT5390_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux modules
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686.PAE/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [LINUX] Error 2



My Fedora status using different commands to help you

[root@localhost 2010_1216_RT5390_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
02:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. Device 5390
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

[root@localhost 2010_1216_RT5390_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO]# uname -r
2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686.PAE

[root@localhost NetworkManager]# cat NetworkManager.state

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true


Please Help me to solve the issue.

Thanks

zaibrockstar

[stevea]

make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686.PAE/build: No such file or directory. Stop.

The directory doesn't exist. IIRC the problem is that the PAE kernels use the common tree ....
/lib/modules/2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686/Makefile

2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686.PAE


sorry - i don't recall the magic trick to fix that build.
Something like ....
su -c "ln -s /lib/modules/2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686 /lib/modules/2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686.PAE"
is likely to work (followed by the 'make' again.

[aleph]

If you're building modules for the PAE kernel, you need kernel-PAE-devel, not kernel-devel.

[zaibrockstar]

Thank you stevea & aleph for the response !

Ok I did

su -c "ln -s /lib/modules/2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686 /lib/modules/2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686.PAE"

its Response was

su: user /lib/modules/2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686.PAE does not exist

ok So I installed

yum install kernel-PAE-devel

it was installed after which I tried to make again it still showed me same error.

[root@localhost 2010_1216_RT5390_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO]# make
make -C tools
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/rahul/Downloads/2010_1216_RT5390_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/tools'
gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rahul/Downloads/2010_1216_RT5390_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/tools'
/home/rahul/Downloads/2010_1216_RT5390_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/tools/bin2h
cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 /home/rahul/Downloads/2010_1216_RT5390_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux/Makefile
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686.PAE/build SUBDIRS=/home/rahul/Downloads/2010_1216_RT5390_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO/os/linux modules
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686.PAE/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [LINUX] Error 2


So I just did a list of kernel* and this was the things installed on my machine


[root@localhost 2010_1216_RT5390_LinuxSTA_V2.4.0.4_WiFiBTCombo_DPO]# yum list kernel*

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* fedora: mirror.us.leaseweb.net
* rpmfusion-free: mirror.us.leaseweb.net
* rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.us.leaseweb.net
* rpmfusion-nonfree: mirror.us.leaseweb.net
* rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.us.leaseweb.net
* updates: mirror.metrocast.net

Installed Packages
kernel-PAE.i686 2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15 @anaconda-InstallationRepo-201105131946.i686
kernel-PAE.i686 2.6.42.12-1.fc15 @updates
kernel-PAE-devel.i686 2.6.42.12-1.fc15 @updates
kernel-devel.i686 2.6.42.12-1.fc15 @updates
kernel-headers.i686 2.6.42.12-1.fc15 @updates
Available Packages
kernel.i686 2.6.42.12-1.fc15 updates
kernel-PAEdebug.i686 2.6.42.12-1.fc15 updates
kernel-PAEdebug-devel.i686 2.6.42.12-1.fc15 updates
kernel-debug.i686 2.6.42.12-1.fc15 updates
kernel-debug-devel.i686 2.6.42.12-1.fc15 updates
kernel-doc.noarch 2.6.42.12-1.fc15 updates

Hopefully this would help !

Thanks

zaibrockstar

[steppnav]

HP 3115m Laptop. Wireless not working. Thiis a such a recurring thing with the various Linux distros. Let's see if Ubuntu will come through for me.

You guys need to make a hall of shame for certain manufacturers.

:dis:

[george_toolan]

You guys really need to be more specific and tell us at least which wifi chip you have ;-)

[steppnav]

hp 3115m laptop wireless ralink rt3592 seen by Fedora 16 64bit install. It sees wireless access points and allows entry of keys. It "connects", but disconnects shortly thereafter. This cycles a few times, and then it just disables that connection.

Very irritating.