FC9 Wireless woes !!!

[naveedmurtuza]

Hi

I am trying to compile my own drivers for rt61 chipset based wireless card.

Here is what I did

Step 1: downloaded the drivers from here and extracted the tar ball

Step 2: Issued make all command from the Modules folder and compiled fine..

[root@localhost Module]# make all
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686'
  CC [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/rtmp_main.o
  CC [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/mlme.o
  CC [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/connect.o
  CC [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/sync.o
  CC [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/assoc.o
  CC [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/auth.o
  CC [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/auth_rsp.o
  CC [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/rtmp_data.o
  CC [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/rtmp_init.o
  CC [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/sanity.o
  CC [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/rtmp_wep.o
  CC [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/wpa.o
  CC [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/md5.o
  CC [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/rtmp_tkip.o
  CC [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/rtmp_info.o
  CC [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/eeprom.o
  CC [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/rt2x00debug.o
  LD [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/rt61.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/rt61.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/user/Download/rt61-cvs-2008092423/Module/rt61.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686'
!!! WARNING: Module file much too big (>1MB)
!!! Check your kernel settings or use 'strip'
*** Module rt61.ko built successfully

Step 3: Copied the approp. files to config dir

[root@localhost Module]# cp *.bin rt61sta.dat /etc/Wireless/RT61STA/
[root@localhost Module]# cp rt61.ko /lib/modules/2.6.26.3-29.FC9.I686/kernel/drivers/net/
[root@localhost Module]# depmod -a

also blacklisted my other drivers

output of /etc/modprobe.conf

blacklist rt61pci
blacklist rt2x00pci
blacklist rt2x00lib
alias ra0 rt61

now when i issue the command iwlist ra0 scan

it says --- ra0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

output of iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

I donno where i went wrong can sum1 plz help

thanks in advance

[rambo3543]

Try using the official Ralink drivers from here:

http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/dr....1.2.2.tar.bz2

I found a good tutorial here:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/rt61.html

It for the Linksys WMP54G but that card also has the RT61 chipset so the instructions should work for you too.

[naveedmurtuza]

Hi

when i tried using those drivers i got a compile error!!!

root@localhost Module]# make all
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686/build SUBDIRS=/home/user/Download/RT61_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.0/Module modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686'
scripts/Makefile.build:46: *** CFLAGS was changed in "/home/user/Download/RT61_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.0/Module/Makefile". Fix it to use EXTRA_CFLAGS.  Stop.
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/user/Download/RT61_Linux_STA_Drv1.1.0.0/Module] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686'
make: *** [all] Error 2

By using drivers from serialmonkey i was atleast able to compile them...

Thanks in advance
Plz help

[naveedmurtuza]

Finally got my wireless to work

Just changed the interface name from ra* to wlan* and got connected to internet

But now have a strange problem

I am connected to the internet but NM says i am not.!!

donno why?

[rambo3543]

Update the system, I had major issues with FC9 when I first installed it, I had to completely disable Network Manager to get anything to connect until I updated the system, it will also update NetworkManager.

Try to update the system and let us know if it starts to work.

I've had that CFLAGS error before and I had to change some variable but I can't remember.