HOWTO: Native rt2860, rt2870 & rt3070 wireless drivers for Fedora

[foooooo]

should use
modprobe rt2870sta
but you should use the 3070 driver.

[jonrpick]

Originally Posted by foooooo

should use
modprobe rt2870sta
but you should use the 3070 driver.

I tried that:

[root@localhost pickens]# modprobe rt2870sta
FATAL: Module rt2870sta not found.
[root@localhost pickens]#

I installed the rt3070 drivers...

[root@localhost pickens]# modprobe rt3070sta
FATAL: Module rt3070sta not found.
[root@localhost pickens]#

[foooooo]

use
rpm -qa|grep 2870
or
rpm -qa|grep 3070
to see what rpm are installed, then if you installed only src rpm, you should use the rpmbuild to build the rpm for kmod-rpm that was what I did, i guess you only installed the source code rpm, but have not build it yet. before you build add your device id to the c file under os/linux. I think the rpm you get from rpmfusion by default need rebuilt on your machine.
if that was the issue.

[jonrpick]

Originally Posted by foooooo

use
rpm -qa|grep 2870

[root@localhost pickens]# rpm -qa|grep 2870 
rt2870-2.1.2.0-2.fc10.noarch
kmod-rt2870-2.6.27.37-170.2.104.fc10.i686-2.1.2.0-2.fc10.3.i686
kmod-rt2870-2.1.2.0-2.fc10.3.i686
[root@localhost pickens]#

Originally Posted by foooooo

or
rpm -qa|grep 3070

[root@localhost pickens]# rpm -qa|grep 3070
rt3070-2.1.1.0-2.fc10.noarch
kmod-rt3070-2.1.1.0-2.fc10.3.i686
kmod-rt3070-2.6.27.37-170.2.104.fc10.i686-2.1.1.0-2.fc10.3.i686
[root@localhost pickens]#

So, both are installed...

Originally Posted by foooooo

to see what rpm are installed, then if you installed only src rpm, you should use the rpmbuild to build the rpm for kmod-rpm that was what I did, i guess you only installed the source code rpm, but have not build it yet. before you build add your device id to the c file under os/linux. I think the rpm you get from rpmfusion by default need rebuilt on your machine.
if that was the issue.

Ok, I missed something then... How do I build it?

[foooooo]

you can follow the instruction on the first post to use rpmbuild to build the driver, I am afraid the souce code they compiled for you as the rpm package, may not include your device id, so try to do a
modprobe rt2870sta or modprobe rt3070sta, then use
service NetworkManager restart to restart the networkmanager service, then use
dmesg to see what the log says.

[foooooo]

you can follow the instruction on the first post to use rpmbuild to build the driver, I am afraid the souce code they compiled for you as the rpm package, may not include your device id, so try to do a
modprobe rt2870sta or modprobe rt3070sta, then use
service NetworkManager restart to restart the networkmanager service, then use
dmesg to see what the log says.

[jonrpick]

I had errors and more errors trying to rebuild the RPM.

I'm giving up. I'm trying to locate an older USB 802.11G adapter to use. I *had*, but can't find one that used an rt2500 driver. It was great.

I'm limited since I don't have an available PCI slot--only a PCI Express slot. Such is the price for choosing a "slim" form factor PC.

At this point, the WUSB100 is back in the packaging with the receipt on top, awaiting it's return trip to Micro Center.

[jonrpick]

As a follow-up, I exchanged the Linksys adapter for this:

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0305660

I just installed the rt73usb-firmware package via Yum, plugged in the adapter, restarted, and I'm online.



normally, I would've seen the rt2870 issue through till the end, but I have limited time lately, and a serious need to have less cords in my new, small space.

Thanks for all the help though.

[ogetbilo]

Sorry folks, I've been really busy recently. jonrpick I see that you returned your rt2870 card. But the solution was simple: Just add your device id to the header file as indicated above and rebuild the rpm.

I will add your device id to rpmfusion's kmod rpm in the next round of updates.

[mtheory]

ogetbilo - would you mind adding my device ID to the header file? I got it to work by that method but it would be nice not to have to recompile.

Hawking HWDN2 REV-E: 0x0E66,0x0015

Thank you kindly!

[ogetbilo]

Originally Posted by mtheory

ogetbilo - would you mind adding my device ID to the header file? I got it to work by that method but it would be nice not to have to recompile.

Hawking HWDN2 REV-E: 0x0E66,0x0015

Thank you kindly!

Sure. Which one? 2860, 2870 or 3070?

[mtheory]

Apologies. I got it working with the 2870...

Thanks again!

[oakwcj]

I have an Msi Wind U210 with the Ralink rt3090 wireless adaptor. I downloaded the driver from the Ralink website and it appears to be close to the rt2860. I installed the kmod-rt2860 driver. It shows up in lsmod, but there is no reference to it in dmesg. Ihaven't yet tried to compile the driver. I see tha Mandriva has an rpm for the card. Is there any work going on at RPMFusion for the rt3090? TIA

[ogetbilo]

oakwci, it would be nice to have an RPM for 3090 too, but I have so little time and so many RPM's to take care of both in Fedora and RPMFusion.

Would you like to make an RPM for rt3090 and submit it to RPMFusion? You would probably need to use very similar patches that we use for rt2870 etc

If not, I will take this to my list. But I can't promise a time.

Edit:

Originally Posted by mtheory

Apologies. I got it working with the 2870...

Thanks again!

I added support for your device on kmods in F-10 and later. They will be available with the next roll of updates (new updates usually spend 2 weeks in testing).

[oakwcj]

Originally Posted by ogetbilo

oakwci, it would be nice to have an RPM for 3090 too, but I have so little time and so many RPM's to take care of both in Fedora and RPMFusion.

Would you like to make an RPM for rt3090 and submit it to RPMFusion? You would probably need to use very similar patches that we use for rt2870 etc

If not, I will take this to my list. But I can't promise a time.

I completely understand that there are so many drivers and so little time. I have read [on Thorsten's kernel log blog] that the rt3090 is supposed to be included in the .32 kernel release, but it isn't in the staging directory in the most recent Fedora kernel. It is based on the rt2860, so if you could tell me where to find the patches you use, I would be willing to give it a shot, although I fear it may be beyond my abilities. Unfortunately, Thorsten also says that the Ralink drivers are a mess, so I doubt that I could be successful when actual developers have problems cleaning up the code.

I did try to compile the driver, but it failed with various syntax errors. No surprise there.