Fedora 11 cannot install DWA-525 (RaLink rt3060) Wireless PCI

[pattopancakes]

Hi Guys,

Forgive me for being both a Noob both in this forum and in Linux.

I am attempting to install a D-Link N-150 PCI Wireless network adapter (aka DWA-525 using the RaLink rt3060 chip), and seem to be a fair way from success.

You could think of my current progress as:

http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showpos...86&postcount=9

I have attempted following a few how-to's but have yet to get past this point. I believe there may be a conflict with my 'kernel-devel' package and kernel version, however that's a bit beyond my knowledge, and I'm also unsure if that would contribute significantly to the matter.

output of lspci is:

[user@host ~]$ lspci | grep RaLink
00:09.0 Network controller: RaLink Device 3060
[user@host ~]$

So I guess the device is currently recognised. Output of uname -r is:

[user@host ~]$ uname -r
2.6.32.10-44.fc11.i686.PAE
[user@host ~]$

Output of rpm -qa |grep kernel |sort is:

[user@host ~]$ rpm -qa |grep kernel |sort
kernel-2.6.30.10-105.2.23.fc11.i586
kernel-2.6.32.10-44.fc11.i586
kernel-devel-2.6.32.10-44.fc11.i586
kernel-firmware-2.6.32.10-44.fc11.noarch
kernel-headers-2.6.32.10-44.fc11.i586
kerneloops-0.12-5.fc11.i586
kernel-PAE-2.6.30.10-105.2.4.fc11.i686
kernel-PAE-2.6.30.10-105.fc11.i686
kernel-PAE-2.6.32.10-44.fc11.i686
[user@host ~]$

From RaLink's website, I have downloaded their drivers, and tried to follow the instructions in their "README_STA" document, but find that 'make' stalls, as follows:

[user@host 2010_07_16_RT3062_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0]$ make
make -C tools
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/user/Desktop/2010_07_16_RT3062_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0/tools'
gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/user/Desktop/2010_07_16_RT3062_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0/tools'
/home/user/Desktop/2010_07_16_RT3062_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0/tools/bin2h
cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 /home/user/Desktop/2010_07_16_RT3062_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0/os/linux/Makefile
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.32.10-44.fc11.i686.PAE/build SUBDIRS=/home/user/Desktop/2010_07_16_RT3062_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0/os/linux modules
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.32.10-44.fc11.i686.PAE/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
make: *** [LINUX] Error 2
[user@host 2010_07_16_RT3062_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0]$

Any assistance that you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Pattopancakes

[pattopancakes]

Sorry to sound impatient, but nobody has any suggestions? Or am I missing something really obvious? Have I posted this in the wrong section?

[Hlingler]

Have I posted this in the wrong section?

Actually, yes: F11 is past end-of-life, so I've moved this thread to the "EOL" section (with a long 1-month re-direct, so you'll get exposure in both sections).

I have no wireless equipment, and never have, so I can't help with this problem. But this post will also bump your thread.

Good Luck,
V

[stoat]

Originally Posted by pattopancakes

I believe there may be a conflict with my 'kernel-devel' package and kernel version...

Originally Posted by pattopancakes

$ rpm -qa |grep kernel |sort
kernel-2.6.30.10-105.2.23.fc11.i586
kernel-2.6.32.10-44.fc11.i586
kernel-devel-2.6.32.10-44.fc11.i586
kernel-firmware-2.6.32.10-44.fc11.noarch
kernel-headers-2.6.32.10-44.fc11.i586
kerneloops-0.12-5.fc11.i586
kernel-PAE-2.6.30.10-105.2.4.fc11.i686
kernel-PAE-2.6.30.10-105.fc11.i686
kernel-PAE-2.6.32.10-44.fc11.i686

Originally Posted by pattopancakes

$ uname -r
2.6.32.10-44.fc11.i686.PAE

I don't know if it will make everything all better for the wireless stuff, but you're right about having the wrong kernel-devel package for the running kernel. For the PAE kernel, you need to install kernel-PAE-devel.

P.S.: Of course do what you want, but I think I would get rid of those i586 kernels and kernel-devel. Or vice versa.

[pattopancakes]

Thanks for your help so far Hlingler and stoat, I will try a few things based on your suggestions stoat, starting with correcting the 'devel' package.

[shekharg]

Apologies for resurrecting this old thread. But just wanted to share that I was able to successfully setup D-Link DWA-525 PCI on Fedora 14 and have blogged about the step by step instructions here