[SOLVED] WUSB100

[pcorazao]

Hello,

I have a WUSB100 Linksys USB wireless card

when i use pcc to set the network i don't see the wireless card, so i use ndiswrapper and select a new driver and select the rt2870.inf from the CD it came with i can see the .sys file is next to it in the cd. I get a message about how it can't find the device for that driver

<sub>[root@localhost ~]# ndiswrapper -l
airplus : driver installed
bcmwl5 : driver installed
bcmwl5a : driver installed
blkwgnv7 : driver installed
lsbcmnds6 : driver installed
lstinds : driver installed
mrv8k51 : driver installed
mrvw245 : driver installed
net5211 : driver installed
net8185 : driver installed
netr28ux : invalid driver!
netr33x : driver installed
prismnic : driver installed
rt2500 : driver installed
rt2870 : driver installed
        device (1737:0078) present
rt73 : driver installed
sis163u : driver installed
wlannic : driver installed
wlanuig : driver installed
wlipnds : driver installed

[root@localhost ~]# depmod -a

[root@localhost ~]# modprobe ndiswrapper


[root@localhost ~]#dmesg

NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  180.22  Tue Jan  6 09:29:08 PST 2009
usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
usb 1-2: device descriptor read/8, error -110
usb 1-2: device descriptor read/8, error -110
usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
usb 1-2: device descriptor read/8, error -110
usb 1-2: device descriptor read/8, error -110
usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2
usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10
usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
ndiswrapper version 1.55 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10
ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: ntoskrnl.exe:'MmGetSystemRoutineAddress'
ndiswrapper (load_sys_files:206): couldn't prepare driver 'rt2870'
ndiswrapper (load_wrap_driver:108): couldn't load driver rt2870; check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper</sub>

i am using pclinuxOS 2009.2

dose anyone one know where i could go from here:

ndiswrapper (load_sys_files:206): couldn't prepare driver 'rt2870'
ndiswrapper (load_wrap_driver:108): couldn't load driver rt2870; check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'

Thanks,

[pcorazao]

I installed dkms-rt2870sta driver and i see pan0 now under the pcc.

dmesg
ndiswrapper (load_sys_files:206): couldn't prepare driver 'rt2870'
ndiswrapper (load_wrap_driver:108): couldn't load driver rt2870; check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper


iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

vboxnet0  no wireless extensions.

pan0      no wireless extensions.

[MaddogF16]

Show us ifconfig please

[MaddogF16]

Assuming you rebooted after installing the DKMS package?

[pcorazao]

Hi thanks for the help

I have been reading some of the other post trying to get this to work.

[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:36:CE:E6:08
          inet addr:192.168.1.4  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:322 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:383 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:191988 (187.4 KiB)  TX bytes:59561 (58.1 KiB)
          Interrupt:20 Base address:0x8000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:1026 (1.0 KiB)  TX bytes:1026 (1.0 KiB)

[MaddogF16]

Maybe a dumb question here, but are you unplugging the ethernet line when you try to use the USB device?   You're ifconfig shows a nicely running ethernet connection.   Have you tried unplgging the device and plugging back in to trigger the hotplug?

[pcorazao]

yep i had the cable plugged in, i'll remove it and reboot.

i also added these entries to the following files:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line.  Comments begin with
# a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.

slamr
evdev
rt2870sta


#!/bin/sh
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: rc.local
# X-Mandriva-Compat-Mode
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Short-Description: Local initialization script
# Description: This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
#              You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
#              want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.
### END INIT INFO

touch /var/lock/subsys/local
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26.8.tex3/wireless/rt2870sta.ko
exit 0

[MaddogF16]

If you can see it in PCC as pan0 is that under normal look up or with ndiswrapper? Need to determine if we're going the ndiswrapper route or trying for native support? There are some good ndis guys around here if you choose that route. Make sure there's firmware for this device in /lib/firmware.

[pcorazao]

I unpluged and rebooted, no luck.

option 1) ndiswrapper

I have the CD that it came with and i am using the rt2870.inf and the rt2870.sys

i can manually install them using ndiswrapper -i rt2870.inf

the trouble comes when i modprobe ndiswrapper

pcc dose not load the driver eather


option 2) rt2870sta.so linux driver

so......... then i started using.

i copied the rt2870sta.so to the wireless directory

i used the one from the sysnaptic reporitory under:dkms-rt2870sta

and made the edits to the files mentioned above rebooted.

no luck.

If you can recommend anything let me know.

Thanks,
-Pete

the card dose work in pclinuxos running virturalbox (pclinuxos2007 personal release) with windows xp. crazy... i need to learn more about virturalbox and how this is possible.

[old-polack]

yep i had the cable plugged in, i'll remove it and reboot.

i also added these entries to the following files:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line.  Comments begin with
# a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.

slamr
evdev
rt2870sta


#!/bin/sh
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: rc.local
# X-Mandriva-Compat-Mode
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Short-Description: Local initialization script
# Description: This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
#              You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
#              want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.
### END INIT INFO

touch /var/lock/subsys/local
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26.8.tex3/wireless/rt2870sta.ko
exit 0

The file highlighted in blue is basically useless, as it's only used with 2.4.x kernels. You need to make the entries in /etc/modprobe.preload if you wish to have them loaded in a 2.6.x kernel.

[MaddogF16]

If I'm not mistaken OP in the newer 2.6.32 kernels that file won't be there, at least not in my U install.

[Mark342]

I have one of those.
The driver rt2870sta is the driver that works with this card, but the source of the driver lacks the WUSB100's usb id that is necessary for the driver to "detect" this card.
Unfortunately, you will have to get the source, add the usb id (that you get from "lsusb") ,and compile the driver.

I do not recommend this because you will have to manually load the compiled driver (insmod rt2870sta.ko) and do "ifup ra0" on every boot.
Also, the computer will pause at bootup until the Linksys usb is removed.

If you are running kernel 2.6.28 or later then you will have to add this one line and recompile the kernel.

But if you really want to get it to work:

There is a guide for ubuntu for the WUSB100 ver 1 (WUSB ver 2 is the same, but with a usbid of 1737:0078): http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1100594

And there is a bug report for ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/350695

[old-polack]

If I'm not mistaken OP in the newer 2.6.32 kernels that file won't be there, at least not in my U install.

U uses some strange combinations of files other distributions do not. Any file can be sourced, with the right scripts, or links, but the two that were spelled out by kernel.org for use with 2.6.x kernels were /etc/modprobe.conf and /etc/modprobe.preload. Most distributions honor that set up. If that changes with newer kernels in general, I'm sure we will be made aware of it, but so far the two official files are the ones used by PCLinuxOS.

It's much the same as grub using /boot/grub/menu.lst, by design, but Red Hat and Fedora using /boot/grub/grub.conf instead.

[old-polack]

I have one of those.
The driver rt2870sta is the driver that works with this card, but the source of the driver lacks the WUSB100's usb id that is necessary for the driver to "detect" this card.
Unfortunately, you will have to get the source, add the usb id (that you get from "lsusb") ,and compile the driver.

I do not recommend this because you will have to manually load the compiled driver (insmod rt2870sta.ko) and do "ifup ra0" on every boot.
Also, the computer will pause at bootup until the Linksys usb is removed.

If you are running kernel 2.6.28 or later then you will have to add this one line and recompile the kernel.

But if you really want to get it to work:

There is a guide for ubuntu for the WUSB100 ver 1 (WUSB ver 2 is the same, but with a usbid of 1737:0078): http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1100594

And there is a bug report for ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/350695

Checking my installation, all the files and modules for this item seem to already exist, without resorting to any of the above. It would appear that Texstar has already included support for this in the PCLinuxOS kernels.

[root@fatman ~]# locate rt2870.bin
/lib/firmware/rt2870.bin

[root@fatman ~]# locate rt2870sta
/lib/modules/2.6.26.8.tex1/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2870sta.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.26.8.tex3/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2870sta.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.27.21.tex1/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2870sta.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.27.31.tex4/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2870sta.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.27.31.tex5/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2870sta.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.31.9-pclos3/kernel/drivers/staging/rt2870/rt2870sta.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.32.2-pclos5/kernel/drivers/staging/rt2870/rt2870sta.ko.gz

My guess would be that all that is needed is a proper entry in /etc/modprobe.conf to associate the driver with the device; something on the order of;

alias pci:v000010ECd00008168sv00001458sd0000E000bc02sc00i00 r8169
alias eth0 r8169
alias pci:v000010DEd000001C3sv00000E11sd000000A8bc02sc00i00 forcedeth
alias eth1 forcedeth
alias snd-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd_hda_intel model=6stack-dig

[pcorazao]

yep i had the cable plugged in, i'll remove it and reboot.

i also added these entries to the following files:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line.  Comments begin with
# a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.

slamr
evdev
rt2870sta


#!/bin/sh
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: rc.local
# X-Mandriva-Compat-Mode
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Short-Description: Local initialization script
# Description: This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
#              You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
#              want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.
### END INIT INFO

touch /var/lock/subsys/local
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26.8.tex3/wireless/rt2870sta.ko
exit 0

The file highlighted in blue is basically useless, as it's only used with 2.4.x kernels. You need to make the entries in /etc/modprobe.preload if you wish to have them loaded in a 2.6.x kernel.

Thanks

# /etc/modprobe.preload: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line.  Comments begin with
# a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
# this file is for module-init-tools (kernel 2.5 and above) ONLY
# for old kernel use /etc/modules
capability
yenta_socket
floppy
bttv
ohci1394
8250_pci
mmc_core
mmc_block
slamr
amd64-agp
intel_agp
sdhci
nvram
amd64_agp
evdev
rt2870sta