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Re: [opensuse] Wireless interface should appear, but it doesn't
- From: Niki Kovacs <contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 18:51:23 +0200
- Message-id: <200806081851.23877.contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Le Sunday 08 June 2008 01:53:27 Joe Morris, vous avez écrit :
It was indeed the missing firmware. Thanks for the hint.
Here's what induced the error. Before using SuSE, I've always been using the
drivers directly from http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com, and I even maintained
the rt61 Slackware package (well: the SlackBuild script) for slackbuilds.org.
Now this package comes *with* the firmware. No need to download extra
files, 'make install' installs the relevant *.bin files in
$INSTALLDIR/lib/firmware. I just assumed the driver I downloaded already had
the firmware included. Result: hours of hairpulling, when a
simple 'ls /lib/firmware' could have shown what was wrong.
Cheers,
Niki
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Most wireless adapters need firmware. Did you, in addition to the
kernel module, install the ralink-firmware package?
It was indeed the missing firmware. Thanks for the hint.
Here's what induced the error. Before using SuSE, I've always been using the
drivers directly from http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com, and I even maintained
the rt61 Slackware package (well: the SlackBuild script) for slackbuilds.org.
Now this package comes *with* the firmware. No need to download extra
files, 'make install' installs the relevant *.bin files in
$INSTALLDIR/lib/firmware. I just assumed the driver I downloaded already had
the firmware included. Result: hours of hairpulling, when a
simple 'ls /lib/firmware' could have shown what was wrong.
Cheers,
Niki
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