[ubuntu-uk] Wireless USB Dongle Help

[Sean Miller]

Sounds like the wrong driver.

Switch tack - what are the errors when you try to compile the Linux
drivers it came with?

Sean

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Jon
Reynolds<maillist at jcrdevelopments.com> wrote:
> Ah, some more details...
>
> dmesg:
>
> [  607.768524] phy1 -> rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request
> 0x0a failed for offset 0x0000 with error -19.
> [  607.768558] phy1 -> rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request
> 0x0a failed for offset 0x0000 with error -19.
> [  607.768589] phy1 -> rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request
> 0x0a failed for offset 0x0000 with error -19.
> [  613.008118] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and
> address 3
> [  613.310683] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [  613.431044] phy2 -> rt2500usb_init_eeprom: Error - Invalid RT chipset
> detected.
> [  613.431057] phy2 -> rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to allocate
> device.
> [  613.713961] phy3: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
> [  613.715685] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy3:radio
> [  613.715716] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy3:assoc
> [  613.715745] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy3:quality
> [  613.730452] udev: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlan1
>
> Hope that is meaningful...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jon Reynolds
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 09:50:30PM +0100, Jon Reynolds wrote:
>> Results of /var/log/messages after plugging in dongle:
>>
>> Jul 21 21:49:21 lisa-laptop kernel: [  613.008118] usb 1-1: new full
>> speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
>> Jul 21 21:49:21 lisa-laptop kernel: [  613.310683] usb 1-1:
>> configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>> Jul 21 21:49:22 lisa-laptop kernel: [  613.715685] Registered led
>> device: rt73usb-phy3:radio
>> Jul 21 21:49:22 lisa-laptop kernel: [  613.715716] Registered led
>> device: rt73usb-phy3:assoc
>> Jul 21 21:49:22 lisa-laptop kernel: [  613.715745] Registered led
>> device: rt73usb-phy3:quality
>> Jul 21 21:49:22 lisa-laptop kernel: [  613.730452] udev: renamed network
>> interface wlan0 to wlan1
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Jon Reynolds
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 02:08:45PM +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
>> > Jon Reynolds wrote:
>> > > But I just need some pointers to the obvious steps to take to try and
>> > > check whats working and whats not. It came with some linux drivers, but
>> > > I just get errors when trying to compile them that I don't understand.
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> > Could you make sure the dongle is disconnected, open a terminal and then
>> > enter the command:
>> >
>> > tail -f /var/log/messages
>> >
>> > Then plug the USB dongle in and copy and paste what it says.  Hopefully
>> > it'll give pointers on if a driver is installed.
>> >
>> > By the way, what is the model number of the dongle?
>> >
>> > Ta,
>> >
>> > Rob
>> >
>> >
>> >
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