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Problems getting Wifi working
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ackptui
Joined: 11 Oct 2012 Posts: 11 |
I am running live from cd wary puppy on an old desktop with 256M ram. It has a usb wifi adapter with RALink rt2870 chip, which I cannot seem to get set up in puppy. There is no installed driver in the pulldown menu for this chip. I tried installing the linux driver that came with it, but it did not show up in the menu. Likewise the envelope surrounded .inf xp driver did not work either. What to try next? |
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cthisbear
Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 4206 Location: Sydney Australia |
ackptui: Good day mate...welcome to Puppy. Please tell us which exact Puppy version you have... we have heaps of Puppies... and your machine hardware specs. We can then point you to a Puppy that can work on your machine. I know you have given us your wireless card specs " usb wifi adapter with RALink rt2870 chip " but I want the brand as well. Then we can absolutely make it work. Also please reply back... and if we fix you up....please edit the post as solved. Try this version DpupExprimo5X327 >> http://smokey01.com/pemasu/DpupSqueeze5X/DpupExprimo5X327 squeeze-5.X.3.2.7-SCSI.iso 23-Feb-2012 15:36 150M Chris. |
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ackptui
Joined: 11 Oct 2012 Posts: 11 |
Wary Puppy 5.3
IBM Aptiva 2170-800, 380MHz AMD K6-2, 256M ram, maxed out
no brand that I can see, generic chinese button size Thanks much. |
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puppyluvr
 Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 3450 Location: Chickasha Oklahoma |
 Hello,
I also have the rt2860/5370 card in a Compaq CQ-56.. Some of my older pups need ndiswrapper and the XP driver, others I/others have compiled rt5390 against the kernel.. But the newest pups, IE Dpup Exprimo, Precise etc use the rt2800 driver with success.. Newer pups with a 3+ kernel sometimes refuse to turn on the card after boot. Either manually turn on the card via the switch BEFORE X loads, or from the desktop, in a terminal, enter: ifconfig wlan0 up where "wlan0" is your interface name to turn it on, then run the network wizard.. (not Frisbee) Good luck... _________________ Close the Windows, and open your eyes, to a whole new world I am Lead Dog of the Puppy Linux Users Group on Facebook Join us! 
Puppy since 2.15CE... Last edited by puppyluvr on Fri 12 Oct 2012, 16:33; edited 1 time in total |
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ackptui
Joined: 11 Oct 2012 Posts: 11 |
Tried this, would not boot beyond the puppy graphic screen. Wary Puppy 5.3 boots and runs well in general on this box, just need to figure out how to get the usb wifi to work, so I can connect to internet. |
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rcrsn51
 Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 11638 Location: Stratford, Ontario |
You first need to determine the vendor:product ID codes for this device. Unplug the adapter and run "lsusb". Then plug it in and run "lsusb" again. Report back with the codes. |
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ackptui
Joined: 11 Oct 2012 Posts: 11 |
w/o adapter installed: Bus 001 Dev 001 ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 Root Hub w/ adapter installed Bus 001 Dev 001 ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 Root Hub Bus 001 Dev 002 ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology Corp Looks like I was wrong about the chip, 2870 was the number that was on the drivers cd. |
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cthisbear
Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 4206 Location: Sydney Australia |
Ok! Closest match..specs http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/ibm-aptiva-2170-k6/4505-3118_7-30597009.html ::: Maybe try Kinda Lucid...updated Puppy 4.31 http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=57371 I re-uploaded it...page 6 And it's here http://www.4shared.com/file/7sqsvU0p/klp-006.html Just register to download it. " Awesome news! 4shared has proven to be completely secure, regarding user data privacy by one of the reputable web privacy solutions companies – TRUSTe." http://blog.4shared.com/proven-privacy-4shared-receives-truste-certification/ " Therefore, even if you are new to 4shared and don’t have enough experience with using our service, be sure that your personal info and files are absolutely secure. Moreover, we provide you with the whole range of options to check and control the use of personal details, so there’s no longer a need to worry that some data may be misused or leaked. " Chris. |
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rcrsn51
Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 11638 Location: Stratford, Ontario |
Try Lucid Puppy. Tempestuous has a driver called rt5370sta here. I checked and it supports your 148f:5370 device. If this driver works for you but you still want Wary, I may be able to build you the corresponding version. |
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ackptui
Joined: 11 Oct 2012 Posts: 11 |
This did not fly; kernel panic: not synching midway thru load
This booted up OK, tried the rt2870sta driver which did not find the dongle. Did not see a driver for the rt5370. |
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rcrsn51
Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 11638 Location: Stratford, Ontario |
These drivers are kernel-specific. So a driver made for Lupu won't work in a Puppy 431 variant. Try the attached driver in Wary 5.3. Last edited by rcrsn51 on Fri 12 Oct 2012, 21:32; edited 5 times in total |
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ackptui
Joined: 11 Oct 2012 Posts: 11 |
OK, I've got the driver file in a thumb drive. How do I get it installed into Wary? |
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rcrsn51
Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 11638 Location: Stratford, Ontario |
Just click on it. |
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ackptui
Joined: 11 Oct 2012 Posts: 11 |
The following package has been successfully installed: PACKAGE: rt5370sta_wary_k2.6.32.uni-2.5.0.3 CATEGORY: none ...note, this package does not have a menu entry. Then I went into the Network Wizard to load the driver. It was in the menu, but when I tried to load it, I got this error message: Loading rt5730sta failed with the following error message: FATAL: Module rt5370sta not found. Maybe try a different driver. |
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puppyluvr
Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 3450 Location: Chickasha Oklahoma |
Hello,
In a terminal:
then
should show if it loaded, then try the wizard again... _________________ Close the Windows, and open your eyes, to a whole new world I am Lead Dog of the Puppy Linux Users Group on Facebook Join us!
Puppy since 2.15CE... |
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