On 03/17/2013 10:27 PM, spiky wrote: > On 17/03/13 21:20, Armin K. wrote: >> On 03/17/2013 09:44 PM, spiky wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> I having trouble with usb wireless, I have installed the drivers for the >>> device >>> belkin **F5D7050 Wireless G Adapter v3000 [Ralink RT2571W]* >>> * The kernel has the rt73usb=y >>> >>> The error is >>> root [ /etc/sysconfig ]# ifup wlan0 >>> Bringing up the wlan0 interface... >>> * Adding IPv4 address 192.168.0.200 to the wlan0 interface... [ OK ] >>> RTNETLINK answers: No such file or directory >>> >>> *** ay already setup; skipping. [ WARN ] >>> >>> I have tried this with kernel 3.8.3 which is all working and I have >>> tried on kernel3.7.10. >>> My only thought is there is something Networking "protocols" I have missed. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> I am unsure what's the error but did you install firmware? I rememmber >> ralink cards needed firmware to load properly. Also, yre you sure that >> your network card is called wlan0? udev now renames it to strange names. > I have tried it with the firmware in /lib/firmware I will try it again. > To install the firmware I just opened the file and copied rt73.bin to > /lib/firmware Hope that was correct > > Also iwconfig returns > wlan0 no wireless extensions. > > sit0 no wireless extensions. > > lo no wireless extensions. > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > So i,m taking it as wlan0 >
If you have built your wireless driver into kernel, then you have to built firmware into kernel, too. If not, udev should load it when the module is loaded - you should get "firmware not found" or no error if not/if suceeded. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
