On 10/16/2009 10:39 AM, Louis St-Amour wrote:
Unfortunately, while I did manage to get the latest version of the RT2860
drivers (2.2.0.0) to compile on the 2.6.31 kernel by patching a few things
other distros have also patched, I don't have a working UI and I'm too much
of a linux nub to know how to configure the wifi without it. Apparently, one
of the problems might be that it reports itself as ra0 rather than wlan0.
I've attached the drivers as modified. This isn't the one with the Ralink
WebUI, but I modified that one also, installed it as per the instructions,
and I got the Ralink Web UI working ... Sadly, while I could then use ping
for google.com and it worked PERFECTLY, the Moblin OS did not detect the
internet, and the web browser, no matter what I then did, wouldn't load
remote sites.
So I then gave up on it as a lost cause. I really do like Moblin, but if I
can't get wifi, it's useless to me to work on. And Ralink drivers even on
other distros seem hard to work with, requiring custom programming, or some
such. I'd blame Ralink, but at least they're trying to provide drivers for
Linux rather than forcing the community to develop them, even if we do end
up having to patch them.
E.g.
http://lists.rpmfusion.org/pipermail/rpmfusion-commits/2009-August/005940.html(basically
what I used to patch with, if the attachment fails)
Anyway, I hope whoever works on the wifi utility can respond regarding
Ralink driver support ...
Thanks,
Louis St-Amour
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 12:34 PM, jack craig<ja...@linuxlighthouse.com>wrote:
Hi Moblin Folks,
I bought my Asus EeePC 1000 specifically for the purpose of using&
developing moblin.
while hard-wired network connectivity is fine, I've never had any luck with
the
wireless rt 2860 chipset being able to do a connect to my wireless router.
(note this works fine with the xandros that came installed, but i want
moblin to work).
Before i opt for more serious measures, does anyone out there have this
wireless
chipset and have wireless working?
my dmesg gets me, ...
rt2860sta: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown,
you have been warned.
my lspci, ...
Network controller: RaLink RT2860
Its imperative that a netbook be able to access wireless networks, anyone
with
this hw having more luck than i am?
tia, jackc...
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Hi louis,
thx for your reply and info. i take it from the lack of response that there is
no working rt2860 on moblin.
like you, while i like moblin and want to use it, what's the point of a netbook
that cant talk to the net?!
grumble, mutter, mutter, jackc...
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