Actually, you're currently the only one who got the email I sent (quoted below), it was held for moderation because of the attachment. So who knows, there may still be hope. ;-)
Louis Sent from my iPhone On 2009-10-17, at 1:39 PM, jack craig <ja...@linuxlighthouse.com> wrote: > 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... >>> >>> -- >>> jack craig >>> ja...@linuxlighthouse.com >>> 831-684-1375 (Office) >>> 831-596-6924 (cell) >>> IM: jackcraigaptos (AIM) >>> _________________________________ >>> This email has been ClamScanned ! >>> www.LinuxLightHouse.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Moblin dev Mailing List >>> dev@moblin.org >>> >>> To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: >>> http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on >>> http://moblin.org once logged in. >>> >>> For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: >>> http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists >>> >> > 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... > > -- > jack craig > ja...@linuxlighthouse.com > 831-684-1375 (Office) > 831-596-6924 (cell) > IM: jackcraigaptos (AIM) > _________________________________ > This email has been ClamScanned ! > www.LinuxLightHouse.com _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List dev@moblin.org To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists
