tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post3862888595293902026..comments2023-02-28T05:03:07.560-05:00Comments on Chris Barker's Web Log: Ubuntu 10.04, Wireless chipsets, and WPA SecurityChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845881780581316783noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-24352614793796183552013-03-15T05:09:23.471-04:002013-03-15T05:09:23.471-04:00Thank you for providing the link of the instructio...Thank you for providing the link of the instruction that you discovered. I will try to do these steps and see if it will work for me.Laura Doolettehttp://www.warcom.com.au/shop/browse/office_chairs/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-38438962582489618032012-08-11T16:17:44.929-04:002012-08-11T16:17:44.929-04:00Thank you soooo much for the explanations! You sav...Thank you soooo much for the explanations! You saved my day!<br /><br />LydiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-90376868978560537982012-07-08T18:15:54.563-04:002012-07-08T18:15:54.563-04:00This fix works perfectly in 12.04 as well. Thanks...This fix works perfectly in 12.04 as well. Thanks for posting it! After searching endlessly this is the ONLY fix I found that solved my problem!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-60828540211824292342012-03-17T20:05:43.824-04:002012-03-17T20:05:43.824-04:002 DoThoughts: use Stef`s automation script.
Thank...2 DoThoughts: use Stef`s automation script.<br /><br />Thanks a lot to Author for his work.Igor S. Pelykhhttp://igor.net.uanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-49021437372502233902012-02-02T16:42:53.492-05:002012-02-02T16:42:53.492-05:00I'm a bit new to linux. This fix worked for me...I'm a bit new to linux. This fix worked for me before, but it stopped working and I read somewhere that updating the kernel with re-break the driver.<br /><br />What steps do I need to repeat to re-apply this fix to the new kernel? Do I need to re-compile the driver (all of step 5) or can I start with "sudo ifconfig wlan0 down" part of step 5?<br /><br />Also, if anyone has some advice on how to automate the process or simplify it to one click that would be amazing.DoThoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946236722428356636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-84704622045137875402011-12-01T05:28:10.409-05:002011-12-01T05:28:10.409-05:00Absolutely amazing!
Followed instructions step-by-...Absolutely amazing!<br />Followed instructions step-by-step and now the built-in wifi card of my laptop is working.<br />Thank you very much for share this info!<br />(Laptop Medion MD96630; Wifi card chipset Ralink RT2860; Linux Mint 11).<br />P.S: I let the my laptop wifi button control blocked before erasing WinXP and installing Mint (due to this had 'SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill' at end of Step 7; Solution -> Installed 'rfkill' application to unblock it under Linux).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-57534361937571158432011-09-30T07:55:27.296-04:002011-09-30T07:55:27.296-04:00Chris,
Just a BIG THANKS for that.
Great job!!!
...Chris,<br /><br />Just a BIG THANKS for that.<br /><br />Great job!!!<br /><br />Vincent.Vincent Riedwegnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-50966955655837790682011-08-26T14:41:16.198-04:002011-08-26T14:41:16.198-04:00simply thanks a lot for these instructions.
Brun...simply thanks a lot for these instructions. <br /><br />Bruno / SwitzerlandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-91764289690006630612011-03-03T18:08:55.658-05:002011-03-03T18:08:55.658-05:00I did get past those errors. Now this is happening...I did get past those errors. Now this is happening:<br /><br />sudo rmmod rt2860sta<br /><br />ERROR: Module rt2860sta does not exist in /proc/modules<br /><br />Any help would be appreciated.Staciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14720970094826749550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-43248437247253993062011-03-03T17:50:10.706-05:002011-03-03T17:50:10.706-05:00I really hate to post about the same problem, but ...I really hate to post about the same problem, but I did not find the answer. You have probably the only published help on getting RT2680 working with Ubuntu.<br /><br />I am getting an error when trying to complete step 5: sudo make:<br /><br /><br />make[2]: *** [/home/cag-media/2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0/os/linux/../../common/cmm_wpa.o] Error 1<br />make[1]: *** [_module_/home/cag-media/2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0/os/linux] Error 2<br />make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-27-generic'<br />make: *** [LINUX] Error 2<br /><br />I even researched and found that I may need GCC installed. It is.<br /><br />Please help! I'm stuck!The Grobenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05327444331563049970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-58527190877028389352011-02-09T18:23:52.538-05:002011-02-09T18:23:52.538-05:00The instructions worked for me pretty well, i just...The instructions worked for me pretty well, i just had to replace rt2860sta with rt3090sta since i guess both those drivers compile from the same source code. just us 'lspci' to see the exact chipset your card usesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16246524070510452992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-2324790547666321832010-10-23T23:38:02.513-04:002010-10-23T23:38:02.513-04:00It's worth noting that even though the latest ...It's worth noting that even though the latest driver has the .bz2 extension, it's actually gzipped.<br /><br />I executed<br /><br />mv 2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0.tar.bz2 2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0.tar.gz<br /><br />Before unzipping using tar -zxvf mv 2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0.tar.bz2<br /><br />Hope that helps someone else.Rob Sharphttp://rob.sharp.id.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-78250007560189796882010-10-21T19:15:37.803-04:002010-10-21T19:15:37.803-04:00Thank you so much, you rock!Thank you so much, you rock!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-11773110738694816992010-08-21T21:46:23.390-04:002010-08-21T21:46:23.390-04:00Chris,
Thanks you very much. I was having a hard ...Chris,<br /><br />Thanks you very much. I was having a hard time with WPA just like you. This was extremely helpful. Thanks again, much appreciated on the effort on this.JayOuinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-15515975225320719472010-08-13T06:17:18.631-04:002010-08-13T06:17:18.631-04:00Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
After much frus...Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!<br />After much frustration trying to get up and running in "n" after finding that the native driver in Lucid did not allow this and much frustration trying to understand the "read me" file, my laptop is now "n" capable and "smoking"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-47315456145684921412010-08-05T23:15:32.111-04:002010-08-05T23:15:32.111-04:00I got it. I figured out what I was doing wrong an...I got it. I figured out what I was doing wrong and completed the steps. My WPA connection is working fine now. Thanks again for this guide! It was very helpful. It's been a great learning experience for me. <br /><br />Phillip<br /><br />P.S. Your link to download the Ralink driver package didn't work for me. After entering my name and email address, It gave me an error page. I navigated through the site to get to the download. You might need to update the link.Phillipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-43999975384268102332010-08-05T20:49:21.967-04:002010-08-05T20:49:21.967-04:00Hi Chris,
Thank you for this guide. I'm find...Hi Chris,<br /><br />Thank you for this guide. I'm finding it helpful in learning to use command terminal. I just installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS a few days ago. This is my first time using Linux, so I'm just beginning to learn. On step 5, on the make command, I got the following warning several times:<br /><br /> warning: the frame size of * bytes is larger than 1024 bytes<br /><br />I'm not sure what to do about this. I also got the following error messages:<br /><br /> CC [M] /home/deli/Temp/RT2860/os/linux/../../sta/wpa.o<br /> CC [M] /home/deli/Temp/RT2860/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.o<br />/home/deli/Temp/RT2860/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.c: In function ‘RtmpOSNetDevAttach’:<br />/home/deli/Temp/RT2860/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.c:1689: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘open’<br />/home/deli/Temp/RT2860/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.c:1690: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘stop’<br />/home/deli/Temp/RT2860/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.c:1691: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘hard_start_xmit’<br />/home/deli/Temp/RT2860/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.c:1692: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘do_ioctl’<br />/home/deli/Temp/RT2860/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.c:1702: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘get_stats’<br />/home/deli/Temp/RT2860/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.c:1736: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘validate_addr’<br />make[2]: *** [/home/deli/Temp/RT2860/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.o] Error 1<br />make[1]: *** [_module_/home/deli/Temp/RT2860/os/linux] Error 2<br />make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-24-generic'<br />make: *** [LINUX] Error 2<br /><br />I've spent a lot of of time researching and studying, seeking to figure this out. I appreiciate the challenge, but any help I can get on this would also be appreciated.Phillipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-68643049792027111422010-08-05T15:26:19.672-04:002010-08-05T15:26:19.672-04:00Hi again,
I need more caffeine... So stupid.... F...Hi again,<br /><br />I need more caffeine... So stupid.... File opened !<br /><br />Thank you so much for the help !!!<br /><br />jagUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13356341439475569743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-13453557964414234712010-08-05T15:23:33.888-04:002010-08-05T15:23:33.888-04:00Hi again Chris,
Sorry to post again, but still ha...Hi again Chris,<br /><br />Sorry to post again, but still have the same problem when I download it: I get the error "bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.".<br /><br />Am I doing something wrong???. <br /><br />jag@Multivac:~/Descargas/kk$ bzip2 -d ./2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0.tar.bz2 <br />bzip2: ./2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0.tar.bz2 is not a bzip2 file.<br />jag@Multivac:~/Descargas/kk$ bzip2 -t ./2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0.tar.bz2<br />bzip2: ./2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0.tar.bz2: bad magic number (file not created by bzip2)<br /><br />You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover<br />data from undamaged sections of corrupted files.<br /><br />jag@Multivac:~/Descargas/kk$ bzip2recover ./2010_07_16_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.0.tar.bz2 <br />bzip2recover 1.0.5: extracts blocks from damaged .bz2 files.<br />bzip2recover: searching for block boundaries ...<br />bzip2recover: sorry, I couldn't find any block boundaries.<br />jag@Multivac:~/Descargas/kk$ <br /><br />Thank you in advance for your help !<br /><br />jagUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13356341439475569743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-83837386435739607712010-08-04T17:08:28.651-04:002010-08-04T17:08:28.651-04:00Thank you for this Chris. Worked fine with the new...Thank you for this Chris. Worked fine with the new sauce location from the previous poster.<br /><br />Leaves me scratching my head as to why RALink would disable the WPA cipher bits in the first place, and how it got through Canonical's QA process, but that's another topic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-55503021668375870782010-08-02T08:42:43.918-04:002010-08-02T08:42:43.918-04:00Sorry for the bad embedding. The path to the drive...Sorry for the bad embedding. The path to the driver is <a href="http://www.ralinktech.com/license_us.php?n=2&p=0&t=U0wyRnpjMlYwY3k4eU1ERXdMekEzTHpFMkwyUnZkMjVzYjJGa05qZ3hPRFUwTmpBd05DNWllakk5UFQweU1ERXdYekEzWHpFMlgxSlVNamcyTUY5TWFXNTFlRjlUVkVGZmRqSXVOQzR3TGpBdWRHRnlD" rel="nofollow">here</a><br /><br />An the link to the list of updated drivers is <a href="http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2" rel="nofollow">here</a>twinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-50438602682785920202010-08-02T08:37:24.645-04:002010-08-02T08:37:24.645-04:00The download link has changed. The new link is he...The download link has changed. The new link is here <br /><br />Or if you want a different version you can find it heretwinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-81485049995763897352010-07-29T20:02:14.580-04:002010-07-29T20:02:14.580-04:00Hi Cris,
I'm trying to follow your guide, but...Hi Cris,<br /><br />I'm trying to follow your guide, but I failed at step 1. The downloaded file from Ralink web must be corrupted, as I get a "bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.". Would it be possible to sent the file to me ?. Thanks in advance !!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13356341439475569743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-28804354750392614592010-07-29T15:42:24.026-04:002010-07-29T15:42:24.026-04:00Is it possible that this might also work for RT287...Is it possible that this might also work for RT2870 (with name substitution of course)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3727995.post-68281866151967704742010-07-28T18:45:57.402-04:002010-07-28T18:45:57.402-04:00The error "Invalid module format" occurs...The error "Invalid module format" occurs when the module has been built against a kernel that is not the currently running kernel.<br /><br />Check the currently running kernel version with "uname -a" and if it is a .PAE kind, install the relevant kernel-devel with "yum -y install kernel-PAE-devel".Andrea Vallesihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08650441509354044719noreply@blogger.com