eeepc 1000 wireless issues

dangsos · 2009-08-26 21:43:40

okay so I've done the beginner install once or twice and I'm pretty sure I can just reinstall arch and get this wireless working again.

However, I don't want to take the easy route so hopefully I can learn something. So the problem is my wireless card just stopped being recognized (rt2860 - ra0). Ive been playing around with aircrack and i succesfully injected etc. with another usb card that was known as rausb0...anyways one day rausb0 started being recognized as wlan0 without me doing anything (that I know of). Then the next day ra0 wouldn't be recognized at all. So I need to know where to start.
I tried reinstalling the modules for rt2860 through AUR, but im about 75% sure I did it wrong....i downloaded the file and gunzipped and untarred it then i just make make installed it....then i typed modprobe rt2860sta

reboot and wireless still doesnt work....I lsmod and I can't even find it on the list (given I don't really know what I'm looking for besides rt2860sta or something.

heres my lsmod

[dangsos@beastleee ~]$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
rt2860sta             586480  0 
ipv6                  277972  10 
i915                  183016  1 
drm                   154656  2 i915
i2c_algo_bit            5864  1 i915
joydev                 10400  0 
snd_seq_dummy           2696  0 
snd_seq_oss            31168  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   206504  1 
snd_seq_midi_event      7012  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                53744  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6768  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_hda_intel          26664  0 
fan                     4392  0 
snd_pcm_oss            40352  0 
snd_mixer_oss          17540  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_hda_codec          71716  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               7656  1 snd_hda_codec
eeepc_laptop           13240  0 
iTCO_wdt               10952  0 
iTCO_vendor_support     3080  1 iTCO_wdt
snd_pcm                73672  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              21100  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
i2c_i801                9656  0 
psmouse                59644  0 
uhci_hcd               23540  0 
snd                    58436  11 snd_seq_oss,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_seq,snd_s
eq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pc
m,snd_timersoundcore               6848  1 snd
sg                     27928  0 
intel_agp              27484  1 
ehci_hcd               35664  0 
video                  19832  1 i915
output                  2884  1 video
evdev                  10176  12 
serio_raw               5704  0 
pcspkr                  2372  0 
thermal                13888  0 
processor              35800  2 
battery                10984  0 
rfkill                 10640  3 eeepc_laptop
button                  5556  0 
ac                      4360  0 
atl1e                  33240  0 
snd_page_alloc          8876  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_core               22776  4 i915,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801
agpgart                32756  3 drm,intel_agp
usbcore               150192  3 uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
rtc_cmos               11212  0 
rtc_core               18048  1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib                 2500  1 rtc_core
ext2                   69036  6 
mbcache                 7080  1 ext2
sd_mod                 27328  8 
pata_acpi               4228  0 
ata_generic             4680  0 
ata_piix               23080  6 
libata                168012  3 pata_acpi,ata_generic,ata_piix
scsi_mod              110708  3 sg,sd_mod,libata

hunterthomson · 2009-08-27 03:26:39

dangsos wrote:

okay so I've done the beginner install once or twice and I'm pretty sure I can just reinstall arch and get this wireless working again.

However, I don't want to take the easy route so hopefully I can learn something. So the problem is my wireless card just stopped being recognized (rt2860 - ra0). Ive been playing around with aircrack and i succesfully injected etc. with another usb card that was known as rausb0...anyways one day rausb0 started being recognized as wlan0 without me doing anything (that I know of). Then the next day ra0 wouldn't be recognized at all. So I need to know where to start.
I tried reinstalling the modules for rt2860 through AUR, but im about 75% sure I did it wrong....i downloaded the file and gunzipped and untarred it then i just make make installed it....then i typed modprobe rt2860sta

reboot and wireless still doesnt work....I lsmod and I can't even find it on the list (given I don't really know what I'm looking for besides rt2860sta or something.

heres my lsmod

[dangsos@beastleee ~]$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
rt2860sta             586480  0 
ipv6                  277972  10 
i915                  183016  1 
drm                   154656  2 i915
i2c_algo_bit            5864  1 i915
joydev                 10400  0 
snd_seq_dummy           2696  0 
snd_seq_oss            31168  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   206504  1 
snd_seq_midi_event      7012  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                53744  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6768  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_hda_intel          26664  0 
fan                     4392  0 
snd_pcm_oss            40352  0 
snd_mixer_oss          17540  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_hda_codec          71716  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               7656  1 snd_hda_codec
eeepc_laptop           13240  0 
iTCO_wdt               10952  0 
iTCO_vendor_support     3080  1 iTCO_wdt
snd_pcm                73672  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              21100  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
i2c_i801                9656  0 
psmouse                59644  0 
uhci_hcd               23540  0 
snd                    58436  11 snd_seq_oss,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_seq,snd_s
eq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pc
m,snd_timersoundcore               6848  1 snd
sg                     27928  0 
intel_agp              27484  1 
ehci_hcd               35664  0 
video                  19832  1 i915
output                  2884  1 video
evdev                  10176  12 
serio_raw               5704  0 
pcspkr                  2372  0 
thermal                13888  0 
processor              35800  2 
battery                10984  0 
rfkill                 10640  3 eeepc_laptop
button                  5556  0 
ac                      4360  0 
atl1e                  33240  0 
snd_page_alloc          8876  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_core               22776  4 i915,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801
agpgart                32756  3 drm,intel_agp
usbcore               150192  3 uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
rtc_cmos               11212  0 
rtc_core               18048  1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib                 2500  1 rtc_core
ext2                   69036  6 
mbcache                 7080  1 ext2
sd_mod                 27328  8 
pata_acpi               4228  0 
ata_generic             4680  0 
ata_piix               23080  6 
libata                168012  3 pata_acpi,ata_generic,ata_piix
scsi_mod              110708  3 sg,sd_mod,libata

It sounds like you may have conflicting drivers. You may need to blacklist some wireless drivers but I don't know which ones.

dangsos · 2009-08-27 03:53:26

possibly....how can I check that?

hunterthomson · 2009-08-27 04:11:43

dangsos wrote:

possibly....how can I check that?

Well if it was me I would google for the driver install and see if anyone on any other Linux has to blacklist any drivers. If in every HowTo you read no one ever says anything about blacklisting dirvers then it mite not be your problem.

It is just that the symptoms you are having are the same kind of symptoms I have had when getting other wireless cards to work like my rt73 chipset.

Maybe see if there is a driver installed in the Kernel for that chipset by default. If so then blacklist that driver.

Also, have you seen this WiKi ?

Note this line.... "Warning: The driver included in the 2.6.30 kerel seems to have some heavy problems."

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rt2870

Last edited by hunterthomson (2009-08-27 04:15:59)

dangsos · 2009-08-27 04:42:49

so if I were having conflicting drivers lsmod wouldn't show anything? Or at least theres a chance that's what's causing it?

hunterthomson · 2009-08-27 05:22:43

It was just a first though. It mite not be.

Have you uninstalled the driver. Then install with yaourt? That mite work out better.

Also, make sure the driver is loaded and the interface is up ifconfig wlan0 up. Keep in mind you can use ifconfig -a to see all interfaces not just the ones that are up.

Last edited by hunterthomson (2009-08-27 05:24:10)

dangsos · 2009-08-27 05:39:44

yeah i have ifconfig -a and it's not there i try bringing it up at which point it tells me there is no such device. I've never used yaourt ill hafta check it out. I'm really a novice when it comes to installing/uninstalling drivers (or anything really) I CAN do it...but I don't understand WHAT im doing so when something goes wrong I never know what exactly went wrong.

hunterthomson · 2009-08-27 21:36:07

dangsos wrote:

yeah i have ifconfig -a and it's not there i try bringing it up at which point it tells me there is no such device. I've never used yaourt ill hafta check it out. I'm really a novice when it comes to installing/uninstalling drivers (or anything really) I CAN do it...but I don't understand WHAT im doing so when something goes wrong I never know what exactly went wrong.

I am talking about yaourt becaus you said you installed the driver with make make install when if you were to install the AUR package you would have used makepkg pacman -U XXX.pkg.tar.gz

If you just installed the source code there mite be some file that needs to be in a different place in Archlinux and the AUR package would have put the files where they need to go.

I would not worried about having problems with wireless drivers. They can give anyone a headache. Look at it this way once you have figured it out you will not have this problem again. Just keep notes on what you did.

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I have to blacklist these dirvers to get my rt73 card to work...
I just added this to the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

# Conflicts with the good rt73 injection driver
blacklist rt73usb
blacklist rt2570
blacklist rt2500usb
blacklist rt2x00usb
blacklist rt2x00lib

Last edited by hunterthomson (2009-08-27 21:45:04)

dangsos · 2009-08-28 16:49:52

okay so like I said im not exactly sure how to install from AUR...anyways do sometimes I notice I can download the package build and sometimes it's just a link that has a bunch of text....should I save the text as a certain filetype and then just put it in the same folder as the actual files? I've read wikis on it and everything but I must be missing something.

madalu · 2009-08-28 20:09:38

It seems to me to be spelled out in the wiki
(http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_User_Guidelines):

* Download the necessary build files. From the package's information
page download the build files by clicking the link "Tarball" on the
left hand side near the end of the page. This file should be saved
to a build directory, but could be copied to the directory after
downloading. In the example the file download should be called
"foo.tar.gz" if it has been properly submitted.
* Extract the tarball. Change directories to the build directory if
not already done and extract the build files.
cd ~/builds
tar -xvzf foo.tar.gz

dangsos · 2009-08-28 20:43:16

then what are all the links that say PKGBULD on them for? if thats not the package build where do I find it?

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14557

where inside the tarball can I find these package build files???

I appreciate your help but like I said I've already read the wiki and cant figure out how to do the package builds.

hunterthomson · 2009-08-28 22:59:09

dangsos wrote:

then what are all the links that say PKGBULD on them for? if thats not the package build where do I find it?
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14557
where inside the tarball can I find these package build files???
I appreciate your help but like I said I've already read the wiki and cant figure out how to do the package builds.

You just download the Tar ball.
Unpack it

tar xvf *.tar.gz

then cd into the uncompressed directory

cd WhatEverTheFolderIsCalled

I normaly edit the PKGBUILD and remove the `i686` an leave the `x86_64` So I don't wast time building a package I will not use.

Then buld the pakcages...

makepkg

Then install the one for your architecture

sudo pacman -U PackageName.pkg.tar.gz

To uninstall you just uninstall like any other package you have installed

sudo pacman -R PackageName

Last edited by hunterthomson (2009-08-28 23:03:39)

dangsos · 2009-08-29 14:59:06

ahh thats where the problem was....I was downloading the files and NOT the tarball and obviously I was trying to download the link labeled package build heh, which wasn't needed .

okay so here is where I am.....I downloaded and makepkg at which point I install them....THEN I tried to modprobe rt2680sta which then tells me I can't because I have files /lib/modules/2.6.30-ARCH/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2860sta.ko and file /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat.....sooo I'm guessing I shouldn't have (but you learn by breaking things right?) but I just deleted those files and modprobe rt2860sta again. It gives me some sort of warning "All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ralink, it will be ignored in a future release."

and of course my wireless still isn't being detected so maybe I need to start blacklisting some junk? Where should I start?

thanks again for making a step by step for me.....stupid assumptions are always the death of me lol.

Last edited by dangsos (2009-08-29 14:59:15)

hunterthomson · 2009-08-30 07:33:13

dangsos wrote:

ahh thats where the problem was....I was downloading the files and NOT the tarball and obviously I was trying to download the link labeled package build heh, which wasn't needed .
okay so here is where I am.....I downloaded and makepkg at which point I install them....THEN I tried to modprobe rt2680sta which then tells me I can't because I have files /lib/modules/2.6.30-ARCH/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2860sta.ko and file /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat.....sooo I'm guessing I shouldn't have (but you learn by breaking things right?) but I just deleted those files and modprobe rt2860sta again. It gives me some sort of warning "All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ralink, it will be ignored in a future release."
and of course my wireless still isn't being detected so maybe I need to start blacklisting some junk? Where should I start?
thanks again for making a step by step for me.....stupid assumptions are always the death of me lol.

Ya you need the .ko for sure.

Uninstall the package.

pacman -R rt2860

Reinstall the package

Then I read this in some wiki for the eee pc1000. Mite not be relevant anymore at all this seems old. 2.6.28?

The card is a RaLink RT2860. The driver is not in kernel yet (current is 2.6.28), so you need to compile it yourself from AUR: rt2860. BUT, in the PKGBUILD, the last line looks like this:
install -D -m 755 rt2860sta.ko $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2860.ko
You will need to add "sta" at the end:
install -D -m 755 rt2860sta.ko $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2860sta.ko
Else you won't be able to remove the module (neither modprobe -r rt2860sta nor modprobe -r rt2860 will work).

It should work right off like that. And ya rename the /etc/modprobe.d/ralink to /etc/modprobe.d/ralink.conf becaus in the futerue all config files in that directory will have to end in .conf

Also, you will want to install yaourt from the AUR. That works Just like pacman but it also installs packages form the AUR. This is a lot easier. Then you could just go yaourt -S rt2800 instead of going to the web site and dowloading the tar.gz then unpacking it and building it then installing it.

Last edited by hunterthomson (2009-08-30 07:41:13)

dangsos · 2009-09-01 01:25:21

mmk so i tried yaourt -S rt2860 since that is the driver I need (right?) and it made mechange the config file....so I changed what I think I needed to change.....and I ran it again....and it made me y/n/abort the config file change again...anywyas yaourt wouldn't install it

sooo I just manually reinstalled it and modprobe'd rt2860...rebooted....still ra0 is unrecognizable....grrrrr

ima tinker with it and just redo all these steps a few times....maybe I can figure something out....but I'm about ready to give up and just reinstall arch lol...I miss toting my trendy eeepc around and showing off it's speed....making my computer illiterate friends wonder why my tiny laptop that costs not even 1/2 theirs runs apps faster than theirs does with expensive software rofl...

hunterthomson · 2009-09-01 21:15:57

You have read this WiKi for your laptop right?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Asu … _1000#Wifi

Also, post the output next time. And are you sure the driver is not loading? It will give you that config file warning and still work. It is just a warning.The error output is probably telling you what you need to do.

Also, make sure you remove the config file before you try to install with Yaourt. Also, I can almost say for sure that the driver will never work unless you install it with ether the makepkg or with yaourt.
The two things that are different between Linux Distributions are Package manger and File System Layout. So, you need to install with the package so it will put the files in the right place.

If you think you may have installed some crazy crap into the Kernel you could also reinstall the Kernel to start from scratch on that end. So like, uninstall the driver + remove the file /etc/modprobe.d/ralink.conf + reinstall the kernel ( pacman -S kernel26) + REBOOT + ( yaourt -S rt2860 ) + Rename ( /etc/modprobe.d/ralink to /etc/modprobe.d/ralink.conf )

----------------------

But I have solved many problems just reinstalling the OS. Sometimes because going through it a second time I find something I missed.

Last edited by hunterthomson (2009-09-01 21:30:28)

dangsos · 2009-09-02 06:39:05

well im sad to say that after finally being able to load the module I could still not use it for some reason. Then I tried rebooting and after that I could not load the module anymore.....I gave up and reinstalled arch and now my drivers work just fine.....not sure what the deal was but yeah it works now so maybe I'll recognize what's happening if it happens again.

thanks for the help anyhow

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