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Arafat

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Registered: 2024-06-01

Posts: 7

Ralink MT7601U usb wifi kit not working properly

I'm new in arch. My Mediatek MT7601U wifi kit is not working automatically. I found a solution to this problem in this forum [Link - https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=224859]. And my wifi kit is working properly. But the problem is now I have to patch and load the driver (rmmod and insmod) every time I reboot my system. Is there any way to keep the patched driver working after reboot?

Strike0

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From: Germany

Registered: 2011-09-05

Posts: 1,487

Re: Ralink MT7601U usb wifi kit not working properly

Yes, you blacklist the original module, install your patched and make sure it is loaded at boot.

You then need to re-install the module each time a new kernel is installed and this may require prior re-patching. To automate this procedure, a regular way is to use DKMS, best by  creating a custom package for it. For the package you best use an example AUR package of a wifi-driver which uses DKMS. This may take some time to get to run, if it's your first time. But you can use the manual re-install meanwhile, just have to make sure to not test the dkms module while you use another one for the device.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,451

Re: Ralink MT7601U usb wifi kit not working properly

Please refrain from spamming this everywhere. Strike0 gave you the most complete answer so far so I'll keep that one, but stop making new threads about this.