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Dogs1985

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Registered: 2008-03-01

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my wireless adapter can't use

when i in command prompt type lsusb, it will show "RALINK RT2501USB". i try to use # modprobe rt73usb. but in ifconfig still didn't show wlan0. do i missing any software and driver? my using lxde interface.

Dogs1985

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Re: my wireless adapter can't use

do i need to install this two files?

pacman -S rt2x00-rt71w-fw
pacman -S rt2x00-rt61-fw

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Re: my wireless adapter can't use

Check dmesg for output, it might be you need firmware, but I don't know which one exactly.

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Dogs1985

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Registered: 2008-03-01

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Re: my wireless adapter can't use

if i saw the message in dmesg:
xmaster0 (rt7usb): not using net_device_opt yet
wlan0 (rt73usb): not using net_device_opt ye

how to solve this problem? am i missing any package?

Dogs1985

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Re: my wireless adapter can't use

if i key in ifconfig -a in command prompt, i can see the wlan0 and xmaster0. but if i key ifconfig wlan0 up, then prompt "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported" to me.

Dogs1985

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Re: my wireless adapter can't use

finally, i install rt2x00-rt71w-fw, i can direct load my wifi using ifconfig wlan0 up