Ralink RT73 USB Wifi Driver (patched for injection & frag) + DKMS in Jaunty (9.04)

[trevelyn]

Oh that link about the stacks was a nice read! Thanks!

I was simply having troubles with installing the older driver for injection. I used the same driver from serialmoney for injection for years and finally with karmic it wouldn't compile at all. I saw the older API missing from the kernel config and tested the rt73usb which injected right out of the box.

The stability of said driver was not tested, I was only concerned with injection. I don't use network-manager or WICd any longer. I simply do it by hand, shell scripts or Perl GUI applications (for friends and relatives).

I don't add anything to my kernels either. Doing so seems harder to switch between drivers. When I compile my kernels I make them all modules, so one can drop (via modprobe), say ath5k, and use madwifi-ng for AirPWN, etc. I was quite pleased with rt73usb's injection performance!

Thanks again!

[T3sla]

I tried several times but they all fail at this point :

sudo dkms install -m rt73-k2wrlz -v 3.0.3

with the following error :

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area....
make KERNELRELEASE=2.6.32-22-generic -C Module....(bad exit status: 2)

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.32-22-generic (i686)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/rt73-k2wrlz/3.0.3/build/ for more information.
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ERROR: binary package for rt73-k2wrlz: 3.0.3 not found

I have the same issue with 9.04, 9.10 and 10.04.I can't figure out what i'm doing wrong, i followed the guide carefully.

[jasmineaura]

I tried several times but they all fail at this point :

sudo dkms install -m rt73-k2wrlz -v 3.0.3

with the following error :

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area....
make KERNELRELEASE=2.6.32-22-generic -C Module....(bad exit status: 2)

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.32-22-generic (i686)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/rt73-k2wrlz/3.0.3/build/ for more information.
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ERROR: binary package for rt73-k2wrlz: 3.0.3 not found

I have the same issue with 9.04, 9.10 and 10.04.I can't figure out what i'm doing wrong, i followed the guide carefully.

Check my post #50
and the previous post #49

You're running 2.6.32
The patch covered in this tutorial only works up to kernel 2.6.30
2.6.31 onwards incorporates mac80211 driver which has injection support

good luck

[blastw]

Hello, I really sorry for up this topic but I have the same problem.

I follow all steps and get stuck at:

sudo dkms build -m rt73-k2wrlz -v 3.0.3

When I try I get this response:

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area....
make KERNELRELEASE=2.6.38 -C Module....(bad exit status: 2)

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.38 (x86_64)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/rt73-k2wrlz/3.0.3/build/ for more information.
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ERROR: binary package for rt73-k2wrlz: 3.0.3 not found

Looking at the make.log:

DKMS make.log for rt73-k2wrlz-3.0.3 for kernel 2.6.38 (x86_64)
Sun Nov 27 23:31:47 BRST 2011
make: Entering directory `/var/lib/dkms/rt73-k2wrlz/3.0.3/build/Module'
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.38'

  WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.38/Module.symvers
           is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.

  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 0 modules
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.38'
rt73.ko failed to build!
make: *** [module] Error 1
make: Leaving directory `/var/lib/dkms/rt73-k2wrlz/3.0.3/build/Module'

I take a look in the workaround and unfortunately dont find any .o or .ko file in the Module directory.

I using Backtrack 5.
Please, any help is appreciated.
Thanks.