Belkin Wireless adapter issues

[Rexilion]

No issue's there. Then the only thing (as a last resort) is to upgrade your kernel or update your firmware...

[falonyn]

And would you be able to reply with the best way to update the firmware for the adapter?

[Rexilion]

I think you already have the latest version, but since I can't check for sure I want to ask you to provide the output of:

md5sum /lib/firmware/rt*

Btw, upgrading firmware is nothing more than moving files and rebooting. We can easily restore to the original state.

[falonyn]

99bce75086ea635a2f8288d9b835f787 /lib/firmware/rt2561.bin
2878d5eaa4ff907d4df36a834915aa53 /lib/firmware/rt2561s.bin
9998485bc152cf0f39dd61a33b92ad9b /lib/firmware/rt2661.bin
75a1da3caa0b1c95e81dfba207f834c6 /lib/firmware/rt2860.bin
36c944c3138125605d28c0a3a1338be9 /lib/firmware/rt2870.bin
36c944c3138125605d28c0a3a1338be9 /lib/firmware/rt3070.bin
9a10bd0220c3e36ad966b6eab929b2f1 /lib/firmware/rt3071.bin
75a1da3caa0b1c95e81dfba207f834c6 /lib/firmware/rt3090.bin
bd733372ae21a010bf8a5511d7711c2d /lib/firmware/rt73.bin
md5sum: /lib/firmware/rtl_nic: Is a directory
md5sum: /lib/firmware/rtlwifi: Is a directory

[Rexilion]

Too bad, that's the same version the linux-firmware repository has :/. I guess your only and last resort is to upgrade your kernel and give a bleeding edge kernel a shot. I do not know of any PPA that has 3.6 for precise.

As a normal user:

sudo aptitude -R install gcc make bzip2
wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/linux-3.6.tar.bz2
tar -xjf linux-3.6.tar.bz2
cd linux-3.6
# cp the attachment [1] of this post inside this directory and rename it as '.config'
make
sudo make install
sudo make modules_install

Above procedure installs a new kernel alongside the kernel provided by Ubuntu, reverting to the older versions should be no problem. Make sure you know how to access the Grub bootloader menu in order to select new / old kernels. This new kernel can also easily be removed.

Reboot and select the new kernel in your grub menu. When you boot, confirm you are running the new kernel by opening a terminal and typing:

uname -r

This should mention something which starts with 3.6. Then test your wireless. There are 4 releases between 3.2 and 3.6 (which means a lot has changed), I think you have a good chance of getting your USB working.

[1] http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=fvFcy6Hj

[falonyn]

nicholas@nicholas-MS-7599:~$ sudo aptitude -R install gcc make bzip2
sudo: aptitude: command not found

[Rexilion]

Eh? Is aptitude not installed by default anymore?

try:

sudo apt-get install gcc make bzip2

Instead.

[falonyn]

nicholas@nicholas-MS-7599:~/linux-3.6$ make
scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig
***
*** Configuration file ".config" not found!
***
*** Please run some configurator (e.g. "make oldconfig" or
*** "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig").
***
make[2]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 1
make[1]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 2
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `relocs'.
make: *** No rule to make target `include/config/auto.conf', needed by `include/config/kernel.release'. Stop.
nicholas@nicholas-MS-7599:~/linux-3.6$ sudo make install
scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig
***
*** Configuration file ".config" not found!
***
*** Please run some configurator (e.g. "make oldconfig" or
*** "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig").
***
make[2]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 1
make[1]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 2
sh /home/nicholas/linux-3.6/arch/x86/boot/install.sh arch/x86/boot/bzImage \
System.map "/boot"

*** Missing file: System.map
*** You need to run "make" before "make install".

make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make: *** [install] Error 2

[Rexilion]

# cp the attachment [1] of this post inside this directory and rename it as '.config'

[1] http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=fvFcy6Hj

Did you to the above, as I mentioned?

[falonyn]

I suppose it would help if I knew better how to go about doing that. Command line is something that I have never been good with. I apologize.