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    EW-7728In, Ralink chipset problem with drivers

    Hi. Newbie Ubuntu attempt.



    The drivers for my PCI wireless network card wasn't downloaded automaticly, so I'm hoping for some assistance here.

    Ubuntu says: Ralink Unknown device 0601

    Card: Edimax, EW-7728In, nMax Wireless 802.11n PCI Card

    I downloaded the files at the bottom, but have no idea what to do with them. So I googled.

    I found a thread that said: "the 0601 is a Ralink RT2800 chipset, it's pretty new". Then it instructed another guy to download files here, but have no idea what to do with those either.

    I found some other threads like this one and this one, that just plain scares me.

    This might be necessary:
    2.6.24-19-generic


    So. Any ideas? Any ideas that a newbie can understand.

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    Re: EW-7728In, Ralink chipset problem with drivers

    Scare you? C'mon, compiling from source is just clean fun!

    First, be sure you have build-essential and linux-headers-generic installed. Synaptic is your friend. Then open a terminal and do, each command separately and in order:
    Code:
    lspci -v
    sudo lshw -C network
    Please verify you have a rt2860 device. If so, please proceed, if not, post back and tell us what you really have. Now do:
    Code:
    wget http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drivers/2008_0522_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.6.1.0.tar.bz2
    tar -xvzf 2008_0522_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.6.1.0.tar.bz2
    cd 2008_0522_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.6.1.0
    sudo su
    If your card will connect using WPA, we will have some adjustments to make:
    Code:
    gedit os/linux/config.mk
    In line 11, change HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=n to HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y; in line 14, change HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=n to HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y. Proofread, save and close. Now, do:
    Code:
    make
    cp RT2860STA.dat /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat
    make install
    modprobe rt2860sta
    Does your device wink, blink and spring to life? Can you connect?
    "Oh, Ubuntu, you are my favorite Linux-based operating system" --Dr. Sheldon Cooper, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D.

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    Re: EW-7728In, Ralink chipset problem with drivers

    Hi

    My make doesn't work - but it might be some of my dependencies since this is an initial install.

    When I try the make I get:

    make
    make -C tools
    make[1]: Entering directory `/home/shaun/Desktop/2008_0522_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.6.1.0/tools'
    gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
    bin2h.c:28:19: error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
    bin2h.c:29:20: error: string.h: No such file or directory
    bin2h.c:30:20: error: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
    bin2h.c: In function ‘main’:
    bin2h.c:34: error: ‘FILE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
    bin2h.c:34: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
    bin2h.c:34: error: for each function it appears in.)
    bin2h.c:34: error: ‘infile’ undeclared (first use in this function)
    bin2h.c:34: error: ‘outfile’ undeclared (first use in this function)
    bin2h.c:42: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘memset’

    Any ideas what I'm missing?

    Shaun

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    Re: EW-7728In, Ralink chipset problem with drivers

    Yes. You are missing build-essential and linux-headers-generic which you can install, given an ethernet connection, with Synaptic.
    "Oh, Ubuntu, you are my favorite Linux-based operating system" --Dr. Sheldon Cooper, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D.

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    Re: EW-7728In, Ralink chipset problem with drivers

    Excellent

    Many thanks - all works now!

    Regards
    Shaun

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    Re: EW-7728In, Ralink chipset problem with drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by chili555 View Post
    Does your device wink, blink and spring to life? Can you connect?
    Yes. Phew! It finally works.

    The first day I attempted this, Ubuntu continuously froze. Then I went away for some days. Today it worked after:
    - I had trouble downloading due to proxy problems
    - the bz2 wouldn't unzip, cause it wasn't gzip format. But it worked when I used File Browser to unarchive.
    - it wouldn't build cause I was missing some build-essential and stuff
    - Then no Wireless folder so I had some "make install" trouble
    - Finally roaming didn't work so I had to set it up manually

    But it was also kind of exciting. In a technological adventurous way.

    Thanks. I wouldn't be here without your help!

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    Re: EW-7728In, Ralink chipset problem with drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by Retor View Post
    - Then no Wireless folder so I had some "make install" trouble
    I'm having the same troubles as you - what did you do here?

    Quote Originally Posted by Retor View Post
    - Finally roaming didn't work so I had to set it up manually
    I'm betting I will run into this problem, too, should I get so far - may I ask in advance for info on setting up the connection manually?

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    Re: EW-7728In, Ralink chipset problem with drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by rrcs View Post
    I'm having the same troubles as you - what did you do here?


    I'm betting I will run into this problem, too, should I get so far - may I ask in advance for info on setting up the connection manually?
    I think I created the folders using File Browser, but can't remember anymore. Perhaps I should have written it down.

    I think I wrote in the name of the wireless network, set the encryption and wrote in the password. Yes. And I have to do this every time I connect.

    But I can't remember either for sure just now, as I'm in a mountain cabin on another computer.

    Hope it helps.

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    Re: EW-7728In, Ralink chipset problem with drivers

    I just brought this card to get a better sign and thanks for the steps, working perfect, 100% sign.

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    Re: EW-7728In, Ralink chipset problem with drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by chili555 View Post
    Scare you? C'mon, compiling from source is just clean fun!

    First, be sure you have build-essential and linux-headers-generic installed. Synaptic is your friend. Then open a terminal and do, each command separately and in order:
    Code:
    lspci -v
    sudo lshw -C network
    Please verify you have a rt2860 device. If so, please proceed, if not, post back and tell us what you really have. Now do:
    Code:
    wget http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drivers/2008_0522_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.6.1.0.tar.bz2
    tar -xvzf 2008_0522_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.6.1.0.tar.bz2
    cd 2008_0522_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.6.1.0
    sudo su
    If your card will connect using WPA, we will have some adjustments to make:
    Code:
    gedit os/linux/config.mk
    In line 11, change HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=n to HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y; in line 14, change HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=n to HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y. Proofread, save and close. Now, do:
    Code:
    make
    cp RT2860STA.dat /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat
    make install
    modprobe rt2860sta
    Does your device wink, blink and spring to life? Can you connect?

    I've just downloaded the latest drivers (1.8.0.0) from the Edimax website, and followed your instructions up the the [make] command. I'm getting the following output:

    make -C tools
    make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/tools'
    gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/tools'
    /tmp/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/tools/bin2h
    cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 /tmp/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/os/linux/Makefile
    make -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-22-generic/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/os/linux modules
    make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-22-generic'
    CC [M] /tmp/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/os/linux/../../common/rtmp_init.o
    CC [M] /tmp/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/os/linux/../../common/cmm_info.o
    /tmp/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/os/linux/../../common/cmm_info.c: In function ‘RTMPIoctlGetSiteSurvey’:
    /tmp/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/os/linux/../../common/cmm_info.c:1922: error: ‘TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
    /tmp/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/os/linux/../../common/cmm_info.c:1922: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
    /tmp/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/os/linux/../../common/cmm_info.c:1922: error: for each function it appears in.)
    /tmp/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/os/linux/../../common/cmm_info.c:1922: error: implicit declaration of function ‘signal_pending’
    /tmp/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/os/linux/../../common/cmm_info.c:1922: error: implicit declaration of function ‘schedule_timeout’
    make[2]: *** [/tmp/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/os/linux/../../common/cmm_info.o] Error 1
    make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0/os/linux] Error 2
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-22-generic'
    make: *** [LINUX] Error 2

    I'm running 10.04 (Lucid). I have the build-essential (11.4 build 1) and linux-headers-generic packages installed.

    When I did [sudo iwconfig wlan0 power on] I got the following:
    Error for wireless request "Set Power Management" (8B2D) :
    GET failed on device wlan0 ; Network is down.

    If I run [lspci -v] I get:
    01:07.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2800 802.11n PCI
    Subsystem: Edimax Computer Co. Device 7728
    Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
    Memory at dffb0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: rt2860
    Kernel modules: rt2860sta

    Why the <access denied>?

    Where am I going wrong?

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